Go the Entrepreneurship Way

Exploring an innovative career approach and building necessary skills along the way

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1. Hardik Pandya (hardik.org) ! Aditya Patadia (aditya.patadia.org)
2. C → Arduino → PHP → EventViva.com → JavaScript → LiveNote.org → Python → Image Processing → Print Automation Our Journey
3. 7,50,000+ new engineers every year You don’t *choose* a job. A job chooses you. 40% manage a job after a year 22% manage a job after 2 years
4. Choice is yours. Standing out is hard Standing out is necessary
5. GPA Actual work & skills speak.
7. Can you do something creative with your career? Definitely!
8. Entrepreneurship “Solving tomorrow’s problems with products that can barely be built today in a profitable way.” ! - Aaron Levie (box.net founder)
9. Amazon - buying books online ! Google - indexing & searching the web ! SpaceX - making space explorations affordable ! Tesla Motors - making futuristic electric cars ! Digital Ocean - making fast servers affordable ! Ideas are small. Executions are brilliant. Big companies from small ideas
10. Entrepreneur 1. Vision (ideas) 2. Product (execution) 3. Profit (result) ! Opportunity & Time (constraints)
11. Entrepreneurship is not glamorous. Entrepreneurs are not rockstars. It’s scarily uncomfortable and stressful, every moment along the way. ! It’s not for everyone.
12. Control of things Oxymoronic behavior Learning is the best outcome
13. Failure It’s not reported by media. It’s unglamorous. ! WhatsApp was born out of a failed job-hunt of its founder.
14. Best time is now To try and venture a few things and get a feel of it.
15. You only need to succeed once - Big time Seemingly insignificant ideas can turn huge. ! WhatsApp. Snapchat. Dropbox.
16. Q & A hardik@hardik.org aditya@patadia.org
17. We have some guidelines for you
18. Thoughtworks, MuSigma, Adobe, Technology Startup? Working at a job? Work for the best.
19. V8 engine → Node.js ? Websockets ? IoT ? HTTP and caching ? while(true) { acquire new technical skills };
20. And acquire complementary skills Do the work you love the most.
21. Work smart. Systematically exploit rules. Labor has a very low ROI.
22. Experiment/explore a lot. Do scary and difficult projects. Try new ways of doing things… What new did you try lately?
23. Make great friends. Discuss ideas, build projects together. You don’t know who will make great a cofounder!
24. Share your idea. Validate. Don’t be secretive. Nobody bothers to steal. Instead, get constant feedback.
25. Get a domain name. Make a personal website. yourname.com ! Create an online identity that is searchable and linkable.
26. Read more. Read books, not blogs ! Warren Buffet still makes his best investment decisions by reading newspapers and journals.
27. Learn basics of Finance - even though you are engineers. Nobody will care more about your money than you do. Tell me best way to invest money?
28. Jawbone, Fitbit, Philips Hue, Apple Devices Hardware + Software = Scalable Business.
29. Why are Apple, Tesla, Virgin, Reliance successful? Learn from successful businesses.
30. LiveNote, OctalBoneScript, php-image-resize. Contribute to maker community - We do too.
31. Octal Consulting