Hacking Design and Not Dying

Startups are born dying, you need to keep going to stay alive. Presented at Slush Helsinki 2012 #slush12 http://www.slush.fi

There video of the talk can be found from here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54v3kqcmDGQ

Transcript

1. HACKING DESIGN AND NOT DYING @karrisaarinen & @jorilallo #slush12
2. STARTUPS ARE BORN DYING
3. “If you can just avoid dying, you get rich. That sounds like a joke, but it's actually a pretty good description of what happens in a typical startup.” Paul Graham
4. Our Story
5. PROBLEM: PLACE TO COLLECT, SHARE AND FIND USEFUL INFORMATION
7. Y
8. Y
9. OK. BACK TO WORK
10. STARTUPS: MAKE SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT DESIGN: MAKE SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT
11. PERFECTION OF THE SOLUTION SPEED OF FINDING PROBLEMS DESIGN IN STARTUPS
12. STALLING KILLS KEEP HASTE AND CARRY ON
13. 1. PLAN & DESIGN 2. TALK ABOUT IT 3. BUILD IT 4. SHIP IT 5. REPEAT
14. 1. PLAN & DESIGN 2. TALK ABOUT IT 3. BUILD IT 4. SHIP IT 5. REPEAT TIME SPENT 1-5 DAYS
15. FOR STARTUPS BEST DESIGN IS DESIGN THAT’S SHIPPED
16. HOW NOT TO DIE: GIVING A DAMN ABOUT YOUR USERS
18. Text Hello Jack, Thanks for the feedback....
19. EVERYONE HAS A STORY LISTEN TO THEM, LEARN FROM THEM AND LET THEM HELP YOU
20. LET PEOPLE HACK: MAKE AN API
21. iOS Windows Phone 7 Android Meego OS X
22. Different ideas
23. 2# Top Grossing News App in Mac App Store
24. LET PEOPLE HACK LET PEOPLE MAKE MONEY LET PEOPLE HELP YOU
25. DESIGN: JUST HACK AND SHIP IT AND DON’T DIE: MOVE AND LET PEOPLE HELP YOU
26. thanks. @karrisaarinen & @jorilallo #slush12