OL @ The Startup Trek

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1. Hello, World.
2. I’m Kenneth I come from Singapore, a tiny island where it’s sunny all year round
3. I’m Kenneth I’m 21
4. I’m Kenneth I’m 21 I’m an Engineering Freshman
5. ok, so we’re wasting 10 minutes with someone with no social life Guys, I mean, seriously. We’re in Cornell.
6. What the f*ck is a freshman doing here?! How many credits do I need to graduate?
7. I was a former child soldier I spent two years in the air force
8. Expectation Go! Go! Go!
9. Reality Expectation Note: No Mindsweeper
10. Let’s do a simple SWOT Analysis: ! 1. Plenty of free time ! 2. Plenty of unused brain-power ! 3. No money to party Strength, weakness, something, something - it really doesn’t matter?
11. meh.
12. let’s start working on something. because, y’know, life is boring unless you’re consistently suffering from a lack of sleep.
13. What this talk is not about: ! 1. “Growth Hacking”, “B-Round”, “Shark Tank” ! 2. How you should use <Product> ! 3. Getting you to work for me
14. What this talk is about: ! 1. How do you get started? ! 2. How do you get people to work for you?
15. What this talk is really about: ! 1. How do you get started when everyone is doing it? ! 2. How do you get people to work for you for free?
16. What a masochist.
17. ol openlectures
18. Free online education for anyone who wants to learn
19. Not everyone draws the long straw in life My stupid teacher curves the class to a C!!
20. iversity Coursera Udacity FutureLearn MIT OpenCourseWare Stanford Online YouTube EDU edX Khan Academy Canvas Network Academic Earth Udemy MOOEC World Education Portals ALISON these guys started it all these guys have what, $10 million in spare cash? read: YOUTUBE. GOOGLE.
21. fyeah let’s go!
22. Opportunity! looks like all the good stuff is on this side of the fence. Hmm.
23. version 1.0: handycam, white paper, youtube demand  and  supply demand  is  all  about  who  wants  to  buy supply  has  to  do  with  who  wants  to  sell so  from  these  two  pieces  of  information,  we  can  draw a  graph  like  so,  with  axes,  A  and  B,  and  label  them  like  so so  there.  next  we  can  work  out  a  problem.  if  i  have  three   apples  and  you  take  one,  how  many  apples  do  i  have  left? apples  and  you  take  one,  how  many  apples  do  i  have  left? is  that  demand,  or  is  that  supply?  actually  we  can’t  really  say...
24. version 2.0: dude, DSLR, whiteboard, website demand  and  supply demand  is  all  about  who  wants  to  buy supply  has  to  do  with  who  wants  to  sell so  from  these  two  pieces  of  information,  we  can  draw a  graph  like  so,  with  axes,  A  and  B,  and  label  them  like  so so  there.  next  we  can  work  out  a  problem.  if  i  have  three   apples  and  you  take  one,  how  many  apples  do  i  have  left? apples  and  you  take  one,  how  many  apples  do  i  have  left? is  that  demand,  or  is  that  supply?  actually  we  can’t  really  say..
25. y u no use technology?
26. version 2.0: dude, DSLR, whiteboard, website demand  and  supply demand  is  all  about  who  wants  to  buy supply  has  to  do  with  who  wants  to  sell so  from  these  two  pieces  of  information,  we  can  draw a  graph  like  so,  with  axes,  A  and  B,  and  label  them  like  so so  there.  next  we  can  work  out  a  problem.  if  i  have  three   apples  and  you  take  one,  how  many  apples  do  i  have  left? apples  and  you  take  one,  how  many  apples  do  i  have  left? is  that  demand,  or  is  that  supply?  actually  we  can’t  really  say..
27. version 2.2: good dude, DSLR, clean background, nice WordPress demand  and  supply say  Kenneth  wants  to  buy  the  new RETINA  MACBOOK  PRO the  shop  only  has  one  unit  of  the  item. so  price  goes  uppity  up!
28. version 2.3: Canon 5D Mark III, lapel mike, mixer, website revamp demand  and  supply say  Kenneth  wants  to  buy  the  new RETINA  MACBOOK  PRO the  shop  only  has  one  unit  of  the  item. so  price  goes  uppity  up!
29. version 3: rendered content filmed footage keynote animation
30. version 3: rendered content
31. Production Time Company Growth Reality Expectation
32. Q: How do you get started when everyone is doing the same thing? A: Do what they can’t. Do what they won’t.
33. Three types of work Meaningless Necessary Important You, hopefully.
34. Two kinds of work Meaningless Necessary Important You, actually.
35. We only hire smart people! “I only do necessary and important work! I’m paid to!
36. who does the meaningless but necessary work?
37. Human Spellcheck Chief Button Presser Senior Background Remover YouTube Upload Intern Write Edit Film Post Process
38. What If: Everyone is a volunteer?
39. but we have to pay them! Someone throw this fella out of the room
40. we will pay them
41. Nobody say nuffin ‘bout moneh Oink!
42. People like three things: ! 1. Good, clear ideas ! 2. People with common sense ! 3. Only three things
43. You can’t work on an empty stomach
44. Q: Who will work for free food? A: Students.
45. Something simple: Starbucks Cards
46. How much are you getting for your “money’s worth”?
47. if you have a manpower problem it’s because your men don’t have enough power
48. A: Can we talk? I’m thinking we should to switch our servers from AWS to DigitalOcean. They’re better. B: What makes you say they’re better? We’ve got our subscription for AWS till 2015, and that’s a lot of money in there. I’m not saying we can’t switch — and we should if there’s a good reason to — but we should think carefully before we do.
49. A: Can we talk? I’m thinking we should to switch our servers from AWS to DigitalOcean. They’re better. B: Ok. How much will it cost us? I’ll check to see if we have enough. If you think it’s good we’ll make the switch.
50. Q: How do you get people to work for you for free? A: Don’t pay them. Feed ‘em.
51. Q: How do you get people to work for you for free? A: Don’t pay them. Feed ‘em. Q: How do you get started when everyone is doing the same thing? A: Do what they can’t. Do what they won’t.
52. Q: How do you keep going? A: Do what you can’t. Do what you won’t.
53. Free online education for anyone who wants to learn
54. ol openlectures