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Get Excited and Make Things

Matthew Bischoff
November 11, 2011
Technology
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Get Excited and Make Things

A talk about how to get motivated to create the things that matter to you. Presented at TEDxNJIT 2011.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1afhypdiBQ&feature=player_embedded

Matthew Bischoff

November 11, 2011
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Transcript

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  3. GET
    EXCITED

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  4. AND

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  5. MAKE
    THINGS

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  6. MATTHEW
    BISCHOFF

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  7. HELLO
    my name is
    Matt

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  8. GET
    EXCITED

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  9. What excites you?

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  10. CAPTURE
    THOUGHTS

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  11. STEAL
    IDEAS

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  12. Ideas are worthless.

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  13. Products solve problems.

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  14. MAKE
    THINGS

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  15. 90%
    of everything
    is crap.

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  16. 1. Make it work.
    2. Make it right.
    3. Make it fast.

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  17. Details matter.

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  18. Users are people.

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  20. LESS IS MORE

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  21. LESS IS BETTER

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  22. “If you make everything bold,
    nothing is bold.”

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  23. Be useful.

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  24. “We don’t need any
    more fart apps.”

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  25. Build a great team.
    Even if it’s just you.

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  26. Don’t take $.

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  27. Don’t make $.

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  28. “But Matt, I’m busy.”

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  29. You’re not busy.

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  30. You’re gonna suck.

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  31. “You don’t work
    for a dollar, you
    work to create
    and have fun.”

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  32. Real
    artists
    ship.

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  34. creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

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