Don't wait to Start-Up Start Exploring already!

Talk on how students can go about Technology Entrepreneurship by improving their skills instead of obsessing over an idea.

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1. Don't wait to Start-Up Start Exploring already! Praveen Sridhar Co-Founder, Caspo Energy (Formerly Reinwo Labs) @psbots
2. "Don't wait until you know who you are to get started"
3. SUPRA SAE Build a and Race it! Challenge :
4. Failed !
5. "Failure is proof that you tried. Now go try again !"
6. lets build an electric a new
7. followed by many more s and limited FUNDS !
8. then Suddenly
9. quickly built up a prototype tested it out and ran out of FUNDS!
10. Fortunately, our seed fund application at Startup Village got accepted just in time
12. and here we are now.
13. So what different can be done as a student?
14. School is one thing. Education is another. The two don't always overlap. It’s always your job to get yourself an education.
15. Invest in yourself ! Start learning something new, something totally different and build up your skill. MOOCs, Youtube videos, Tutorials its so easy to learn anything these days!
16. Side projects and Hobbies are important ! Mash up two totally different areas of interest and create something totally new!
17. The Ultimate Secret Do good work, then put it where people can see it!
18. "Successful people look for and Build Networks, everyone else looks for work"
19. Start getting involved in Communities! Developer groups, Businesss Groups, networking events.
20. “Find the most talented person in the room, and if it’s not you, go stand next to him.”
21. Trust me, this is the best advise if you ever want to win a hackathon! or get a Co-Founder !
22. To summarise, Get started, Now ! Fail and then fail some more ! Get yourselves an Education ! Work on a side project and showcase it ! Get involved in the community, grow your network Find people who you can learn from
23. Thats all Folks ! Thanks for listening. praveen@reinwo.com @psbots