Entrepreneurship - Something from Nothing

A presentation on entrepreneurship delivered in english and translated on the fly to Japanese for 100 students. The students were affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

http://www.ayusa.org/tomodachi

http://randomdrake.com/2014/02/21/tomodachi-entrepreneurship-in-the-face-of-the-great-east-japan-earthquake/

Transcript

1. Entrepreneurship – Something From Nothing David Drake – Chief Technology Officer iCracked
2. Presentation Overview ! iCracked !   Who I Am !   Becoming a business !   Startups !   Something from nothing
3. Introducing iCracked
5. iCracked !   Local repair and buyback. Worldwide. !   Over 350 technicians !   11 countries !   Y Combinator Winter 2012 !   Well funded !   8 figures in revenue this year !   Growing very quickly
6. Who is David Drake? !   30 year old entrepreneur !   George Mason University !   Fairfax, VA !   Software Application Development Degree !   Theatre Degree
7. Where I’m From !   Lived in 21 different homes so far !   Became entrepreneurial because of moving and travel !   Freelancing at a young age !   Wanted to be able to fend for myself everywhere I went
8. What I Do !   Chief Technology Officer at iCracked !   Thousands of people around the world !   Thousands of devices fixed !   Big technical challenges ! iCracked Labs
9. Where I’ve Been !   Newspaper delivery boy !   Soccer camp !   Video rental store !   Movie theater !   Restaurants !   Teacher !   Professional Theatrical Actor
10. Where I’ve Been !   Tutoring !   First technical job…
11. Technical Startups Modwest Grupthink
12. Corporate Tech Glacial Energy Retail Energy Trading – Electric & Gas
13. Differences Between… Startups !   Excitement !   Challenging !   Sacrifice !   New and interesting !   Ideas and implementation Corporate !   Stability !   More money !   More benefits !   Not innovative !   Fall into line
14. Being Your Own Business Risky and Fun Freelancing
15. Freelancing !   Not about building a business, but turning yourself into one !   Incredible experience !   Marketing !   Innovation !   Drive !   Responsibility
16. Hacker News !   Paul Graham !   Y Combinator ! news.ycombinator.com !   Innovators and leaders !   Entrepreneurial Masters
17. Entrepreneurial Masters !   Patrick McKenzie - patio11 ! Kalzumeus, Bingo Card Creator !   Daniel Tenner – swombat ! GrantTree, Woobius !   Jacques Mattheij – jgrahamc !   First webcam software
18. Intelligent People ! Reg Braithwaite - raganwald !   Ed Weissman – edw519 !   David Welton - davidw
19. Successful Startups ! Airbnb ! Dropbox ! Heroku ! Reddit !   Billions of dollars
20. iCracked !   Silicon Valley !   Startup !   Y Combinator !   Building something !   New and interesting
21. Building Something From Nothing
22. With Startup Partners ! Shopify ! Shipstation ! AnyPerk ! SimplyInsured ! Airbnb
23. Open Source Technology !   Resources for everyone !   Free !   PHP !   Programming Language !   Linux !   Operating System
24. Something !   Ideas !   Innovation !   Improvement !   Solutions !   Fulfill a need !   Fulfill your own need
25. From Nothing !   Money from nothing !   Business from nothing !   Things from nothing !   Building and creating
26. Finance and Money !   Business must make money !   Changing the world !   Making a difference !   Want to keep going !   Make money first
27. Business !   Professional !   What you need !   How to get started !   Funding !   Who to talk to? !   Y Combinator !   Seed Funding
28. Seed Funding !   Plant a seed !   Sprout an idea !   Grow roots !   Grow big !   Spread
29. Flexibility to Build Things !   Entrepreneur experience to build things !   Change the world ! Elon Musk – PayPal Founder ! SpaceX !   Tesla Motors !   Mission to Mars !   Solar energy
30. The sky is not the limit. Your imagination is your limit. Your drive is your limit. Your dreams are your limit. When You Are In Charge
31. To Build Something Truly Great Something from nothing…
32. Thank you! Any questions?