The Life of a Youth Entrepreneur

A short talk in Accounting Lectures @ Trinity College Foundation Studies.

Transcript

1. I’M RYAN. ENTREPRENEUR The life of a youth ENLIFE.RZT.IO entrepreneurlife.zhoutong.com
2. 1994 Born Timeline not to scale 2009 2012 The Affiliated High School of Southern China Normal University Maris Stella High School Meridian Junior College Trinity College I’M FROM THE EARTH. Financial Independence
3. I’M A STARTUP FOUNDER. TechXav { 2009-2010 1 million monthly page views 200,000 Twitter followers Bitcoinica { 2011-2012 US$40 million trading volume 2nd largest BTC/USD exchange
5. Domain name registration Anycast DNS API Domain-based apps
6. “DIFFERENT” EXPERIENCE
7. THE WORLD NEEDS ENTREPRENEURS
8. SOLVE PROBLEMS SAVE MONEY INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY CREATE HAPPINESS HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE PAY
9. SHARE YOUR IDEAS WITH THE WORLD Ideas are worthless.
10. THINGS I’VE LEARNED ALWAYS EXCEED EXPECTATIONS BE EXTRAORDINARY READ, READ AND KEEP READING MAKE FRIENDS WITH CUSTOMERS MOVE FAST AND BREAK THINGS
11. ALWAYS EXCEED EXPECTATIONS
12. “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” — HENRY FORD
13. A PLEASANT SURPRISE
15. BE EXTRAORDINARY
18. Which company will you choose? Melbourne IT NameTerrific
19. PSYCHOGRAPHICS GEEKS MAINSTREAMERS CONSTRAINED POPULATION
20. READ, READ AND KEEP READING
22. CURIOSITY IS THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING
24. MAKE FRIENDS with CUSTOMERS
30. MOVE FAST AND BREAK THINGS
31. If you never break anything, you’re probably not moving fast enough. — MARK ZUCKERBERG
33. “Every 15 minutes, we ask the version- control system if anything has happened along each branch. If the answer is 'Yes,' then we have a set of continuous- integration systems that will go off and do a build.”
34. “The product is the byproduct.” — ZACH HOLMAN
35. THE WORLD IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
37. LET’S RECAP ALWAYS EXCEED EXPECTATIONS BE EXTRAORDINARY READ, READ AND KEEP READING MAKE FRIENDS WITH CUSTOMERS MOVE FAST AND BREAK THINGS
38. ENLIFE.RZT.IO SLIDES ARE AVAILABLE AT ENTREPRENEURLIFE.ZHOUTONG.COM OR SHORT LINK
39. QUESTIONS? /zhoutong ryan@zhoutong.com
40. /zhoutong ryan@zhoutong.com THANK YOU Also thank Zach Holman for the beautiful colour #2193F1.