Cargo Cults

Opening remarks at Ann Arbor Hackathon about magical thinking in technology business.

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1. @trek github.com/trek
3. 2003 2005 2007 2008 2009 2011
4. <3 Ruby
5. 2003 2005 2007 2008 2009 2011
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14. cargo culting
15. words G EM C G G Em D D7 G Em C G G D D7 G D G7 G C D-D7-G
16. 98%
17. ALL THAT BUSINESS VALUE AND NOBODY IS CHARGING FOR IT
18. IDEA PRODUCT
19. EA PROD
20. EAPR
21. GIVEN THAT: HERE IS SOME SHIT WE DO FOR THE MAGICOF IT
22. BUSINESS PLAN
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24. JFDI
25. JFDI
26. BUSINESS PEOPLE
27. "We'd like to be ready for an initial A round of ~ $10M after a year and we think you'd be the perfect fit for helping us build a product that gets there"
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34. GIVEN THAT: HERE IS SOME SHIT WE DO FOR THE MAGICOF IT
35. "We have to use MongoDB. It's webscale, and we're going to be big."
36. "Node is aysnc, so it'll solve all our problems"
37. GOOD SHIT. FAST.
38. <3 Ruby
39. more ≠ better.
40. better = better
41. BUSINESS PEOPLE
42. TECHNOLOGISTS
43. BUSINESS SAVVY
44. BUSINESS SAVVY
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47. @trek github.com/trek