Connecting startups with talent

FILE-SHARING

DROPBOX

•Up  to  8GB  storage• 45  million  users

• Startup  valued  at  $4  billion

• Founded  by  Drew  Houston  and  Arahs  Ferdowsi,  2  Computer  science  students  at  MIT

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USER COMMENTS

DISQUS

• Featured  on  750,000  sites• 500  million  unique  visitors

• Startup  valued  at  $4  billion

• Founded  by  Danial  Ha  and  Jason  Yan,  University  of  California  undergrads

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LIVE-STREAMING

JUSTIN.TV

• JusOn  Kan  crazingly  wearing  a  webcam  24/7

• 3200  channels• Sponsors  TeamLiquid

• Founded  by  JusOn  Kan

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3RD-PARTY SERVICES

RADIALPOINT

• simplifies  access  to  technology  for  ordinary  people

• loves  the  Montreal  technology  community

• Founded  by  AusOn  &  Hamnet  Hill

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LOCAL MARKETING

GETMELISTED

• brand  new  startup• Founded  by  Mohannad  El-­‐Barachi,  Michael  Mire  &  Ravdeep  Sawhney

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HELPING NON-PROFITS

AJAH

• fundraising  for  non-­‐profits

• Founded  by  Michael  Lenczener,  Daniel  Drouet,  Yannick  Gingras  +  Nicolas  Cadou

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THE MISSING LINKWhat’s common between dropbox, justin.tv, disqus, ajah, radialpoint, getmelisted ?

They  reach  hundreds  of  millions  of  users.

They  are  technology  startups  looking  to  change  the  world.

And  they  were  built  by  small  teams  of  python  programmers.

WHY JOIN STARTUPS?

BRILLIANT IDEASWork  with  entrepreneurs  who  believe  in  changing  the  world,  and  will  reach  hundreds  of  millions  of  users

STAY HUNGRY, STAY FOOLISHWe  fail  at  least  once  but  we  built  it  be^er  the  second  Ome.  And  we  love  the  risk!

LATEST TECHNOLOGIESWork  on  hot  new  technologies  on  Android  or  iOS  plaborms  or  with  new  technologies  such  as  mongodb/redis/nodejs

PASSIONJoin  a  community  where  passion,  vision  and  product  ma^er  more  than  anything  else.  

GETTING INVOLVED IN MONTREALLearn & connect

1.  dev  groups:  montrealpython

2.  hackathons:  lots  of  #hackmtl  in  2012  organized  with  

different  groups

3. news:  montrealtechwatch  /  nextmontreal  

4.  places:  notman  house

5.  programs:  Montreal  StartupWeekend,  Founderfuel

6.  jobs:  #MTLStartupTalent

#MTLSTARTUPTALENT 14TH FEB 2012BRIDGING 500 TALENTS TO 25+ STARTUPS IN 6 HOURS

What  you  can  expect:– access  to  great  job  opportuniOes  at  

exciOng  companies– a  chance  to  converse  with  an  employee  

or  founder  and  start  to  build  a  relaOonship

– a  casual  (yet  serious)  environment  to  network  with  others  in  your  field  of  interest

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