T.A. McCann_defrag_a startup start to finish
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A startup – start to finish @tamccann
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brief history of Gist, lessons and anecdotes including stories about Defrag, Brad Feld and the acquisition by RIM
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A startup – start to finish@tamccann
Cool people, aligned passions and complimentary skills - #win
Sometimes you just need to show up
How you do it is as important as what you do
Methodical, well-communicated progress…
18 month horizon
6 month goals
3 month plan
1 month themes
2 week sprints
Ship, communicate, listen, learn, repeat
Influence the influencers, they will make you better
Step 6. Gist de-dupes and merges Steve Newman entities based on merge rules.
Step 8. Finally, when entities are displayed, fragments are de-duped, and merged based on confidence
We got numbers - 200K users, 200M profiles
The next phase
Distribution
Keep your eye on the prize...
Give thanks