STARTUP WEEKEND
BE LIKE HOBBS
WE DON’T PLAY BY THE RULES
HOWEVER...
Baseball...? Startups...?
starting and hitting are similar
85% of all startup weekend pitches ride the roller coaster of wild, whacky, new, awesome, next and
highly unlikely
Most if not all Startup Weekend pitch ideas give ya the vibe of insanity, wtf, impossible, lol, yeah right,
and highly unlikely.
and generally... that’s accepted, however it doesn’t mean you exactly.. win.
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strikes do add up, and they can take a toll on you, your life, your spouse, your income, your capacity to
dream and more...
home runs in startups, especially for first timers is hardtotal strike outs are the norm
its the base hit single that most people don’t consider
there’s more to startups than home runs
hobbs law
• Aspire to play the game regardless of the rules.
• Home runs are the black swans of the startup world, possible, but rare and critical of human nature.
• Base hits, singles and doubles make the game great.
base hit logic
• Improve on the known by 1-5% and incrementally ramp that up as you net traction.
• The known isn’t striving for home runs, its building on established norms- find a biz that works today, and improve it.
• Remember you’re still playing the game.
YOUR MISSION
GET UP TO THE PLATE!
GOOD LEADERS INSPIRE, GREAT LEADERS GET OUT OF THE WAY
YOU CAN’T HIDE FROM IT
GET DATATALK TO POTENTIAL USERS/CUSTOMERSVALIDATE THE GUT
BAD IDEAS
VALIDATE THE CORE IDEANOT THE FEATURES
talk..to some REAL users
do..some USEFUL surveys
leverage..the MENTORS that are here to help you
no devsbe 1000 timesmore creative
have devs be 1000 times more
productive
the tech reallydoesn’t matter
BUILD IT
you don’t need code to talk to customers and
get data
have a blast
NEVER STOP