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Making Ideas HappenWebVisions 2011
Sheetal Dube, Founder AudioName.com @SheetalDube
• Founder, AudioName.com (2 months)• User experience consultant 14+ years• Helped companies build technology products • Knowledgeable about the development processes • Scribbled many ideas for products/ services• Couldn’t figure how to take my ideas to the next level
being non tech didn’t help• But kept trying to figure it out…
Background
Sheetal Dube, Founder AudioName.com @SheetalDube
Audioname.com
Startup WeekendPortland
TetherPad.com
Women 2.0Founders Labs (SF)
WebVisions2010
Sheetal Dube, Founder AudioName.com @SheetalDube
I got lucky
WebVisions2011
May 2010 Jan 2011 March 2011 May 2011
Helping companies build
technology products
Helping people by developing technologyproducts
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Go outside your comfort zone
# 1 Validate your idea
Sheetal Dube, Founder AudioName.com @SheetalDube
# 2 Find a committed team
Sheetal Dube, Founder AudioName.com @SheetalDube
# 3 Identify your MVP,Minimum viable product
{Familiarize yourself with lean startup
if you haven't already }
Sheetal Dube, Founder AudioName.com @SheetalDube
# 4 Build > get feedback > iterate
Sheetal Dube, Founder AudioName.com @SheetalDube
# 5 Stay calm
Sheetal Dube, Founder AudioName.com @SheetalDube
# 6 Recruit your support networkAdvisors/ mentors, peers, friends
{Portland’s strength}
Sheetal Dube, Founder AudioName.com @SheetalDube
First time founders are likely to fail
Peer networking proves otherwise
Startup Networks - Portland• Startup Weekend - Portland Oct• StarveUps - Launch Pad June - July• PIE - Portland Incubator Experiment July ? • Oregon Technology Business Center Ongoing Events• PSU Business Accelerator Ongoing Events • TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Ongoing Events• Meetup: Lean Startup, Startup Nights Monthly
• Portland Seed Fund June• Angel Oregon
Sheetal Dube, Founder AudioName.com @SheetalDube
# 7 Stick to it
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Sheetal Dube, Founder AudioName.com @SheetalDube
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Take the plunge
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