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3 Hour StartupLaunching a Startup in 3 Hours
Andrew HydeGavin Doughtie
Hello
Just Half a Day
3 Hour Startup(yes you)
What We Are Saying
“Startups Can Be Fun”
“Fail Fast”
“Find Great CoFounders”
What We Are Not Saying
“Get Rich Quick”
“Profit Off of Others”
“ ”
View From Up Here
Andrew Hyde
Gavin Doughtie
Some Quotes
“Our company was builtin 3 hours, the rest
was marketing bullshit.”
“Our company was builtin 3 hours, the rest
was marketing bullshit.”-Bill Gates
“Amazing products arenever built in a long time.
Just short, simple acid trips.”
“Amazing products arenever built in a long time.
Just short, simple acid trips.”-Steve Jobs
“I am buying lunch forAndrew and Gavin.”
“I am buying lunch forAndrew and Gavin.”
-Whurley
3 Hour Startup is for:PracticingExploringCuriosity
CollaboratingLaunching
“Be The Best In The World”
-Brad Feld
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lockergnome/1584268672http://www.flickr.com/photos/mstorz/482241635
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lockergnome/1584268672http://www.flickr.com/photos/mstorz/482241635
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lockergnome/1584268672http://www.flickr.com/photos/mstorz/482241635
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lockergnome/1584268672http://www.flickr.com/photos/mstorz/482241635
G33k Sprinting
3 Hours
Startup During This Session
Where This is Coming From
Deliverables
Paper PrototypeWorking TitleDesignWorking PrototypeDeployed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunsurfr/512124448
Questions
Use This For Every Project
Why
See itPrevent a 6th Month Mistake
Fail Really FastShow Off
The Smartest People in the Room
‣ Right Team‣ Solid Idea*‣ Timing‣ Luck‣ Find a Team is ++‣ Look Around‣ Who is a Designer, Developer, UI, etc?
Startups Succeed With:
3 Hours- 4 Steps‣ Team‣ Idea‣ Product‣ Implementation
Team‣ Gavin- Development‣ Andrew- Design/ UI
‣ Team
Ideas‣ Solve Problems‣ Solve More Than Just Your Problem‣ Can Be ‘X Better’‣ Can Be ‘X but Open’
‣ Idea
9 Ideas‣ Ebook$- Ebook teaching people to sell ebooks‣ GreenNet- Yelp for Recycling and Green‣ SocialShare- Easy to create and manage lists‣ Subversionless- Find designers for your
projects‣ DeadSpace- Myspace for the dead‣ MassiveGoog- Open Google‣ PoorCoder- Recipe finder for what you have‣ TwitterProm- Match users for the big dance
‣ Idea
‣ Idea
What Not To Do‣ Think Your Idea is Worth Anything‣ Build Anything that is "Neat" or "Cute"‣ Define development or design early
on‣ Pick a domain
‣ Idea
9 Ideas‣ Ebook$- Ebook teaching people to sell ebooks‣ GreenNet- Yelp for Recycling and Green‣ SocialShare- Easy to create and manage lists‣ Subversionless- Find designers for your
projects‣ DeadSpace- Myspace for the dead‣ MassiveGoog- Open Google‣ PoorCoder- Recipe finder for what you have‣ TwitterProm- Match users for the big dance
‣ Idea
SocialShare
‣ Idea
SocialShare‣ What It Is‣ Wiki‣ Multi Author‣ Public‣ Group List
‣ Idea
SocialShare‣ What It Is‣ Wiki‣ Multi Author‣ Public‣ Group List
‣ What It Isn’t‣ Blast Email‣ Contact Form‣ Secure
‣ Idea
SocialShare‣ Problem‣ Sharing your social graph is hard
‣ Solution‣ Usable wiki, everyone can add their own
‣ Idea
SocialShare
‣ Idea
SocialShare‣ SocialShare will make it easier for
groups of people to share information from their social graph together by creating a security optional, usable wiki with a unique url.
‣ Idea
SocialShare‣ SocialShare will make it easier for
groups of people to share information from their social graph together by creating a security optional, usable wiki with a unique url.
‣ The end result will be a group list with information about all the members of the group.
‣ Idea
Naming‣ Working Title‣ SocialShare -> GroupList‣ InstantDomainSearch.com‣ GroupList.com Taken‣ GroupList.us is open‣ Buy, Set Nameservers on Purchase
‣ Product
Write It Down‣ Paper Prototype ‣ Moleskin‣ Terrible Looking Browser‣ KISS
‣ Idea
‣ Product
‣ Product
Paper Prototyping‣ Title‣ Goal‣ Fill in Details‣ As Simple As Possible‣ No Nav‣ Everything with Purpose
‣ Product
Paper Prototype
‣ Product
Title:
Goals:
Start A GroupList
about / contact
grouplist.us
GroupList.us
Homepage
Encourage Sign Up, Find Other Group, Explain, Contact, About
GroupList makes things like sharing information in a group, actually easy.
Paper Prototype
‣ Product
Title:
Goals:
There is only one step to starting a GroupList
Group Name
Your Emailif you want to edit
the page in the future
Passwordif you want your
group to be private
about / contact
GroupList.us
Next
grouplist.us
Sign Up
Group Name, Admin Email, Password Optional
Paper Prototype
‣ Product
Title:
Goals:
Password
about / contact
Let Me In
grouplist.us/GroupName08
GroupList.us/GroupName08
Password
If group is password protected
Paper Prototype
‣ Product
Title:
Goals:
GroupName08 GroupList options
Name Email Phone Website Twitter Facebook MySpace
Add Another Contact
Share This GroupList
about / contact
GroupList.us/GroupName08
Save
grouplist.us/GroupName08
First Name Entry
Encourage Sign Up, Find Other Group, Explain, Contact, About
Paper Prototype
‣ Product
Title:
Goals:
GroupName08 GroupList options
Name Email Phone Website Twitter Facebook MySpace
Andrew Hyde andrew@endo 303-817-3333 andrewhyde.ne /andrewhyde /3oo3l2l2l /endoze
Andrew Hyde andrew@endo 303-817-3333 andrewhyde.ne /andrewhyde /3oo3l2l2l /endoze
Andrew Hyde andrew@endo 303-817-3333 andrewhyde.ne /andrewhyde /3oo3l2l2l /endoze
Andrew Hyde andrew@endo 303-817-3333 andrewhyde.ne /andrewhyde /3oo3l2l2l /endoze
Name Email Phone Website Twitter Facebook MySpace
Share This GroupList
Print This GroupList
about / contact
Save
grouplist.us/GroupName08
GroupList.us/GroupName08
GroupHome
Notes: columns align with the content, showing it all. Links to services are active
List, Sort, Link, Add
Paper Prototype
‣ Product
Title:
Goals:
GroupName08 GroupList options
Name Twitter
Email Facebook
Phone MySpace
Website
Name Email Phone Website Twitter Facebook MySpace
Andrew Hyde andrew@endo 303-817-3333 andrewhyde.ne /andrewhyde /3oo3l2l2l /endoze
Andrew Hyde andrew@endo 303-817-3333 andrewhyde.ne /andrewhyde /3oo3l2l2l /endoze
Andrew Hyde andrew@endo 303-817-3333 andrewhyde.ne /andrewhyde /3oo3l2l2l /endoze
Andrew Hyde andrew@endo 303-817-3333 andrewhyde.ne /andrewhyde /3oo3l2l2l /endoze
last edits
5/29 at 8:14 Eddy Mc
5/29 at 8:12 Cameron
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Notes: slides down animation. Every time there is an edit, a version with the time and person added/edited is saved. Clicking it will give you what it looked like. Revert will
restore it
about / contact
grouplist.us/GroupName08
Save Revert
GroupList.us/GroupName08
Options
x x
x x
x x
x
Design
‣ Product
Design
‣ Product
Implementation
‣ Implementation
Things You Need Before Launch
Source Control
Server
Programming
Deployment
“Light Engineering”
‣ Implementation
1-Click Installs
‣ Implementation
Amazon EC2
‣ Implementation
Google AppEngine
‣ Implementation
It Should Always Look Nice
http://www.opendesigns.org
Things You Don't Need
‣ Implementation
Things You Don't Need
Scalability
Performance
"Industrial Strength" anything
UNLESS that's what your startup is about
‣ Implementation
Technology: Pitfalls
‣ Implementation
Technology: Pitfalls
Java
No Local Expertise
Overambitious
‣ Implementation
Team == Technology
‣ Implementation
Have Fun!
‣ Implementation
Major Roles‣ Usability‣ Development‣ Marketing‣ Design‣ QA
‣ Implementation
Individual Roles‣ Dev Manager‣ Product Manager‣ Designer‣ Interaction Document‣ Idea Definition
‣ Implementation
Tools‣ Basecamp‣ Google apps‣ IM‣ JumpBox‣ Trac‣ Twitter‣ Facebook
‣ Implementation
Legal Stuff‣ How Startup Weekend Has Done It
‣ Implementation
If you can't make it good, at least make it look good. Bill Gates
Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana. Bill Gates
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. Bill Gates
What Do You Do on Monday?‣ eBay‣ Go Home‣ Core Team‣ Hire each other
‣ Implementation
Workshop Timeor
Watch Gavin Code
Workshop Timeor
Watch Gavin Code
“When - and how in the hell - did startups become so much fun?.”
-Josh Spear
Thank You!
ContactAndrew HydeTechStarstechstars.organdrewhyde.net@andrewhyde
Gavin [email protected]