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A startup – start to finish @tamccann

T.A. McCann_defrag_a startup start to finish

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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

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Cool people, aligned passions and complimentary skills - #win

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Sometimes you just need to show up

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How you do it is as important as what you do

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Methodical, well-communicated progress…

18 month horizon

6 month goals

3 month plan

1 month themes

2 week sprints

Ship, communicate, listen, learn, repeat

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Influence the influencers, they will make you better

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Step 6. Gist de-dupes and merges Steve Newman entities based on merge rules.

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Step 8. Finally, when entities are displayed, fragments are de-duped, and merged based on confidence

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We got numbers - 200K users, 200M profiles

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The next phase

Distribution

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Keep your eye on the prize...

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Give thanks