Blissdom Panel Slides
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The document discusses various aspects of web entrepreneurship, focusing on women-led businesses and startups. It includes guidance on idea validation, forming a business, funding sources, and growth strategies while addressing the challenges faced by women in the venture capital space. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of audacity and perseverance in entrepreneurship.
Blissdom Panel Slides
- 1. THE INTERNET IS FOR MORE THAN JUST BLOGGING tech, transmedia and other interesting corners of the media world
- 2. TARA @MISSROGUE HUNT ceo, buyosphere.com, blogger: horsepigcow.com + agingungracefully.net, author: The Whuffie Factor
- 3. ROBIN @ROBIN_AHN AHN community marketing consultant, blogger: agingungracefully.net, editor: startup digest
- 4. LAURA @MYSMARTHANDS BERG founder, mysmarthands.com
- 5. JAMEY @JAMEYORDOLIS ORDOLIS Senior Producer of @CBCLive, tech correspondent for @StevenandChris and co-creator/editor of empirella.com
- 6. WEB ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1.web app startups 2.media companies/information sites 3. consultancies 4. etc.
- 7. SOME EXAMPLES OF WOMEN LED WEB APPS
- 12. SOME EXAMPLES OF WOMEN LED MEDIA/INFORMATION COMPANIES
- 17. HOW TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS 1. idea/solving a problem 2. forming a business 3. funding your business 4. growing your business 5. profit!
- 18. THE BIG IDEA
- 19. HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE A GOOD IDEA? 1. where did it come from? 2. are you solving a problem? 3. how did you validate the idea? 4. did you do any market research? testing? 5. do you have competitors in the space?
- 20. SETTING UP
- 21. FORMING A BUSINESS 1. finding co-founders? 2. work out of home? office? other? 3. early promotional materials? website? business cards? 4. a website doesn’t just come out of nowhere...how do you find developers? what are the challenges? 5. what was your number one challenge in setting up your business? 6. any legal advice? horror stories to avoid?
- 22. FUNDING
- 23. SOURCES OF FUNDING 1. bootstrapped/savings 7. crowdsourcing (still sorta illegal) 2. friends & family 8. advertising revenue 3. angel investors 9. grants 4. venture capital 10.credit cards (o_O) 5. bank loans 6. partnerships
- 24. WHY WOMEN STRUGGLE IN THE VC WORLD... http://www.ezebis.com/ebook/
- 26. GROWING YOUR BUSINESS 1. okay, so now how do you find your market? 2. what free tools can you use to help you grow your business? 3. what is worth paying for to grow your business? 4. how do you get people or advertisers to pay? 5. any other tips?
- 27. IT IS FREAKIN HARD
- 28. YOU’LL FEEL COMPLETELY LOST
- 29. YOU’LL COMPLETELY LOSE IT http://www.flickr.com/photos/milkyworld/3128291642/sizes/l/in/photostream/
- 31. “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Thomas Edison
- 33. the entrepreneurial venn desire to delusional A change the status quo D C B audacity A. those that go postal B. dictators C. serial killers D. startup entrepreneurs
- 34. GO FORTH AND BE CRAZY, AUDACIOUS DREAMERS!