Secret Simple Presentation for Austin HAckers Association
- 1. Success with Meetups, and Conventions – 2015 in review and 2016 Agenda by Shane Anciso
- 2. My Story • Valley of the wind…LITERALLY (ACHOO!) • Cotton farm boy out in Idalou, Texas, playing in card game tournaments and selling games on Ebay.
- 3. My Story • 1999 and 2006 • Cancer, financial crises, 9-11 trade towers, and end of sports career with double knee dislocations • Turned to computer repair to make ends meet
- 4. My Story • 2007 -2012 • My first mentor, introduction to personal development, networking, started my own business, moved out when grandparents passed away, and a Vegas trip intro to Austin!
- 5. Overcoming Adversity • 2012-2015 • Moved to Austin, homeless living out of my car till late 2013 • Leveraged Meetups, Craigslist & referrals to keep getting back to back computer repairs. • Realized I was onto something! • Leveraged word of mouth which led to this lesson that forever changed my way of life…
- 6. So when discouraged, remember, If you can win the sperm battle, then you can also… • Learn to code, develop, and • HACK any software, hardware, or language! • But, you will still need help from other sperm battle winners called humans… :P
- 7. Awards
- 8. Testimonials
- 10. My Story – I Did Not Quit
- 12. So when discouraged, remember, If you can win the sperm battle, then you can also… • Learn to code, develop, and • HACK any software, hardware, or language! • But, you will still need help from other sperm battle winners called humans… :P
- 13. Do you Support a Cause?
- 14. WebProAtx in 2015 • Took over from failing 100> member Meetup • Grew to over 900 members within just one year • About 40 events successfully scheduled • Cross promoted to about 20 3rd party events • Piloted a team to a $2000 Hackathon award from EBay and PayPal • Over 400 people have attended our events
- 15. 2016 Agenda • 1. Grow Web Pro ATX to over 2000 members while dropping 500+ slackers who never attend our meetups and never plan too! (If this is you, please simply click on the event link below, login into Meetup, click your profile link in the top right hand corner, and unsubscribe so we can be sure those that do want to come get our emails!) • 2. Get 2-4 free beginner even a 5yr old could get it programming dev courses scheduled a month for Javascript (front and back end), Python, C++, and at least three other in demand programming languages, and hit a goal of 50+ classes and over 777+ people served!
- 16. 2016 Agenda • 3. Help 50+ of our members get jobs for their newly found dev skills thru upcoming job promotion and job fair invite emails that will only be sent out to active members of this Web Pro ATX meetup! • • 4. Through sponsorships and partnerships with 20+ other meetups next year we should never be without a week with a event of some kind and I will be recruiting a team to help me manage them and promote my business and Meetups over the next 250+ days!
- 17. 2016 Agenda • Travel 24 states in 12 months – strategic marketing partnerships and sponsors to fund Meetup • Bring on board 2-8 volunteer and part time • Get experience from stage – Hosting one appreciation party with speaker each month for 12 months • More workshops and classes for beginners in other in demand code languages! • Reach co-working spaces and facilitate easy networking
- 18. New Beginnings • Happy New Years Ya’ll! Contact me with feedback, suggestions, questions, and connections: @shaneanciso #Shaneanciso And or just Google search “Shane Anciso”