How to not suck! is a keynote presentation held at the Startupcamp SK #9 in Bratislava by Wolf Becvar on personal lessons learned from running a web startup. This talk delivers 10 DOs and DONTs when entering the webapp business. Please be aware of the fact that this slides are a supplement to the life presentation and therefore by no means complete or self explaining.
4. •Identify a niche
•Ask a designer or developer to help out
•Tweet about beta (invite only)
•Listen to feedback and tweak
•Launch
•Get TechCrunched
•Live the good life!
(Source: Ryan Carson)
21. Who the f**k are you?
What makes you
special?
Why should I care?
22. #3
Choose your business model
and pricing strategy carfully
• free vs. paid
• what would you pay?
• charge in $ USD
• charge from day 1 (beta?)
• don‘t be innovative - be really boring
• run A/B tests
• re-jig over time
25. #4
Don’t join the feature war!
Does this look like
the killer feature?
Source: http://foolishgadgets.com/files/2009/03/shoot-yourself-gun_tfxnt_6648.jpg
26. “The best software has a vision.
The best software takes sides.
When someone uses software,
they’re not just looking for features,
they’re looking for an approach.
They’re looking for a vision.
- Jason Fried, 37Signals
27. “Listen to your customers,
but then ignore them.
Remember your vision.
- Jason from Mint.com