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Lessons Learnedfrom Startups with Cute Mascots
alexis ohanian@kn0thing
Steve
Steve
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The voice of the internet News before it happens
The biggest little community online
Credit: xkcd
Good news,everyone!
(only without the sex)
Find your reason(not $$$)
Find your we’re doomedbut I need to get out of bed
reason
Total monthly costs
Total monthly costs1. Rent
Total monthly costs1. Rent2. Food/beer
Total monthly costs1. Rent2. Food/beer3. Servers/bandwidth
Total monthly costs1. Rent2. Food/beer3. Servers/bandwidth
$82,000 raised.
Your Web Startup
Your Web Startup
Your Web Startup
Your Web Startup
Start!
no onewants to useyour website
make something people want
make something people love
Why?
We want you to
LOVE travel search.
Hotel search!
Users come first.
Users come first.Why market it?Just do it.
Why?
We want tomake the world suck less.
We want to make the world suck less.
We want to make the world suck less.
We want to make the world suck less.
We want to make the world suck less.
for nerds!
$175,000 donated so far
Peace and Social Action Committeeof the Midlothian Friends Meeting
Baller.
@mituK
@mituK
@mituK
There’sLOTS of work
to be done.
(no pressure)
Questions?
questions?@kn0thing