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Background
• Live In Coronado – San Diego
• Born in Toronto
• Startups include Wallstrip.com (CBS) & Stocktwits.com
• Angel Invest – Finished Products Only
• Investments Include – Tweetdeck, Bitly, Assistly, Ticketfly,
Buddy Media, Golf Now, Lifelock
• Hedge Fund Manager for 13 years
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I Want Some Social Media…Biatchhh!
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John Candy Is In Social Media
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Mark Did it and He’s Three Feet Tall
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Come on…….Zuck?
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Who Has NOT Run Twitter :)
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Start a Business or Work for a Startup NOW!
• Social Leverage Revolution• But it’s Banking at First, not Marketing• Start Kissing Ass (Moxy)…Stroke Others Ego’s Not
your Own…It’s a Game• Be Smart and Don’t Ask for Anything for 90 days• Be Indispensible• Get Domain Experience - Passion Areas Matter –
Entrepreneuring is a lot like Poker just 24/7/365
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Philosophies
• Social Leverage over Financial Leverage – ‘Acceleration’• Too Small to Fail• Get to Product Market Fit Fast• Distribution is Under-rated (Stocktwits)• Punch a Banker, Hug a developer• Foreplay…Foreplay…Foreplay• Visualize – Write it Down, Target (try radio) and Hunt• Long cuts are the new Shortcuts• Social Proof is Overrated• Always be recruiting for you weaknesses – not like golf• Ride Trends…Being Third is OK• Hire Super Smart People• Lean is overused.• Cap Structure Matters• Failure is Good• Play Risk (The Board Game)• Make Your Luck/Serendipity – Cold Calls, Lazerow…Buddy Media…
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Bubble?