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T4NT: TECH 4 NON-TECH SERIES
Startup ToolkitProducts to build, manage, and grow your startup
Alex De SimoneFounder, Caller Zen & JobrMS ME‘11, MBA ’[email protected]
Stanford Graduate School of BusinessJanuary 14, 2015
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Do I need a technical co-founder?
Summary of Alan Chiu’s first T4NT ses-sion…
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Which type of startup
are you building?
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Technology As A Product
Tech-Enabled Business
Tech-LeveragedBusiness
Which type of startup are you building?
YES MAYBE NOTechnical
Co-founder?
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What is your biggest risk right now?
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Market Execution Technical
What is your biggest risk right now?
- Can you build it?- Does it work?- Can it scale?
- Can you put it in the hands of users?- Can you generate buzz and press?- Retention/growth?- Beat competitors?
- Do people want it?- Will they pay for it?- Is there a real need?
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In Session 2, we focused on technical
From zero… …To deploy
Blank App ?
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Concepts Covered
From zero… …To deploy
Blank App
1. Applications2. Databases3. Environments4. Version Con-
trol5. Deployment
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1. Programming Languages To Build Applications
1. Web 2. Na-tive
iOS:
Android:
* many others not included
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2.
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3. Three Types of Environments
Development Staging Production
- Live version of your application- What your cus-tomers interact with
- Replica of produc-tion environment- Used for testing bugs
- Also known as “lo-cal” or “dev”- Unique to a com-puter
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4. Version Control
Apps
MySQL DB
local
“git push”
repository (cloud)
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5. Web App Deployment
Web App “git push”
Server(cloud)Local
* Assuming you don’t use your own servers. Many others not included
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5. Native App Deployment
Native App
PlatformLocal
* Assuming you don’t use your own servers. Many others not included
Submit for approval
NOTE: The approval process for native apps can take over 2 weeks.
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Today: Focus on startup tools in five areas of
management
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Five Management Areas
Team Project CRM
Website Analytics
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Criteria for choosing startup tools
1. Does it meet our business needs?
2. Does it save time and $$?
3. Does it make employees and customers hap-pier?
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1. Team Management
Payroll/Benefits
Recruiting
Internal Communication
External Conferencing
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Slack: www.slack.com
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Slack: www.slack.com/apps
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Caller Zen + Slack: www.callerzen.com
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Xero: www.xero.com
• Accounting• Payroll• Taxes• Invoices• Expenses• Starts $7/mo
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AngelList: www.angel.co
• Fundraising• Hiring• Networking• Free to post jobs
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2. Project ManagementProject Task Management Issue/Error Tracking
File Management
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Trello: www.trello.com
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Codebase: www.codebasehq.com
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Honeybadger + Slack: www.honeybadger.io
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3. CRM: Customer Relationship ManagementTelephony Support Systems
Email Support Systems
Sales
Marketing
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Desk: www.desk.com
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Desk: www.desk.com/apps
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Caller Zen + Desk
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Cloud-based Servers
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4. Website / Domain ManagementSimple Website Builders
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Webflow: www.webflow.com
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GoDaddy: www.godaddy.com
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Analytics Testing
Payments
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5. Metrics Management
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Amplitude: www.amplitude.com
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Loader: www.loader.io
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Braintree: www.braintreepayments.com
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T4NT: TECH 4 NON-TECH SERIES
Startup ToolkitProducts to build, manage, and grow your startup
Alex De SimoneFounder, Caller Zen & JobrMS ME‘11, MBA ’[email protected]
Stanford Graduate School of BusinessJanuary 14, 2015
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