3. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
Born to middle class parents in
upstate NY
Founded Facebook in his dorm
room when he was 19
Facebook is currently valued at
nearly $150 billion
52nd richest person in the World
29 years old
4. Sergey Brin, Google
Immigrated to the US from the
Soviet Union at the age of 6
Founded Google in dorm room
when he was 23
Took Google public 6 years later
Estimated net worth of $30 billion
5. Elon Musk, Tesla & SpaceX
Fled South Africa at the age of 17 -
Became US Citizen in 2002
Exited Zip2 in 1999 making himself
$22 million personally. He was 28.
Exited PayPal in 2002 making himself
$165 million personally. He was 31.
Currently the Founder & CEO of TWO
publicly traded companies: Tesla and
SpaceX.
Net worth is over $12 billion
6. Jessica Herrin, Stella & Dot
Founded WeddingChannel at age of
24 and sold for $65 million
Founded Stella & Dot in 2004
Stella & Dot recently valued at $1
billion
7. Aaron Patzer, Mint
Founded mint.com in 2007
2 years later Mint was acquired by
Intuit for $170 million
He was 28 years old
8. Max Levchin, PayPal
Founded PayPal in 1998
4 years later PayPal went public
making Max a millionaire
eBay later bought PayPal making
Max another $34 million
He was 27 years old
9. Jeff Arnold, WebMD
Founded WebMD when he was 20
Within 1 year the company was
valued at $20 billion
Retired in 2000 from WebMD
He was 30 years old
10. Jared Hecht, GroupMe
Founded GroupMe when he was 23
Within 1 year the company
acquired for $100 million
He was 24 years old
11. I founded Speek 2 years ago.
Speek recently received an 8
figure valuation.
12. About Me
Speek Co-Founder & President
Harvard & MIT
Exited First Startup in 2006
Georgetown Professor
Forbes Columnist
@DannyBoice
13. About Speek
$6 Million In Venture Capital
2 Years Old
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Users
Millions Of Calls
Exponential Growth @SpeekApp
www.Speek.com
17. Startups vs Small Businesses
A Restaurant, Barber Shop, Bookstore, Consulting
Company, Etc. Is Not A Startup!
Different DNA (Exponential Growth)
Staff Size Does Not Equate To Revenue
Technology (Web & Mobile) Not Physical Locations
Fail Fast