This is a talk I gave at JFDI.Asia incubator in Singapore on March 23, 2012. Most tips to budding entrepreneur is about the "how to's" of a start-up company. This is a RARE look into how to build and manage success (& risks) as a start-up entrepreneur.

1. The Poker Entrepreneurship
Learnings from the game of Poker
@SaumilNanavati
CoFounder//Chalkboard Credit: Ben
Bicoastal (US+Asia) digital media entrepreneur
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2. Level Start
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3. Anything in common?
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4. The Aberration
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5. Building it one win at a time
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6. Time to fold
Time to double down
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7. Winning within allocated time: your life
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8. Always streaky Never symmertical
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9. “The Obligatory Mentor Advice”
WARNING: Inside Contains
Controversial Opinions
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10. Pre-launch “check-list”
Founder’s role: a team coach/manager
1. The established demand/pain point (is it genuinly acute?)
2. Founders goal(s)
3. Markets
4. Your career in numbers (current market value vs potential start-up
value)
5. Exit options
6. Choosing Investors
7. Execution
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11. Thank you // @SaumilNanavati
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