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- 1. A brief moment of optimism from an otherwise glass ½ empty kind of CFO… Why Your Startup Will Succeed! www.startupcfo.ca
- 2. YOU SERVE A REAL NEED Copyright © 2009- Mark MacLeod This… Not this… You provide real value to your users. If you don't do this, stop reading, because you WILL fail
- 3. YOU KNOW WHAT MATTERS Copyright © 2009 - Mark MacLeod You spend all your time improving the experience and engaging users : There's no magic secret. You just need to hustle. Constantly improve (i.e. simplify) the user experience. Constantly reach out to users. Listen to them. Talk to them. Turn them into ambassadors.
- 4. WE’RE AL THE SAME! Copyright © 2009 - Mark MacLeod These guys were all nobodies before they became somebodies .
- 5. SMART MONEY IS INVESTING Copyright © 2009 - Mark MacLeod Who's the smartest investor around? Warren Buffet. What's he doing? Putting billions of $ to work. Smart investors are active - NOW!
- 7. NOBODY KNOWS ANYWAY! Copyright © 2008 - Mark MacLeod Nobody knows which startup will succeed or fail. Remember, Skype was turned down by over 40 VCs before it went on to exit for more than $2B.