INTRODUCTION

Live in New Zealand

Travel all Around the World

Busy, Loud, Happy, Crazy Family of 6

Working to be the change we want to see in the world

…Just like ALL OF YOU

YOU CAN

Change the World

Embrace

Innovation, Collaboration, Hope

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN – NZ SHEEPSKIN

BABY PHOTO (OBLIGATORY)

GROWING UP IN NZ IN THE 70’S-80’S – NOT

HIGH TECH (LOOK AT OUR TV!)

BEACHES, PICNICS, PLAYGROUNDS, THE

LIBRARY! LOVED KNOWLEDGE…

IN THE MOUTH OF A TANEWHA AT THE ZOO IN

AUCKLAND NZ

GREW UP IN A LEAFY AUCKLAND SUBURB

ROAD TRIPS AS A KID…LITTLE DID I KNOW I’D BE

ON THE ROAD SO MUCH AS AN ADULT

HIGHSCHOOL – SMART, NERDY, LONELY

SURROUND YOURSELF WITH GOOD AND

SUPPORTIVE PEOPLE – I’M STILL FRIENDS WITH

MANY OF THESE PEOPLE.

UNIVERSITY – FOUND MY PLACE IN THE WORLD –

FREAKS, GEEKS AND ACADEMICS

PITCH ’N TIME

Bass player

Wanted to slow down CDs

No existing tech

Redefined problem

New solution!

Formed in April 1998

Business partner AJ Bertenshaw

Plus my mother & his father

Persistence!

Public reveal November 1999

DIGITAL VINYL

Problem: Replace vinyl records with MP3s

Approach: “listen” to the record

Timecode?

NoiseMap

SCRATCH LIVE

Released April 2004

Sales as expected

…then exponential growth

CONTROL VINYL COLLECTORS

Different colours, themes and prints

Over 8,000 active collectors

CONTROL VINYL COLLECTORS

HATERS GONNA HATE

If you have critics…

…then you’re doing something important!

BUT YOU’LL HAVE FANS TOO

WHAT ARE THE LESSONS?

Solve a problem you have!

If you are suffering, thousands or

millions of others probably are too

You are more likely to see a project

through if you are passionate about it

and familiar with it

LESSONS

Be Sustainable

Start small

Be agile

LESSONS

Collaborate

Share with others, draw on their

expertise

Identify your strengths and

weaknesses

Find mentors

Find partners that complement

LESSONS

Be Nice!

WHAT NOW? WE’RE DOING IT AGAIN…

FOLLOWING OUR PASSION

INTRODUCING DEE

Innovation

New ideas are exciting there is always a better way

Collaboration

Working with many people to fill in blind spots

Learning every day

ENTHUSIASM

Nothing great was every accomplished without

enthusiasm – Ralph Waldo Emmerson

WHY WE LOVE DFC!

FEEL

IMAGINE

DO

SHARE

ALWAYS BE KIND.

ALWAYS.

Everyone is

infinitely important,

whether you are

just getting started

or on top of the

world, always work

very hard to be

Kind!

An investment that

costs you nothing

BETTER TOGETHER

Mistakes are how we

learn – We all make

them!

Avoid “yes” people

Find Cheerleaders

We Learn by Teaching

We Learn by DOING

Seek Truth

THANK YOU!

Thank you so much

for your time, we hope

you enjoyed it as

much as we did!

QUESTIONS

Every question you ask will win a T-Shirt!

We’re excited to share our knowledge about:

Serato

Charge.net.nz

Entrepreneurship

Having a young Family

What we try to teach our kids

What school was like for us

Stuff we have learned