Bootstrapping a Startup? Have you done your Homework?

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Presentation at Startup Saturday Mumbai on 8th Nov, 2008 by Brajeshwar Oinam of oCricket.com on the topic of how to booststrap a Startup.

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Bootstrapping a Startup?

“have you done your homework?”

Startup Saturday (Mumbai) 8th Nov, 2008

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Brajeshwar

•Founder - oCricket.com•Ex-Mixercaster - mixercast.com•Founded Oinam Software Pvt. Ltd.

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What is a Startup?

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Are you for Real?

•Quit your day job?•Commitments, Sacrifice?•Risk? No reward without it!

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Team, Co-Founders

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Lead by Example

•Accept Responsibility•Be a “decider”, resist becoming a

“dictator”

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Let’s do it

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Open Source•Commercial

Scalability

•Cutting Edge Technology

• Free and darn Cheap

• Acquisition Friendly

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“Trust in Allah, but tie your camel.”

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“Stay Hungry Stay Foolish”

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Links & References• Photos

• http://macenstein.com/default/archives/562

• http://brajeshwar.com/2007/steve-jobs-at-home-in-1982/

• http://flickr.com/photos/phitar/152462547/

• http://flickr.com/photos/album-de-alberto/481931292/

• http://flickr.com/photos/asam/436122446/

• Articles, Links

• http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

• http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/8/23/stop-pretending-you-can-start-a-company-while-avoiding-sacrifice-and-risk/10187/view.aspx

• http://girlsintech.net/

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Brajeshwarwww.oCricket.com•www.ocricket.com (code:

startupsaturday)•Call me on my email:

[email protected]•www.brajeshwar.com•http://slideshare.net/oCricket