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Bootstrapping Our Startup Doing a lot with a little!

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Bootstrapping Our Startup•Doing a lot with a little!

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Spencer ThomasonCEO / Co-founder of

Clean Router@CleanRouter

www.CleanRouter.com

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Being an entrepreneur

is easy!

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The Clean Router is AWESOME!

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It all started ….

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If you aren’t embarrassed by your first version then you released too late!

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LEAN!

▪MVP▪Better, not perfect▪Iterate quickly▪Do more with less

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Three feet from gold ...

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GRIND!

▪Don’t wait▪Desire▪Failure is a trickster▪Something for nothing

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Throw away your business plan!

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The Fallacy of the Perfect Business Plan

▪Business plans rarely survive▪5 year plans are fiction▪Go quickly

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The only thing constant is change ...

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The only thing constant is change ...

▪Pivot▪Partners → Vest▪Some fun quotes ...

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It can pay off!!

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