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
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