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Startup Guide 2013 Edition

Building a Better World Through Entrepreneurship

RYAN ALLIS With Ellen Daly CEO of Connect.com

More slides at www.startupguide.com

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ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION

THIS presentation IS PART OF A LARGER slide DECK on building a better world through entrepreneurship

For more slides & CONTENT visit:

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people

WHO YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH

IS WHO YOU BECOME STARTUPGUIDE.COM

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people

SURROUND YOURSELF ONLY WITH SMART, COMPETENT

& POSITIVE PEOPLE STARTUPGUIDE.COM

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QUOTE

ANDREW CARNEGIE’s EPITAPH SAYS “Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who

WERE CLEVERER THAN HIMSELF” STARTUPGUIDE.COM

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Selecting friends

YOUR FRIENDS DETERMINE WHO

YOU BECOME STARTUPGUIDE.COM

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Selecting friends

DON’T BE AFRAID TO UPGRADE

YOUR FRIEND CIRCLE STARTUPGUIDE.COM

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Be intentional

DON’T LET CHANCE DETERMINE WHO’S IN YOUR LIFE YOU DETERMINE

WHO’S IN YOUR LIFE STARTUPGUIDE.COM

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Selecting friends

ONLY HANG OUT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE •  SMART •  POSITIVE & •  COMPASSIONATE

LIFE IS TOo SHORT TO KEEP NEGATIVE INFLUENCES IN IT

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The key to achieving your dreams

IT MIGHT TAKE 5 years to completely CHANGE UP THE PEOPLE SURROUNDING YOU BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT STARTUPGUIDE.COM

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IF YOU Don’T LIVE IN An INTELLECTUAL CENTER

CONSIDER A MOVE STARTUPGUIDE.COM

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Exercise: your inner circle

LIST YOUR TOP 30 FRIENDS THEN CIRCLE THE PEOPLE You still want to be on

THAT LIST IN A YEAR AND FOCUS YOUR TIME ON THOSE You've CIRCLED STARTUPGUIDE.COM

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To avoid mediocrity

TO AVOID BEING MEDIOCRE YOU MUST SEEK OUT PEOPLE

WHO ARE NOT MEDIOCRE AND SPEND TIME WITH THEM

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Your educational network

YOUR UNDERGRAD & GRADUATE SCHOOLS ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT NETWORKS SO PREPARE WELL AND…

GO TO THE ABSOLUTE BEST SCHOOLS YOU CAN GET INTO WHILE AVOIDING GETTING INTO MOUNTAINS OF DEBT STARTUPGUIDE.COM

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Your educational network

ATTEND OnE OF THESE SCHOOLS FOR UNDERGRAD OR GRAD SCHOOL OR TAKE AN EXEC ED PROGRAM THERE TO ACCESS THE NETWORK •  Harvard •  Stanford •  MIT •  Cambridge STARTUPGUIDE.COM

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Your educational network

KNOWLEDGE IS CRITICAL SO IF YOU CANNOT GET INTO OR AFFORD THE BEST SCHOOLS THEN STILL TAKE THE BEST COURSES

FREE VIA COURSERA ALSO SEE: Edx, KHAN ACADEMY, SOPHIA.oRG, SKILLSHARE, OPENCOURSEWARE, ITUNES U, CODE ACADEMY STARTUPGUIDE.COM

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Your work network

YOUR COMPANY IS YOUR MOST IMPORTANT NETWORK SO CHOOSE who you work with VERY CAREFULLY OR BUILD YOUR OWN COMPANY STARTUPGUIDE.COM

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Your work network

WHY DO PEOPLE SPEND 832 WEEKS IN SCHOOL THEN SPEND