1. TechCrunch Disrupt Observations from Zach Boerger & Ben Gilbert

2. Douglas Leone - Sequoia Why the world is how it is, how it’s changing, and your role “Solve problems that are your own” 1988 - avg. founder 45. Now 25. More “application layer” than “technology layer” now

3. YC Office Hours PG - “gets” an idea instantly. Cuts it down to simplest form Launch ASAP: “What are you waiting for?” Who are your users? Why would someone use you over the other guy? Need one sentence explanation

4. Peter Thiel & Max Levchin Technology innovation is at a standstill Risk-taking atmosphere has declined (think NASA inspirational speeches)

5. Vinod Khosla “Cool dozen areas”: data reduction, big data, using machine learning to figure out user preferences, “emotional” apps, education, health, empowering people

6. VC Panel Arrington - “VCs should get out of the way until startups really need $$ to grow” Real value = mentorship Pros/cons of being in SF area Arrington dissent

7. Ashton Kutcher Shockingly amazing Investing = witch-hunt for magic ideas “Wealth chases revolutionary people, not the other way around” “Only invest in things I’m passionate about”

8. Eric Ries, Scott Cook, Kevin Systrom Don’t be small/cheap; be fast & deploy constantly Iterate on what your users want Constantly assess if a pivot is needed (Instagram) Focus on “love metrics” “Don’t fall in love with your solution”

9. Kevin Rose Digg - “I hired a whole bunch of engineers rapidly to scale. That didn’t work, and it’s my fault.” Now, hiring “Swiss Army Knife” engineers

10. John Doerr Investing in founders Investing heavily in green-tech/energy Government/economy needed for these $23B invested in companies started in last 12 months

11. Angels Panel Funds between $20M - $50M McClure - 10/mo, Conway - 3/mo Background/pedigree = leverage Only want to work w/ VCs who can take company to next level Conway - bootstrap as long as possible Arrington calls BS Market, product, team, customer, revenue = $1M each

12. Battlefield Day 1 Tonara - “Kindle for sheet music” Farmigo - bringing fresh farm produce right to users OpenBucks - use gift cards to pay online CakeHealth - Mint.com for healthcare Bitcase - “infinite” storage for PC Shaker - Facebook social discovery game

13. Battlefield Day 2 Trello - Joel Spolsky. Team productivity management tool Meexo - rethinking online dating. Mobile. “Reverse social graph” JiffPad - increasing healthcare understanding. Gorgeous iPad app. myLanguage - Star Trek universal translator

14. Themes Launch quickly Iterate Figure out what really matters in your company

15. Conclusions We are not far behind Hiring like crazy Frenetic pace

16. Full Notes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i7 - 1WVafh4WAr9TmB_ZF_eJJvuDKJopG pGoWI5cnT0w/edit?hl=en_US https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i7 - 1WVafh4WAr9TmB_ZF_eJJvuDKJopG pGoWI5cnT0w/edit?hl=en_US