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GeeksOnaPlane East Asia 2010: Startups Are Global. You Should Be Too.

TechCrunch just posted the fourth and final GoaP video (see below) from our GeeksOnaPlane Asia 2010 trip (Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo), produced by the awesome Ben Henretig at Micro-Documentaries.com, and Kris Krug also included an incredible photo essay of our trip as well.

As we wrapup our social media tour of China, South Korea, Singapore, and Japan, i'd also like to announce 500 Startups just made our first investment in China, in ChinaNetCloud.  Congrats Steve & James, and welcome to the family.

Startups & Entrepreneurship are a global phenomenon. Start something already.

Why NOT to do a Startup -- becuz yer Gonna FAIL. (spend more time with your kids)

slides from my new talk on NOT doing a startup, from Seattle Startup Day:

Why NOT To Do a Startup.

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The Lean VC: a Silicon Valley story about Innovation, Incubation, & Iteration.

Here are slides from my talk at the GROW conference (Vancouver, August 2010) on changes in the venture capital industry.

For more info on this topic, read my blog post "Moneyball for Startups".

The Lean VC: a Silicon Valley 2.0 Story

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Marketing, Metrics, & Meaning (4 Pirates, in LA @ BlueGlass)

slides from my talk on Marketing Metrics at BlueGlassLA:

Marketing Metrics 4 Pirates (July 2010)

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Running Geek Events

slides from my talk at yesterday's EventTechCon conference:

Geek Events

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(sorry slides are pretty light-hearted; talk was relatively brief, mostly just about lessons learned running geek / tech / startup events over past 10-15 years)

Startup 2.0: a Silicon Valley Story

Slides from my talk for Echelon 2010 (Singapore):

Startup 2.0: a Silicon Valley Story

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GeeksOnaPlane Shanghai!

Geeks On A Plane Shanghai
Originally uploaded by kk+

awesome kickoff to GeeksOnaPlane Asia 2010:

- spontaneous StartupVisa mtg with Sec. State Hillary Clinton
- "East Meets West" blogger meetup @ Shanghai World Expo
- *fabulous* dinner Table No.1, The Waterhouse Hotel

Startup Metrics for Pirates (Lean Startup Intensive, May 2010)

slides from my talk at Lean Startup Intensive, Web 2.0 Expo:

Startup Metrics 4 Pirates (May 2010)

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With Apologies to Kathy Sierra & Paul Graham: Make Something Users Care About... Enough to F**K or KILL.

A brief excerpt from my talk at Twiistup in LA last week (thanks Danielle):

(apologies to Kathy Sierra & Paul Graham for stealing their most excellent content)

 

Startup Weekend Tokyo & GeeksOnaPlane Japan (Dec 2009)

Startup Weekend Tokyoo (Dec 2009)
Originally uploaded by fumi

thanks to KDDI, Jonny Li, & everyone involved with this past wknd's most awesome Startup Weekend Tokyo. & props to Mona & Chris McCann for helping me slap together a last-minute mini-GoaP Japan trip... no way could have done it w/o you guys.

big OMEDETOO! & congrats to Startup Weekend winners Wubble and Wishcovery for putting together some terrific ideas & apps!

if you can read Japanese, you can also see Serkan Toto's preview of the event on TechCrunch Japan here... you can also read Fumi's awesome summary post here.

for a few pix from the event look for the #swtokyo tag or checkout the sets from Fumi here & Derek here. 

You can also watch the [no longer live] Ustream below:

Live TV : Ustream