Business 101 For Hackers (Dare to be under-employed)
1. Business
101
For
Hackers
Dare
to
be
under-‐employed
Chris
Cera
(~cera)
chris@cera.us
hAp://twiAer.com/chriscera
2. Career
Advice:
Values
x
Risk
Tolerance
• Fame
– Risky:
Create
the
next
Facebook
– No
Risk:
Work
for
Facebook
• Fortune
– Risky:
Create
the
next
Facebook
– Less
Risk:
Work
in
Financial
Services
13. Local
Technical
Founders
• Me
-‐
Vuzit
(Drexel)
:-‐p
• Ilya
Braude
-‐
CloudMine
(Drexel)
• Zykria
Syed
-‐
NextDocs
(Drexel)
• Rick
Nucci
-‐
Boomi
• David
Brussin
-‐
Monetate,
TurnTide
• Bob
Moore
-‐
RJMetrics
• Gabe
Weinberg
-‐
DuckDuckGo
• Not
Hackers,
but
close
– Mel
Baiada,
BlueStone
(Drexel)
– Tracey
Welson
Rossman,
Chariot
Solu]ons
(Drexel)
14. Op]ons
a_er
your
degree
• Get
another
degree
• Get
a
job
• Become
an
independent
– Product
– Service
(easiest)
• Build
a
team,
and
become
a
company
– Product
– Service