A presentation I did at the Montreal Youth Employment Services on entrepreneurship. I covered various ways to finance a startup. It covers various experiences I've had starting different types of companies.

1. chasing billions with zero knowledge one entrepreneurs guide to financing your dream austin hill billionswithzeroknowledge.com

3. entrepreneurs role is to observe the horizons of change seeking ways to help their fellow man

19. professional investors want to invest in teams or proven talent

20. teams require the right players in the right positions

21. everyone on the team needs to be on the field

33. Check your Motives

41. Stay small and close to your customer Do more with less Do-it-Yourself Company Building

42. Avoid Undisciplined Growth Make your mistakes cheap and fun to make .

43. Find Mentors and Coaches

46. It’s the journey not the destination

47. Life's creative solutions require alone time. Solitude is required for the unconscious to process and unravel problems. Others inspire us, information feeds us, practice improves our performance, but we need quiet time to figure things out, to emerge with new discoveries, to unearth original answers. Ester Buchholz

48. illustrations by http://www.asafhanuka.com

49. photo’s by http://www.istockphoto.com

50. Talking ~ Listening www.billionswithzeroknowledge.com