1. Startups
up close and personal
Kristaps Grinbergs
kristapsgrinbergs.com

2. BCompSci & MComSci
unfinished DmCompSci
> 8 years
geek

4. Startup?

5. “
A startup is an organization
formed to search for a
repeatable and scalable
business model
Steve Blank

6. Change is inevitable.
Progress is optional.

8. Waiting per month: 5h 35m
Over 88% of people
have quit a long queue or
take action against queuing.

9. > 1.8 billion people
200 000+ companies

11. 14:20!
12:47!
@qminder! @qminder

12. August 2011

14. SMARTQ
Business model: Team:
Service provider fee Programmers fo
mobile app and
Wait No More! web interface
Service Provider
Rainmaker
UI designer
024 System designer
Existing Q system
Q slot Get a
reserved notice
Make a Instant
reservation service!
Time slot reserved
Markko Karu
Web based schedule @Garage48 Tartu 2011
www.thebrandmanual.com

17. September 2011

18. Tallinn
Tartu
Riga & Valmiera

19. Skype
Dropbox > Defolio
GoogleDocs
JIRA
Kanbadpad > Ganttic > Asana
Pipedrive
Yammer
Asana
...

20. October 2011

22. Riga vs. Tallinn

28. Listen what people
are saying.

29. November 2011

32. 3 minutes is 180 seconds

33. December

35. Aalto University
Aalto Venture Garage
Startup Sauna
19 teams

40. www.qminderapp.com
Dec 16

41. Patent infringement claims

42. Formation on Qminder Limited (UK)

44. January

45. Integrates with existing machines
? +
Used by over 50 000 companies

46. Enterprise Estonia grants

47. Integration POS
NFC
with Q SMS ticket integration
ticket
systems (Erply)
Standalone Self
Multiline
client Reservations organizing
client
module queue
Android Apps with Service Appoint-
iPhone app location time ment
+HTML5 filtering reserving reserving
@qminder

48. February & March

49. February

57. Qminder lines March, 05, 2012

58. “Tallinn is the home of the famous
Garage48, StartupWise Guy,
EstonianMafia and the most
hustleing entrepreneurs that we
have ever met.”
StartupSauna blog, March 27 2012

59. April - August

68. September

69. Re-Start

72. Running after money
without money

73. October

76. Progress

78. Show me the money

79. Progress = validated learning
about customers

82. Qminder lines October, 05, 2012

83. Now is the only time you have.

84. Clients?

85. Mentoring sessions

86. Pitch only shows that you can
communicate your idea.

87. Preparation makes
reason of failure external.

88. Nobody cares how it works or why,
they only want to see that it solves
something for someone.

89. Mentoring session

90. Know whom you talk to.
Linkedin. AngelList.

91. Mentor introductions.
Project introduction (if needed)
Short answers.
Questions.
Leads.
Comments.

92. Don’t waste your time on trivia.

93. Mentors get their kick by talking,
not by listening.

94. Explain only things
you need help with.

95. Contacts

96. Never waste time proving that
someone is wrong.

97. Answer the question,
then add explanation.

98. Take notes.
Follow up.

99. Off-session

100. Talk with people you don’t know.

101. Make yourself an introduction.
Who are you?

102. Don’t comment, only praise.

103. Next

104. Estonia -> UK -> ?

105. What do to?

107. Learning
is a chemical process
of changing your attitude
toward information.

110. Networking

112. Stick to Your idea!

113. Think global.
Grow fast.
Go big.

114. Test first, build later

115. Don’t be afraid of failing.

116. One more thing

117. Experience = conscious encounter
with novelty

118. We all mind waiting!

119. Your turn!
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