mp26 : connecting startups with talents
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Connecting startups with talent
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FILE-SHARING
DROPBOX
•Up to 8GB storage• 45 million users
• Startup valued at $4 billion
• Founded by Drew Houston and Arahs Ferdowsi, 2 Computer science students at MIT
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USER COMMENTS
DISQUS
• Featured on 750,000 sites• 500 million unique visitors
• Startup valued at $4 billion
• Founded by Danial Ha and Jason Yan, University of California undergrads
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LIVE-STREAMING
JUSTIN.TV
• JusOn Kan crazingly wearing a webcam 24/7
• 3200 channels• Sponsors TeamLiquid
• Founded by JusOn Kan
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3RD-PARTY SERVICES
RADIALPOINT
• simplifies access to technology for ordinary people
• loves the Montreal technology community
• Founded by AusOn & Hamnet Hill
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LOCAL MARKETING
GETMELISTED
• brand new startup• Founded by Mohannad El-‐Barachi, Michael Mire & Ravdeep Sawhney
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HELPING NON-PROFITS
AJAH
• fundraising for non-‐profits
• Founded by Michael Lenczener, Daniel Drouet, Yannick Gingras + Nicolas Cadou
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THE MISSING LINKWhat’s common between dropbox, justin.tv, disqus, ajah, radialpoint, getmelisted ?
They reach hundreds of millions of users.
They are technology startups looking to change the world.
And they were built by small teams of python programmers.
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WHY JOIN STARTUPS?
BRILLIANT IDEASWork with entrepreneurs who believe in changing the world, and will reach hundreds of millions of users
STAY HUNGRY, STAY FOOLISHWe fail at least once but we built it be^er the second Ome. And we love the risk!
LATEST TECHNOLOGIESWork on hot new technologies on Android or iOS plaborms or with new technologies such as mongodb/redis/nodejs
PASSIONJoin a community where passion, vision and product ma^er more than anything else.
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GETTING INVOLVED IN MONTREALLearn & connect
1. dev groups: montrealpython
2. hackathons: lots of #hackmtl in 2012 organized with
different groups
3. news: montrealtechwatch / nextmontreal
4. places: notman house
5. programs: Montreal StartupWeekend, Founderfuel
6. jobs: #MTLStartupTalent
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#MTLSTARTUPTALENT 14TH FEB 2012BRIDGING 500 TALENTS TO 25+ STARTUPS IN 6 HOURS
What you can expect:– access to great job opportuniOes at
exciOng companies– a chance to converse with an employee
or founder and start to build a relaOonship
– a casual (yet serious) environment to network with others in your field of interest
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@mtltalent
/mtlstartuptalent
#mtlstartuptalent
mtlstartuptalent.com
#hackmtl group