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lessons from my

20s

Ryan Allis

ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION

THIS presentation can be found
Online at www.hive.org/20s Lessons from my 20s

INTRODUCTION

Well, hello there
Hi there,

I’m Ryan. I’m an entrepreneur living in San Francisco.
I created this presentation in advance of my 30th birthday on August 14, 2014 to share what I learned in my twenties about life, entrepreneurship, and the world. I hope you will find it useful!

If you have questions or thoughts, feel free to email me anytime via

ryan@connect.com.
Best,
Ryan Allis

TOPICS
THIS 1284 slide PRESENTATION COVERs What I’ve learned about
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2

3

LIFE entrepreneurship The world

566 SlIDES

449 SLIDES

269 SLIDES

PART 1 TOPICS
PART 1 “LIFE” INCLUDES SECTIONS ON

GOALS
Purpose
vision
NETWORKS
MENTORS
HAPPINESS
Health
MEDITATION

HABITS
COMMUNICATION
Money
Investing
Love values Life LESSONS

PART 2 TOPICS
PART 2 “ENTREPRENEURSHIP” INCLUDES SECTIONS ON

Entrepreneurship
The big opportunities
Leadership
Business Planning
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Innovation

Venture Capital
Marketing
Building systems
BUILDING A TEAM
STRATEGY & EXECUTION
Steps to get started

PART 3 TOPICS
PART 3 “THE WORLD” INCLUDES SECTIONS ON

HUMAN RIGHTS
MILLENNIALS
Human progress CLIMATE CHANGE
SYSTEMs thinking The innovation age
WORLD 2050

TARGET AUDIENCE

MY PRIMARY TARGET AUDIENCE
IS MILLENNIALS 15-35
WHO ARE INTERESTED
IN MAKING A POSITIVE
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD

MY MOTIVATION

MY MOTIVATION TO
COMPLETE THIS PROJECt
IS MY MOTHER PAULINE

MY MOTIVATION

SHE PASSED AWAY in 2012
FROM A BRAIN TUMOR

MY MOTIVATION

I WANTED TO DOCUMENT
ALL THE AMAZING
KNOWLEDGE SHE GAVE ME
IN HER 60 years

MY MOTIVATION

She inspired so many to love everybody
Follow their bliss

and dream big

For some context, here is my background
Born 1984 in Pittsburgh, PA
SON OF A MINISTER from USA & A SOCIAL WORKER from UK
GREW UP IN Woonsocket, Rhode Island and Bradenton, florida
Started learning web development at age 12 in 1996
Majored in econ at UNC-Chapel Hill
Led a software COMPANY CALLED iConTACT from