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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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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
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