Never Say Never for Startups - Lessons fr the Biebs

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Internet, mobile and social technologies make it possible to develop specs of talent into large enterprises at breakneck speeds. Never Say Never 4 Startups pulls five lessons from the meteoric rise of Justin Bieber and his journey from Stratford kid to industry dominating talent platform and tech VC.

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07-10 2011 THE FUTURE

4 deals

8-10 deals / yr!

the past

deal

z

I Met This Guy

* Jeff *

He Talked About This Guy

* Justin *

NEVER SAY NEVER 4 Startups

Lessons fr the Biebs

* by @rankinthomas ** impossibleconfidence.com *

WTF?

FOR REAL?

FOR REAL

* c/o Scooter Braun Films *

INSPIRED BY THE BIEBS

• We are all in new media• Tech / social is sales• Biebs is the KING of sales• From 0 to 100 (klout?) in 60 sec

BIEBER POWER

Newborn Present Day* MSG c 2010*

2.3 billionYouTube Views

40.5 millionFB fans

25 milliontwitterfollowers

$100 millionbox office

$100 millionticket sales

Alright Thomas….what is the point of

this?

5 Lessons from the Biebs

Be Amazingly Talented

* little Justin plays the bongos *

HAVE IMPOSSIBLE CONFIDENCE

* definition *- Extremely high level of self-assurance

- Swift learning and movement through mistakes and adversity

* Luke’s Plenty of Fish Pic *

Find Your Scooter Braun

* homies until the end *

Master the New Forces

A. ChaosB. Network SciC. Web of

Things

Power Play to the Top

* Baby, I own 20% of Spotify *

* follow me: @rankinthomas ** blog: impossibleconfidence.com *