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Take This Job And Shove It: How to start a DotNetNuke firm. Gifford B. Watkins, BSc, MA, MDiv twitter.com/giffordwatkins facebook.com/giffordwatkins linkedin.com/in/giffordwatkins.
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Take This Job And Shove It: How to start a DotNetNuke firm
Gifford B. Watkins, BSc, MA, MDiv twitter.com/giffordwatkinsfacebook.com/giffordwatkinslinkedin.com/in/giffordwatkins
"Gifford is one of the most unusual people I've met in technology -- in a good way. Here is a guy who grew up a Nova Scotia lobsterman (he's shared lobster recipes with me) and was educated as a minister...and without shedding either of those identities built a serious tech company about as far geographically from Silicon Valley as you can get. He's won the attention of Microsoft and the U.S. Military. And he's always been willing to share his expertise with me. All in all, Giff is a great story.“ ~ Kevin Maney Columnist, Tech Writer, Cover Stories Editor, USA TODAY
SHOULD YOU BE HERE? This presentation is for the personinspired to become a DNN entrepreneur but needs to create a business model that will prove successful through startup.
SHOULD YOU BE HERE? Be prepared! Social Media on Fire, the White Point Story Ralf Pickart & Donna Hatt 2nd Floor Lounge 2 Why Fred Flintstone Hates George Jetson’s E-Guts! Steve Vernon First Floor Lounge Area 2 We’ve got a business page…now what? Anita Hovey 2nd Floor, Starr Room hitRECord.org – remix culture and crowdsourcing production Robin Spittal 2nd Floor Lounge 1 The Podcamp Halifax Pop-Up Museum: What’s your 2011 Halifax Story? (All day) Jessica Goreham-Penney, Shannon Parker, David Dahms Alderney Landing Theatre Rotunda Get Klout! An interactive tutorial Andrew Konoff First Floor Lounge Area 1 Emotional Web Strategy Kyle Racki 2nd Floor Maxine Tynes Social Media Statistics & Growth in Atlantic Canada Giles Crouch Alderney Landing Theatre My Year of “Hits” – Starshipsstarthere.ca and Remembary Andrew Burke Helen Creighton Room
SHOULD YOU BE HERE? • Tired of commuting • Tired of co-workers • Over bearing bosses • Exhausting your efforts for little reward • Missing the kids getting off the bus • Is this all there is… • forever?
SHOULD I BE HERE? The views and ideas expressed in this presentation are entirely my own personal views, and not those of DNN Corporation or any other person or entity…
THE STATUS QUO Websites are created by webmasters creating a “web slave” situation. DotNetNuke sets web slaves free. House keys, car keys… web keys.
TICKET TO RIDE Microsoft says… it’s okay. DotNetNuke says… it’s okay. Websites, shacks, hovels, abandoned, orphaned, widowed, diseased, out dated… HTML, CFM…
YOUR TEAM: YOUR SERVICES These next six slides are in-class participation
REVENUE GENERATION 100 clients $100/month $120,000 a year
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Gifford B. Watkins, BSc, MA, MDiv twitter.com/giffordwatkinsfacebook.com/giffordwatkinslinkedin.com/in/giffordwatkins