About

Update: A sneak peak of the Web Version!

Much more to come such as clickable elements that provide a detailed description of the entrepreneur, a thank you section dedicated to backers and styling for the web (appose to the current poster view) including mobile view!

http://bit.ly/1GPsBtZ

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Hi, we are Mike and Brian, and we love startups! We also really like posters. So, we combined the two!

We are two aspiring entrepreneurs. We’d like your help creating a unique poster to help inspire you! We are assembling most inspiring and capable entrepreneurs in the world together in one place!

Origin Story

If you’re reading this, we’re assuming you dream of becoming an entrepreneur, or perhaps you’re already on your way to becoming one. As aspiring entrepreneurs, we love learning about them. We listen to their podcasts, read their books, and learn about their unique methodologies. Of course, they all work extremely hard, but what else do they have in common? We are bringing together all the connections and CRAZY commonalities entrepreneurs have. Examples include: a huge number of them meditate, read over 2 hours a day, and of the six people who built PayPal, four built bombs in high school (check out Peter Thiel’s book Zero to One).

This poster helps you to put a name to a face, broadens your knowledge of entrepreneurs in other fields, learn interesting trivia, and is a source of inspiration.

Features

The poster has 16 columns. Each column represents an industry, such as hardware or consumer internet. Each element features key information such as location, companies started, along with tags that highlight unique attributes.

THE POSTER

24" x 36"

60.96 x 91.44 cm

High quality 80lb paper

Treated with an aqueous coating, to give it protection and a nice sheen

THE WEBSITE

We are also building a web version of the poster, where you can get more information about the entrepreneurs that are chosen to appear on the final version of the poster, including links to Wikipedia, company sites, blogs, twitters, and books of each individual.

As a backer, your name will be included on the website's thank you page, along with a link to your company or personal portfolio if you so choose.

How we did it: Lastly, you will have access to the “How we did it” section of our site. This is a giant compilation of tools and techniques we used to create this project, along with our perspective on tips and pitfalls. From our financial projection planning sheet to our marketing and contact formulas, you will have a no holds barred access.

Voting

As a backer, you have the opportunity to cast 1 vote for each of the 16 industrial sectors. You may vote for who you believe most embodies our criteria and best represents their industry!

This is the best way to bring great entrepreneurs who we may not have heard of to our attention.

The big names such as Bill Gates and Elon Musk are locked in so that they do not soak up any unnecessary votes.

16 Columns - may change according to votes

Multiple: Elon Musk, Richard Branson

Elon Musk, Richard Branson Finance: Perry Chen, Michael Bloomberg

Perry Chen, Michael Bloomberg Media: Arianna Huffington, Steven Chen, Daniel Ek,

Arianna Huffington, Steven Chen, Daniel Ek, Education: Sebastian Thrun

Sebastian Thrun Entertainment: Gabe Newell, Mark Pincus

Gabe Newell, Mark Pincus Data: Peter Thiel, Larry Page, Drew Houston

Peter Thiel, Larry Page, Drew Houston Hardware (2 columns): Tony Fadell, Nick Woodman, Helen Greiner

Tony Fadell, Nick Woodman, Helen Greiner Social (2 columns): Kevin Systrom, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Reid Hoffman, Jan Koum, Evan Speigel

Kevin Systrom, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Reid Hoffman, Jan Koum, Evan Speigel Consumer Internet (2 columns): Jeff Bezos, Brian Chesky, Drew Houston, Jeremy Stoppel, Tony Hsieh, Jack Ma

Jeff Bezos, Brian Chesky, Drew Houston, Jeremy Stoppel, Tony Hsieh, Jack Ma Evangelist (2 columns): Seth Godin, Tim Ferris, Jason Calacanis, Guy Kawasaki, Sam Altman, Paul Graham

Seth Godin, Tim Ferris, Jason Calacanis, Guy Kawasaki, Sam Altman, Paul Graham Energy: TBD

TBD Health: TBD

We understand even this list may be subject to debate; if we're missing any "big names" we will make sure to amend the list before voting begins.

Criteria

Originally we wanted to include historical entrepreneurs like Henry Ford and Edison, but we quickly realized that the scope was way too broad. So, we are limiting the field to internet-age companies. The following is a list of criteria that helps us all make consistent choices. In order of importance:

Technology

We are making the poster through web design using PhantomJS to render the website as an image. This makes it very flexible and allows for you to vote on who will appear. It also makes it very easy for us to incorporate your artistic suggestions. You don’t like the shade of yellow we use? Don’t like the font? One line of code and we can change it!

Cost Allocation

Of course we would like to make money on the project, but we are happy with setting the backing goal to $3,200, our break-even amount. Above all else, we are excited to give something to the Entrepreneur Community!

$1200 is allocated for set up costs and printing. Printing has a huge fixed cost of getting the printers ready for a big batch and the manufacturing of print plates.

$1300 accounts for the shipping tubes and postage. We can keep the fulfillment very low by doing the shipping ourselves.

$280 goes to Kickstarter and payment gateways. We’re setting the goal at $3,200 because that is our break-even with other miscellaneous costs added in. We’re setting it low because we’d be happy knowing other entrepreneurs will have this awesome poster hanging to remind them of their own lofty goals.

$420 Miscellaneous expenses

Total $3,200

Backing Tiers

Delivery and Fulfillment

Once we receive most of the votes, along with your suggestions, we will spend a week making the final draft of the poster. Print turnaround is 3 weeks. We expect to have your posters out 4 weeks from the end of the campaign. Posters are shipped in 3 ply, spiral wound, crush-proof tube. International shipping is available.

We hope you love this poster as much as we do!

Thanks to all of you for your support,

- Mike, Brian, Shiv, and Kevin