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Nov 7th. 2017 Webinar on Communication for Female managers, for feminist NGO Amazone
Amazone is a Brussels-based feminist organization.
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“What I’ve learned about creating meaningful work”
- Just start
- Experiment
- Make your own path
- Show up
- Be present
- Launching is better than perfecting
- Stop judging, stop comparing
- Tiny pieces
- Busyness does not equal productivity
- Your intentions shine through (even if you don’t want them to)
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Why do startups die?
Failure #1: “I had the Next Big Thing”
An idea has no value as such.Failure #2: “we were considered the leader”
Never overestimate the competition.Failure #3: “We thought, ‘We’ll attack this problem a few years before Microsoft and Oracle notice it and recognize it as a problem.’”
Never underestimate big companies resources.Failure #4: “We would’ve spent another three months head down developing it, without a business model or any way to keep paying the rent…”
Developing without any conversion idea is worthless. No money, no future.Failure #5: “The business decision to focus on technology and avoid building a consumer application had a significant impact [on the eventual failure].”
Technology has no bank account.Failure #6: “My billion dollar idea was described as “tired” and “annoying’”
Long lasting fun is the best way to sell.Failure #7: “Issues with money, traction, team, and vision”
Failure #9: They gave away a service for free, and ran out of cash to pay the bills
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Why do startups die?
Failure #1: “I had the Next Big Thing”
An idea has no value as such.Failure #2: “we were considered the leader”
Never overestimate the competition.Failure #3: “We thought, ‘We’ll attack this problem a few years before Microsoft and Oracle notice it and recognize it as a problem.’”
Never underestimate big companies resources.Failure #4: “We would’ve spent another three months head down developing it, without a business model or any way to keep paying the rent…”
Developing without any conversion idea is worthless. No money, no future.Failure #5: “The business decision to focus on technology and avoid building a consumer application had a significant impact [on the eventual failure].”
Technology has no bank account.Failure #6: “My billion dollar idea was described as “tired” and “annoying’”
Long lasting fun is the best way to sell.Failure #7: “Issues with money, traction, team, and vision”
Failure #9: They gave away a service for free, and ran out of cash to pay the bills
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03/10/2013 My output of the European Conference: Tackling societal challenges with Social Collective Intelligence and ICT
The access to this conference was resticted to social collective intelligence experts, we met few …
Anna-Maria Daramanin, vicepresident of the ESCE, asked how social intelligence and ict answer practical social challenges such as poverty and unemployment than suggested to talk to the passionnate people… We say please! (more…)
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27/09/13 My output of the Agile Tour 2013 in Brussels
Although I myself do not program, Agile methodoly has inspired me for years, and I was really looking for this event. Fact is that there has been lots of good coming from it. (more…)
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A sense of humor is an under-rated tool for entrepreneurs, innovators, and change agents. And that’s no joke.
Humor helps us understand that things aren’t always as they appear, they can shift shape or form, there are opportunities for change, and we’re not trapped by past decisions.
A can-do nation like America cannot afford to be overrun with can’t do/better-not-try humorless pessimists. A collective sense of humor would allow us to laugh at our pratfalls, correct them, and move on to a brighter future.
Source: HBR
