Bruno Segers presents at Innov@MIC (2011 10 26 @ Microsoft Louvain-La-Neuve)

Bruno @MICro

Louvain-La-Neuve

October 26th

My experience

• From programmer/engineer to sales/marketing• From Antwerp via Brussels to Europe and US• From old to new world utilities• From local to international companies• From local MBXs to global MBO approach• 80/20 rule in Digital, Oracle, Lotus, IBM and Microsoft• CEA in startups• COO at Real Software• CEO at RealDolmen• Blog, twitter, facebook, linkedin, foursquare…

My lessons learned• Don’t present a powerpoint, tell a story• It’s all about people• Become a data & knowledge collector• Je me repose sur ceux qui m’opposent• Together Everyone Achieves More• Plan your career, hire your manager• One minute manager, one page goals• It’s not about strategy but about execution• Entrepreneurs put their money where their mouth is• Partner for success, create communities• Build a seqouia (not a bonzai) business plan• The culture of a company is the behaviour of its leaders• Learn, relearn, unlearn