The Next Silicon Valley is the World

The ‘next Silicon Valley’ is the worldNovember 17th, San Francisco

HiMy name is Leon Pals

Covering- Lean Startup in practise - How to grow - Culture

It all started with a tweet

Getting people hands on

Need to more frequently connect to peers emerges

Connecting the community

Need for a physical 24/7 hotspot arises

(In)validated through crowd-funding

p2p Incubator

Feedback proves to be biggest value

Quality of feedback is suboptimal

MeanwhileWe do a lot of workshops abroad

Hubs is a different word for Islands

Culture limits information and best practices to spread

MVP with 3500 (paid) members

Content being shared gets lost in the stream

Feedback is the main activity driver

9500 subscribers

Growing rapidly, might expand into creating media

TodayIs there no global founder community?

Tools like F6S and AngelList are not active communities

Most founder communities focus on their continent

Hubs = IslandsHubs try to provide all a startup needs

Crafting Islands in the process

Hub listicles Enforce this inward focus

Culture development is linearTechnology is exponentially outpacing culture

blaaaat

Culture can be toxic‘Not invented here syndrome’

Distrust and idea overvaluation

Native language media

Culture we lovePay it forward

Open and transparant

Inclusive

Collaborative

Accountability

Feedback relates to these pointsPay it forward

Open and transparant

Inclusive

Collaborative

Accountability

Will you commit to feedback?Will you display your company progress to get it?

Will you actively give it?

Your startup log

Open for feedback

Thank youAny feedback?