I want to

A startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Steve Blank, serial Entrepreneur

~ A 3 steps development strategy

Lean product / market fit

Think

Try Track

Find a scalable business model

Spend to scale the business

A VISION

The vision is the company long-term goal. It helps staying on course despite iterations, obstacles, taking decisions, seduce customers… Guilhem Bertholet

Historical leaders always kept

their vision in mind

A computer on every desk and in every home

Bill Gates, 1980

During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.

Nelson Mandela, 1964

Even worst ones…

Germany must conquer a large l iving space at the East of Europe and settl e it by a German population Adol f Hitl er, Mein Kampf, 1925

Ignoring Wehrmacht general’s advi c e, H i t l er l aun c he s h i s Panzers in the biggest military operation of al l times...

USSR Invasion – June 1941

CULTURE

Culture is a set of team-shared beliefs, values and practices Dharmesh Shah, HubSpot CTO

~ Building a company we love

We should have a mission

Culture can be a set of values…

Or a single sentence

Don’t be evil Google

A great culture attracts

great talents

PEOPLE

At first, you have co-founders

The founding team is an extraordinary association of people leading the early-stage development of the company. They build the culture and are responsible for its persistence

Co-Founders must be

compatible with each other

Their personal goals should be

aligned between them

Co-Founders are a “MVT”

They must have all the required

skills to make the business work

out

Great Co-Founders are not

traditional employees

They cannot be replaced.

Teams must have a CEO

It’s about leadership, charisma…

It’s not about who brings “the

idea”

Never let the CEO « sleep »

A CEO should always be

challenged by his teammates

Building the team

30 The first

employees

are critical can be smarter than you

adhere to your vision

don’t obfuscate your culture

So, hire slow smart…

#1 Culture compliance must be the

hiring criteria. Far before skills.

… and fire fast

Waiting too long before acting is equally unfair to the people who need to get off the bus. For every minute you allow a person to continue holding a seat when you know that person will not make it in the end, you’re stealing a portion of his life, time that he could spend finding a better place where he could flourish.

Jim Collins

70% of hires will be working out…

… if you’re lucky

One last thing

Celebrate every success

with your team