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Titel tekst Beschrijving slide 10 tips for starting entrepreneurs “So you want to build your own business?” Barcamp Ghent 2 - 30/11/2008

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Titel tekst

Beschrijving slide

10 tips for starting entrepreneurs

“So you want to buildyour own business?”

Barcamp Ghent 2 - 30/11/2008

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Hi, my name is Bart.

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I work at webagency Netlash.

... and at a few other companies:

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Starting your own business

10 tips from my personal experience

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Listen carefully...

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* personal experience *

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It might not apply to you.Or your business.

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My 10 tips

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1. Your new best friend

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Your accountant

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1. Your new best friend

Your accountant

Choose him carefully

Make sure his office is within a 15 minute drive

Do not go for the cheapest!

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1. Your new best friend

Your accountant

And whatever you do...

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1. Your new best friend

Your accountant

And whatever you do...

Do NOT take a friend or a member of your family as your accountant.

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1. Your new best friend

Your accountant

And whatever you do...

Do NOT take a friend or a member of your family as your accountant.

... Just don’t.

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1. Your new best friend

By extension

Find yourself a good bank manager, and join that bank.

The personal relationship with the bank manager is far more important than the brand of bank.

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1. Your new best friend

2. Show me the money

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5. 10.

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Watch your cash-flow

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2. Show me the money

Watch your cash-flow

No matter how profitable you are, if you run out of cash, it’s

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2. Show me the money

Watch your cash-flow

No matter how profitable you are, if you run out of cash, it’s

GAME OVER

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2. Show me the money

Billing

Send out your bills asap

Follow them up for payment

Be firm but friendly!

Ask advances

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2. Show me the money

Oh, and should I mention:

You HAVE to have a business model.

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1. Your new best friend

2. Show me the money

3. Be a ‘Mensch’

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3. Be a Mensch

Mensch

Mensch (Yiddish: מענטש mentsh) means "a person of integrity and honor"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensch

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Build your rolodex

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3. Be a Mensch

Networking

Don’t network to build business

The network of your network is far more important!

“Pay it forward”

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1. Your new best friend

2. Show me the money

3. Be a ‘Mensch’

4. Be easy to work with

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Availability

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4. Be easy to work with

Availability

Answer your phone, answer your e-mail

Reply to RFP’s within the hour!

Be reliable, make good on your promises

Communicate often and clearly

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1. Your new best friend

2. Show me the money

3. Be a ‘Mensch’

4. Be easy to work with

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5. Build alliances 10.

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Cooperation

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5. Build alliances

Cooperation

More value-creation through cooperation

Share your ideas

Be open

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1. Your new best friend

2. Show me the money

3. Be a ‘Mensch’

4. Be easy to work with

6. Get a sparring partner

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Sparring partner

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6. Get a sparring partner

Get a partner

It’s very hard to build a bigger business on your own

Find an opposite

It’s like cycling...

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1. Your new best friend

2. Show me the money

3. Be a ‘Mensch’

4. Be easy to work with

6. Get a sparring partner

7. Find your niche

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Say No!

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7. Find your niche

Niche

Create your own niche, and dominate it

“Blue Ocean”

It’s ok to say No - sometimes it can win you clients!

Focus

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1. Your new best friend

2. Show me the money

3. Be a ‘Mensch’

4. Be easy to work with

6. Get a sparring partner

7. Find your niche

8. Set your goals

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Don’t steer - look

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8. Set your goals

Launch your ‘torpedo’

Know what you want to be: consultant, entrepreneur or manager

Define the numbers

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8. Set your goals

SMART

Specific

Measurable

Achievable

Relevant

Time Framed

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1. Your new best friend

2. Show me the money

3. Be a ‘Mensch’

4. Be easy to work with

6. Get a sparring partner

7. Find your niche

8. Set your goals

9. Cherish your talents

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Precious diamonds

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9. Cherish your talents

Diamonds

Hire people that are smarter than you

Hire for diversity

Even the biggest diamond has to be cut - push them!

Balance your 3P: People - Profit - Planet

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1. Your new best friend

2. Show me the money

3. Be a ‘Mensch’

4. Be easy to work with

6. Get a sparring partner

7. Find your niche

8. Set your goals

9. Cherish your talents

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5. Build alliances 10. Follow your passion

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You can not outsource passion.

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Outsource passion?

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You can not outsource passion.

(Some people might not agree.Like pimps. And advertising agencies.)

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10. Follow your passion

Passion

There can only be 1 real drive for entrepreneurship: passion.

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1. Your new best friend

2. Show me the money

3. Be a ‘Mensch’

4. Be easy to work with

6. Get a sparring partner

7. Find your niche

8. Set your goals

9. Cherish your talents

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5. Build alliances 10. Follow your passion

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11. Free extra tip

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Your home base

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11. Free extra tip

Your home base

An entrepreneur can only be succesful if his partner supports his plans.

(I can only thank Gudrun, Wolf & Kobe that they do, and love them for it.)

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1. Your new best friend

2. Show me the money

3. Be a ‘Mensch’

4. Be easy to work with

6. Get a sparring partner

7. Find your niche

8. Set your goals

9. Cherish your talents

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5. Build alliances 10. Follow your passion

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Start your own business!

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Start your own business!

It’s a rollercoaster, but a fun one.

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And remember...

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Don’t give up.

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There’s only one difference between an amateur and a professional.

The professional is an amateur that did not give up.

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Questions?