Thoughts about entrepreneurial leadershipLondon Borough of Lambeth
12 February 2014
A bit about Learning Pool …
• Started life as an IDeA innovation project• Became a private company in 2006• Has over 400 public sector customers (including Lambeth)• Provides an e-learning platform and content services • Now employs 65 people across the UK & Ireland• Has built the UK’s largest public sector community with 1m
people
A bit about me …
• Started my career in local government• Was person number 5 in a tiny team that’s now O2• Spent 10 years in CIPFA’s commercial subsidiary• Left to become a Silicon Valley dotcommer• Became an entrepreneur later in life than most• Have founded 4 startups of my own … so far!
Have a vision and communicate it
Be able to compartmentalise
Resilience is key
Make decisions quickly
Urgency and impatience have their place
It’s easier to stamp on a seedling
Focus … and focus on the right things
Be hungry like a wolf
Remember your people are your best asset
No-one knows what’s going to happen next
Final thought …
“You have to be optimistic to be an entrepreneur”
What’s next for me
• Heading up a social innovation project for vInspired• Building my non executive portfolio• Balancing my paid and pro bono work for maximum job
satisfaction• Will more than likely start another business
• Email address [email protected]• Read my blog at www.kickingassets.co.uk
• Connect with me on Twitter at @MMaryMcKenna
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