Entrepreneur versus employeeWhy I do what I do todayand why you should(n’t)Satish KanwarOctober 28, 2009

10 things that I didn’t expectAfter I quit my jobto start my own businessSatish KanwarOctober 28, 2009

Entrepreneur versus employeeWhy I do what I do todayand why you should(n’t)Satish KanwarOctober 28, 2009

HelloMy name isSatish Kanwar and I’ma work in progress inScarborough Toronto, Canada.EntrepreneurMarketerGeekGo-GetterFriendEvangelistListenerDreamerSpeaker

Entrepreneur

Marketer

Geek

Go-Getter

Friend

Evangelist

Listener

Dreamer

Speaker

YesterdayI worked in channel marketingat Microsoft CanadaBBA at UTSC ‘08Partner at Vdot MediaCo-op at HP CanadaCo-op at Microsoft Canada

BBA at UTSC ‘08

Partner at Vdot Media

Co-op at HP Canada

Co-op at Microsoft Canada

TodayI create digital experiencesat Jet CooperTwestival TorontoPay It Backward DayImpatient Theatre Improv

Twestival Toronto

Pay It Backward Day

Impatient Theatre Improv

Show of handsEmployees?Entrepreneurs?Little bit of both?

Defining success is a good startFinancial?Career?Relationship?

One isn’t better than the other,it just depends on where you’re atright now.Stage in life?Personality?Latest crush?

Evaluating variables1. Income2. Lifestyle3. People

1. IncomeMoney moneymoneyTime is your most valuable commodityNo commitments or children (known)Economy schmaconomy

Time is your most valuable commodity

No commitments or children (known)

Economy schmaconomy

2. LifestyleHow the days go downWork hard, no matter whatNever get comfortable, no matter whatLook for structure, but not stability, no matter what

Work hard, no matter what

Never get comfortable, no matter what

Look for structure, but not stability, no matter what

3. PeopleZombies are people tooDon’t suck and move up VS sucking is not an optionResource-oriented VS opportunity-orientedSurround yourself with smarter people

Don’t suck and move up VS sucking is not an option

Resource-oriented VS opportunity-oriented

Surround yourself with smarter people

Simply putThis is what I thinkDetermined VS variable pathThings don’t happen for a reasonJust because your good at something

Determined VS variable path

Things don’t happen for a reason

Just because your good at something

DiagrammingBecause I bought a Moleskin

WINSuccess > $1M+10Clarity >+5Decision >NowConfusion >-1FAIL

ChoosingEntrepreneurial black hole

Not choosing“90% of the world doesn’t even considerthe question.” – Andrew Peek, UTSC ‘06

It’s okay to fail. Everyone waits for “the” moment. The more you fail, the more epic that will be.It will rain awesomesauce, I swear.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.Explore. Dream. Discover."Mark Twain

10 things that I didn’t expectAfter I quit my jobto start my own businessSatish KanwarOctober 28, 2009

1. I would have this much funWe have a beer fridge

2. It would be an emotional roller-coasterEuphoria to ground zero

3. I would wear 1,000,000 hatsAccountant, Human Resources, Operations, Business Development, Account Management, Strategist, Community Manager, Business Planner, Cleaner, Kitchen Aid, Beer Buyer, Coffee Runner, and Everything-In-Between

4. Luck is a factorWe don’t have a website

5. People would care#jetcooper

6. I really don’t know anythingBut I pretend to know everything

7. It would take over my lifeI still haven’t seen District 9

8. My story changes every dayThis is already outdated

9. We would grow so soonSatish, Verne, Darcy and Mustafa

10. Somebody already told me thisJust like I’m telling you

Contact meFor anything,anytime, anywaySatish KanwarTwitter: @skanwar Blog: http://sati.shEmail: satish@jetcooper.com