A short set of slides with my takeaways from sessions on entrepreneurship at SXSW 2009

1. http://www. ickr.com/photos/juliebee/105291428/
How to stay interested (and interesting)

2. inking like bootstrapping
entrepreneurs will help CRL stay
agile, driven, and relevant.
We’ll be able to better respond
to current academic, economic,
and technologic climates.

3. “Try being more interesting”
http://www. ickr.com/photos/epicbeer/2320022435/

4. “Try being more interesting”
• “Do epic (stuff)”
• ink about sustainability
toward long-term goals
• Cherish thelearn from itby
work done
others and
• Give side projects plenty of
“front-and-center” time
• Measure metrics that matter
to you
http://www. ickr.com/photos/epicbeer/2320022435/

5. Make ideas happen.
http://www. ickr.com/photos/bitzcelt/1450900070/

6. Make ideas happen.
• “Organize with bias into
action”
• creativity X organization =
impact
• Dreamers, Doers, and
Incrementalists
• Share your ideas liberally
http://www. ickr.com/photos/bitzcelt/1450900070/

7. Be entrepreneurial.
http://www. ickr.com/photos/subliminal/479068328/

8. Be entrepreneurial.
• Less talk, more action
• “Don’tyour code”
write a document;
write
• Write your plan around your
community
http://www. ickr.com/photos/subliminal/479068328/

9. If you don’t like something,
or you don’t like that
something doesn’t exist, do
something about it.
http://www. ickr.com/photos/jdlasica/3361408745/

10. Recognize an opportunity
when you see it.
http://www. ickr.com/photos/adc/2348890387/

11. In summary:
• Spend less time planning and more time doing
• ink big, but start small
• Attack problems with a healthy mix of creativity and organization
• Communicate with others; learn from them as they learn from you
• Watch for opportunities (or create your own)

12. ese slides by Aaron Sumner
KU Center for Research on Learning
Based on takeaways from South by Southwest Interactive 2009.
April 2009
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