1. Bart Vanhaeren
Managing Director KBC Securities
CEO Bolero
Co-Founder Bolero Crowdfunding
@BoleroCrowdfund@BoleroCrowdfund
A night at the Museum
Reflections about a new digital world
3. Let’s have a look at a changing
and converging world
4. Key Themes & Trends
Cloud computing
& Middle Ware
Artificial Intelligence –
deep neural networks
Virtual and Augmented
Reality
Internet of Things –
a connected world
Robotica
7. About Sarah, Emma and Stealth
Are computers replacing analysts and journalists?
SARAH MADE MORE MISTAKES
THAN EMMA. IT TOOK SARAH
LONGER TO WRITE THE ARTICLE.
EMMA’S ARTICLE WAS FACTUAL
CORRECT. BUT IT WAS... BORING
AND MISSED THE POINT A BIT.
10. Find your partner via Tinder Order your food via TakeAway Order your drinks via WineBazaar
Buy books via bol.com Buy stock online via bolero.com Book your holiday via booking.com
Or experience VR glasses ...
28. Little Bolero invited by Big Deloitte
where Banks not supposed to be... dinosaurs?
Matthew Van Niekerk - Head of Platform Innovation and Development
30. Design is key
Today there is no successful
implementation of technological
innovation possible without
delightful user experience.
And a delightful user
experience requires strong
design thinking.”
31. Average number of new clients/day
Q4 2013Q4 2013 Q1 2016
5 - 10
50 - 60
x10
32. Total number of clients
Q4 2013Q4 2013
100
(index)
Q1 2016
300
x3
33. An entrepreneurial and innovation
culture is key
A lion never
loses sleep
over the
opinions of
sheep.”
“
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The problem is not
the problem.
The problem is
your attitude about
the problem.
Do you understand?”
- Captain Jack Sparrow
“
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Entrepreneur:
Someone who
jumps off a cliff
and builds the
plane on the
way down.”
“
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You don’t learn
to ski by staying
on the piste.
You grow as an
individual when testing
your boundaries and
venturing into unknown
territories beyond your
comfort zone.”
“
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34. Strong brand identity across all touchpoints
Infopack Welcome Pack Order desk
Platform
EventsVIP ClientsWebinar/AcademyINDX
magazine
Trips for investors
PlatformPlatform
Ee
n reisarrang
em
en
t van
Programma
Voorjaar 2016
Een reisarrangem
ent van
Programma
Najaar 2015
Een reisarrangement van
Programma
Najaar 2015
Strong brand identity across all touchpoints
Campaign
Strong brand identity across all touchpoints
Infopack Welcome Pack
Strong brand identity across all touchpoints
CampaignCampaign
Strong brand identity across all touchpoints
Welcome Pack
Strong brand identity across all touchpoints
36. Aiming for technological leadership...
Worldwide
EFMA Accenture
Award Winner
1st
worldwide bank/broker
with a crowdfunding platform
1st
European bank/broker
with blockchain app
1st
European
bank/broker with
Apple watch
with blockchain app
37. ... and exploring new creative paths
Een andere kijk...
30/11/2016 - Museum M, Leuven
OP ZOEK NAAR UTOPIA
20.10.2016 >< 17.01.2017
Virtual reality
Robot process
automation
Museum M
Artists
46. Top EU start-up cities
1. London (UK)
2. Berlin (Germany)
3. Paris (France)
4. Amsterdam (Netherlands)
5. Barcelona (Spain)
6. Madrid (Spain)
7. Stockholm (Sweden)
8. Dublin (Ireland)
9. Copenhagen (Denmark)
10. Milan (Italy)
11. Helsinki (Finland)
12. Munich (Germany)
13. Lisbon (Portugal)
14. Warsaw (Poland)
15. Zurich (Switzerland)
48. Top 5 EU start-up & scale up cities
1. Brussel
2. Gent
3. Leuven
4. Antwerpen
5. Louvain-la-Neuve
Up to 2009 Leuven was the second
start-up city of Belgium
53. The key to building successful ecosystems is a culture that
connects people and enables them to share unique experiences,
skills, and insights in collaborative ways. That’s why trust is so
important. Trust girds the invisible infrastructure of a
community. That’s why diversity is so vital. Diversity leads to the
serendipitous interactions that invigorate ecosystems.
What makes an ecosystem succesfull?
54. WHAT YOU NEED and WHAT LEUVEN HAS
1.Universities
2. Research institutions
3. Great place to live
4. Drivers (MindGate, Leuven Inc, DSP, …)
5. A political will
6. Large high companies
7. Diversity
8. Business angels and VCs
9. Marketing, events, hang-outs and meet-ups
10. Role models
55. JUST EAT
•Listed on the Stock Market
•Valued at 2,4 billion pound
•Raised 100 million pound
•On their way to have 400
mio revenues
TAKE EAT EASY
•Raised 16 mio euro
•Bankrupt 2016
DELIVEROO
•Raised close to 500 mio $...
Why is money so important: to scale
60. Formerly quite, poor, or abandoned (industrial)
neighbourhoods around the world are booming
thanks to artists and start-up entrepreneurial activity,
facilitated by smart governments.
