Cedric documents his first year working as the marketing guy at idealabs, Belgium's first startup accelerator. He describes preparing for and getting the job, helping to launch idealabs with a big party, filling the building with startups through workshops and events, expanding with Coffeelabs, mentoring the startups, attending conferences in London and Paris, and celebrating idealabs' 1st anniversary over a 3-day party.

1. 1 Year Idealabs
#StopTalkingStartBuilding
#MyStartupStory

2. I’m Cedric, I’m the marketing
guy at idealabs. This is the
first year of idealabs through
my eyes (actually my iphone)

3. I wish I had a Real (not a 3D Printed)
Google Glass last year. Maybe next
year my presentation will be: idealabs
2013 #throughglass

4. Back to me. Let’s start my
idealabs journey from the
very beginning

5. Preparing a presentation for my first
job interview at idealabs.
Job Opening:
Digital Marketer

6. I GOT THE JOB.
HOORAY!
From now I was working for the
first startup accelerator in
Belgium

7. Hold on a sec!
This was my first job, and I had a
digital marketing background. Let’s
dive in to this awesome book

8. Let’s fill this space with
startups!
idealabs from inside

9. First, let’s hang some
inspiration on our walls

10. `
Idealabs from outside.
One big building in
the center of
Antwerp.

11. With this rooftop
Idealabs from outside.

12. Idealabs from outside.
with this AMAZING
rooftop

13. First things first
Let’s do some
idealabs branding

14. Second Task
Apply branding on
the outside

15. Second Task
Apply branding on
the outside and
literally launch
people

16. Third Task
Launch idealabs with a big bang.
Amazing launchparty with more than
300 people!

17. Painful Task
Clean Up the launch party aftermath

18. First Press Release
Hooray, everything is
going as planned. My
work is done here!

19. This was just the
beginning
Making this happen
was next!

20. Hold on a sec!
First need to read this book! We
need to create that ecosystem in
Antwerp

21. idealabs building
Ok it’s still empty, let’s
fill this up

22. Let’s plan this out
Super secret blurry mindmap
#worlddomination

23. VIBRANTCOMMUNITY
MEANINGFULEVENTSIDEALABS IMPACT
Make some cool
visuals

24. idealabs meaningful events
Matchmaking BBQ

25. idealabs meaningful events
Matchmaking BBQ

26. idealabs meaningful events
Product Lab Workshop

27. idealabs meaningful events
Startup Sacrificies night
(inspiring storytelling)

28. idealabs meaningful events
Startup Sacrificies night
(inspiring storytelling)

29. idealabs building
Ok our summer was
great, created a vibrant
offline and online
community. Now let’s fill
our building with
startups!

30. idealabs accelerator Pitchday
70 people applied for the accelerator,
and were judged by this panel

31. idealabs accelerator pitchday
Hello from India!

32. idealabs accelerator selection
These 4 wise guys made it through.
Meet Maarten, Wouter, Vincent & Louis

33. Very First day at idealabs
Coaching 1o1

34. Very First workshop at idealabs

35. Very First Wall posters at idealabs

36. Workshops at idealabs

37. Some more
Workshops at idealabs

38. Some more
Workshops at idealabs

39. Some more
Workshops at idealabs

40. Some more Pitching at
idealabs

41. Some more helping
each other at idealabs

42. Some more Mentoring
at idealabs

43. Got one unused space in
the idealabs building.
Let’s open a coffeebar and
coworking

44. Coffeelabs
“Add digital to entrepreneurialism
and mix in a little coffee”

45. Some more Pitching
outside of idealabs

46. Some more Mentoring
at idealabs

47. Some more
Mentoring at
idealabs
Some more
Pitching at
Coffeelabs

48. After all that pitching, mentoring,
workshopping. Let’s go to London!

49. After all that pitching, mentoring,
workshopping. Let’s go to Leweb
in Paris!

50. After all that pitching, mentoring,
workshopping. Let’s go to Leweb
in Paris!

51. Back to Antwerp! Preparing Wouter’s
presentation for STIMA the next day

52. Will you look at that! 19 year old
telling to stop talking and start
building

53. Back to work! Learning Labs with
schools, helping the startups

54. After an wonderful summer, now an
horrible winter

55. Wonderful winter! Welcome Jeremy to
the idealabs family. Congrats Nicolas V.

56. After the first idealabs babyshower,
now our first #Pitchlab

57. International speakers!
Anders Ivarsson from Spotify talking
about how Spotify is agile

58. Startup Campus
Workshops on Business Models

59. My first personal interview in a
newspaper about my own startup
Slide.li!

60. Suddenly I find myself in San Francisco!
Talking about a crazy year!

61. Back to Antwerp!
We had an Evolv weekend at our place

62. Startup Trips rule!
All the idealabs startups in Berlin for
Capital On Stage

63. Got back from Berlin
Just in time for the opening of The Next Level.
Coffeelabs took things to the next level! Coffee on
rooftop terrace all summer

64. I’m sure I missed tons of stuff.
We would like to invite you for our
1 year celebration party. We’re
celebrating for 3 days!
26/06 - Open Office Hours
27/06 - Pitch Night &
Matchmaking BBQ
28/06 - 1 Year idealabs party
Find all info on
http://idealabs.fikket.be