Christoph and Verena share the "10 Key Lessons on how to continue your StartUp after the European Innovation Academy". They present tools to work across different countries as team, positive as well as challenging situations and some funny insights they had with their own StartUp UNIspotter, which evolved out of EIA2014.

1. How to continue your StartUp after EIA
10 Key Lessons
Christoph Trost
christoph@learningplaces.net
@christophtro
Verena Maria Mai
verena@learningplaces.net
@maiverena
Roger Kerse
roger@learningplaces.net

2. First things first:
No, we are not a couple.

5. LearningPlaces.net = TripAdvisor for Study Programs
✓ Launched LearningPlaces.net
✓ 10.000 users
✓ 1500 comments on study programs from 30 countries
✓ paying clients (universities)

6. ✓ INITS accelerator program (Vienna)
✓ pivoted to UNIspotterApp.com
✓ completed Demo-Day
✓ received first funding ticket
UNIspotter = Tinder for Study Programs

7. TEAM. PROJECT.

8. TEAM. PROJECT.

9. 1) Take a week to reflect
… do you want to continue
in this team?
… do you want to continue
with this project?

10. 2) If yes: set up infrastructure
Cloud.
Communication Channels.
Regular (Skype-) Meetings.

11. 3) Don’t forget the „Coffee Breaks“
When you work remotely it’s more difficult but
also talk about personal things…

12. Picture from Roger -> Birthday Greetings
… like digital birthday wishes to team members

13. … or bad hair days

14. 4) Communicate through the ups & downs.
About the
good things.
Tell each other
when they
did something
great.
About doubts
you have.
Tell others if
doubts about
project/team/
yourself.

15. 5) Create an „extended team“
Reach out to other startups.
Circle of mentors.
Keep them in the loop.
Christoph Richter
Founder zoomsquare
Felix Dibelka
Founder neukurs.com
Special Hack!

16. TEAM. PROJECT.

17. 1st lesson

22. 2nd lesson: Prototype & test continuously

23. New Features?

25. 3rd lesson: Stay Flexible in Your Head
Gap = normally due to bad planning or bad execution.
But a StartUp requires that you learn and adapt on the way.
Sounds easy. It’s not.

26. 4th lesson: Focus
If you feel overwhelmed (for longer time period) you
probably haven’t narrowed it down enough.

27. Two Magic Questions:
1. How long will it take to implement?
2. How big is the value for the user?
5th lesson: Prioritize

28. You got a set of valuable
tools, network of motivated
people with diverse skills &
you have been through (part
of) the process.