Thinking outside of the box, youth at work?
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Intervention of Giovanni B. Bastianelli, EU Policy Officer for Confassociazioni Giovani, at the Southern European Summer University organized at Alghero by the Italian Youth Forum.
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- 1. Forum Nazionale Giovani – Alghero 2015 Giovanni B. Bastianelli Southern European Summer University - Alghero, July 29th 2015 Alghero, July 29th 2015
- 2. Confassociazioni Giovani Giovanni B. Bastianelli 60.000 young professionals The ‘under 35’ branch Confederation with 200 associations 350.000 associates Alghero, July 29th 2015
- 3. Youth Economic Summit Giovanni B. Bastianelli Human Capital PA & Semplification Start-up University & Job Smart Health Alghero, July 29th 2015 50Italians under 35 ‘Excellences’ participated in this ‘solutions incubator’. They represented a ‘thinking community’ able to face problems and to conceive solid solutions on five different topics.
- 4. Youth entrepreneurship Giovanni B. Bastianelli What can youth do other than being ENTREPRENEURS? SMEs and entrepreneurs are the main carriers of innovation, economic growth and jobs creation. They play a vital role in social cohesion. They are essential to the economy not only Italian, but also European. Alghero, July 29th 2015
- 5. Actual youth situation Giovanni B. BastianelliAlghero, July 29th 2015 Youth is divided into two categories APATHETIC HYPERACTIVE Youth in this category has less initiative, which brings them to exclude themselves from entrepreneurial activities if the system does not offer them access to the tools enabling them to start their own activity. This category of people is not favoured in youth participation and as a result, is always more marginalised. This category, if faced with an obstacle, knows that it needs to rise to the challenge to asset itself. These people have a higher rate of participation in economic and political life of their country, and aim to quickly bridge the gap of activities which currently exists within our generation. Images: Wikipedia Most young people of this generation are APATHETIC. They don’t think of ways of creating social dynamism and have no interest in taking an active role in solving problems nor making the most of opportunities presented to them. They live aimlessly. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. Be the next CHANGE!
- 6. Thinking outside of the box Giovanni B. Bastianelli Entrepreneurs transform problems into OPPORTUNITIES Alghero, July 29th 2015
- 7. Make meaning in your company Giovanni B. Bastianelli
- 8. Youth participation Giovanni B. Bastianelli Youth participation in our generation is very low. SOLUTION BUILDING CONNECTIONS We have extraordinary resources that allow us to be in touch with anyone and with most of the information available to date. Alghero, July 29th 2015
- 9. Start-up Giovanni B. Bastianelli Business incubator Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Tools helps setting up new start-ups by… It is a cross-border exchange programme which gives new or aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to learn from experienced entrepreneurs running small businesses in other participating countries. A business incubator in business speak is a company that helps new and start- up companies to develop by providing services such as management training or office space. The Europe 2020 strategy recognises entrepreneurship and self-employment as key for achieving smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and several flagship initiatives address them.
- 10. What future awaits us? Giovanni B. Bastianelli Images: A future of LONELINESS if we ignore our potential and are not open to making the most of opportunities presented to us. Crystal, Flickr Scott Maxwell, Flickr Roberto Ferrari, Flickr A BEAUTIFUL future if we take the opportunities that the connected world offers us every day. Alghero, July 29th 2015
- 11. Credits Giovanni B. Bastianelli - FORUM NAZIONALE GIOVANI - EUROPEAN YOUTH FORUM - Roberto Miscioscia, Chairman Confassociazioni Giovani - Avv. Aurelio Salata, Deputy Chairman Confassociazioni Giovani - Fabiana D’Onghia, Advisor Confassociazioni Giovani - All the Executive Board of Confassociazioni Giovani I didn’t mention - Prof. Francesca Melillo, University of Leuven – KU Leuven SPECIAL THANKS Giovanni Battista Bastianelli EU Policy Officer Confassociazioni Giovani Website: www.giovannibastianelli.it Mail: gbastianelli@giovannibastianelli.it GSM: +32 473 687103 CONTACTS Alghero, July 29th 2015
Editor's Notes
- Guy Kawasaki (born August 30, 1954) is a Silicon Valley marketing executive. He was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing the Macintosh in 1984. He popularized the term "evangelist" in marketing the Macintosh, and the concepts of evangelism marketing and technology evangelism. In March 2015, Kawasaki joined the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit operating entity of Wikipedia. The first thing I figured out and learned, sometimes the hard way, about entrepreneurship is that the core, the essence of entrepreneurship is about making meaning. Many many people start companies to make money, the quick flip, the dot com phenomena. And I have noticed in both the companies that I've started and funded and been associated with, that those companies that are fundamentally founded to change the world, to make the world a better place, to make meaning, are the companies that make a difference. They are the companies to succeed. My naive and romantic belief is that if you make meaning, you will probably make money. But if you set out to make money, you will probably not make meaning and you won't make money. So my first thought is you need to make meaning. That should be the core of why you start a company. There are three ways to make meaning. First is to increase the quality of life. My background is the Macintosh division of Apple Computer, and I can tell you with total certainty that we were not motivated by making money. We were motivated by changing the world to make people more creative and more productive. We were trying to increase the quality of life for the Macintosh user. And that was a great motivation. It kept us going through many many difficult periods. We were waking up in the morning thinking how we could change people's lives. A second way to make meaning is to right a wrong. This fish is going to die after jumping out, but to right a wrong means that you find something that's wrong in the world or you notice that's something wrong and you want to fix that. This might be particularly applicable to not-for-profits where there's pollution or there's crime or there's abuse and their very core is to end that wrong. And the third way to make meaning is to prevent the end of something good. You see something beautiful, something wonderful, and you just can't stand the fact that it's been eroded, it's being changed, it's being ruined. So I ask you as you start your companies, your not-for-profits, your churches, your schools, whatever you're starting, please have one of those three motivations, one or more of those motivations. If you don't have any of those motivations, I suggest that you rethink what you're doing. I think these three things are the key to starting a great organization.
- How do social networks matter? Social networks are critical for opportunity identification They are useful to get ideas and access information about opportunities Social networks are assumed critical for resource mobilization Social relationships have reputational and signalling content Access to financial capital Good information on the entrepreneurs trought shared networks (rather than from entrepreneur) help VCs to fund the right firm Recruitment of skilled labor Shared networks help prospective employees assess the new venture prospects Access to tacit knowledge Strong ties to incumbent firms (e.g., by working as an employee) ease access to tacit (tecnical) knowledge Social networks also act as conduits through which social influence operates The commercialization of ideas and knowledge may run counter to the values held by the community in which the individual finds himself Stuart & Ding find that academic scientists propensities to transit to an entrepreneurial role depends to a large degree on the extent to whiich their networks include pro-entrepreneurship scientists