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From Manager
to Entrepreneur
GEM - MBA 2015
Stéphanie MITRANO
@SMmerkapt
… not just a business transition

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Stéphanie MITRANO-MÉDA
Executive Coach certified NCFE / Management Sciences PhD
smitrano@merkapt.com
@SMmerkapt
+33.611.623.873
Stéphanie’”⁹s profile:
http://fr.linkedin.com/in/smitrano
co-founder
transition designer
keynote speaker

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Experts for innovation networks

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So what’”⁹s different?

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Freedom

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Isolation

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Free to follow your ideas
Autonomy in decision-making
Liberty to choose your strategy
Free choice of team members
Free from chain of command
…
Alone in decision-making
Weight of responsibilities
No transversal resources
No safety net
…
NETWORKED FREEDOM

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Expertise

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Generalist

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ADAPTABLE MASTERY
Manager to Entrepreneur
Scaling up a start-up

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Vision

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The Dip

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Dare to dream
Have a vision
Create new markets
Innovate
Change the world
See opportunities
Create value
…
Have courage
Be resilient
Take risks
Be resourceful
Deal with emotions
…
PURPOSEFUL COURAGE

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Ready for the entrepreneurial
adventure?
TEAM UP

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« My model for business is The Beatles.
They were four guys who kept each other ’”⁹s kind of
negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other
and the total was greater than the sum of the parts.
That’”⁹s how I see business: great things in business are
never done by one person, they’”⁹re done by a team of
people. »
Steve JOBS (1955-2011)

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They are iconic characters with
extraordinary abilities to circumvent
intellectual and, or physical
limitations.
CEO, CTO, CFO
Superheroes

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Reality distortion field
Bends reality to its vision
Plans BIG
Thinks long term
Pushes forward
Knows when to pivot
Secondary powers: limited precognition / apotheosis
Super-weakness: radioactive and burns out employees
The CEO

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Psychokinesis
Manipulates objects, atoms, with its mind
Obsesses on « getting it right »
Thinks short term
Insulated from reality
Extra-power : super-speed / mind-control
resistance
Super-weakness: autism
Evan Williams, Twitter
The CTO

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Chronokinesis
Accelerates TTM
Moves through the plan
Thinks medium / long term
Prepares the next step ahead
Extra-power : creates resources from
thin air / super-connector
Super-weakness: won’”⁹t pivot
The CFO

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INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGES
NETWORKED FREEDOM
ADAPTABLE MASTERY
PURPOSEFUL COURAGE
TEAM?

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Thanks!
From Manager
to Entrepreneur
GEM MBA 2015
Stéphanie MITRANO
@SMmerkapt
smitrano@merkapt.com