Foundation for foundation. We're building on top of the greatest startup community in Poland, with an aim to develop an environment that repeatedly yields globally recognizable companies. Foundation begins operation in Jan 2016. Find out more at http://omgkrk.com/foundation Thanks to the Bitspiration.com organizers for inviting us to present this on stage during Bitspiration for Charity.

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Paul Nowak @njet

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Led by
entrepreneurs
Fueled
by events
Inclusive of
everyone
With 20+ years
perspective

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Why bother?
A foundation

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Don’t loose
momentum
Be a partner
to the city, gov, corpo,
and other communities

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1. Give before you get
2. Promote people
and businesses
3. Be transparent
4. Don’t steal attention
}Be a good
citizen
Commu-
nication {

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1. Give before you get
2. Promote people
and businesses
3. Be transparent
4. Don’t steal attention
}Be a good
citizen
Commu-
nication { People whocommit 10-15%of their workingtime to thecommunity atany given time
Who’s „we”?

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Develop an environment that
yields globally recognizable
companies.Repeatedly.

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How do we do this?

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Meetings
Companies
Exits
– 75%
– 10%
– 0%
Event management
Community
management
Media & PR

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Step 1: event management
• Dedicated event help
• Help existing events
get more traction
• Encourage new events
• Help formal
organizations (city,
uni, corpo) make/join
events
• Maintain a database of
venues, speakers, etc.
• Provide public
framework for the new
events
• Make sure events are
recorded and
published online in
one place

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Step 2: community management
• Dedicated #OMGKRK
community manager
• Goes to every event,
meets every member,
welcomes newcomers
• Maintain database of
people, companies,
investors, events, and
initiatives
• Connects people who
look for each other
but didn’t realize it
• Educate students and
corpo about startup
jobs

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Step 3: Media & PR
• Maintains database of
media outlets and
journalists who wrote
about Cracow-related
projects
• Update them
regularly
• Interact with startup
influencers and other
communities
• Acts as a free,
community PR agency
• Help Startup Poland
with their activities
(law making,
lobbying, promotion)

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KPI 2016-2017
number of people who said
community was helpful
Overall:
Events
how many people
said „the event
was helpful”
Community
how many new
interactions took
place
PR
total reach of
Cracow-related
stories

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We accept gold, diamonds,
jewelry, and VISA
omgkrk.com/foundation
looking for the best event
manager and volunteers
What’s the next step?

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Thank you, Q&A