Presentation about my story as entrepreneurship, which was presented in Ludvika to inspire new comers in Sweden to start business.

1. Ricky D'Cruze
Co-founder of ActionWave Development AB,
Västerås

2. Who is this Person?
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister

3. Agenda
● My Story
● Benefits of being entrepreneur
● The Challenges i have faced/facing
● How i solved those and my learings
● Our services

4. My Story
● August 2006
● Mälardalens Högskolan, Västerås
● Started enskilda firma in 2008 (32)
● Started ActionWave AB, 2010
● Bought and Merged with Celona, 2014

5. Benefits of being an
entrepreneur...● “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build
theirs.”- Farrah Gray
● "The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it,
and exploits it as an opportunity."- Peter Drucker
● "I'm an entrepreneur. 'Ambitious' is my middle name."- Kim
Kardashian
● "I have had some great successes and great failures. I think
every entrepreneur has. I try to learn from all of them."- Kevin
O'Leary
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6. Challenges i have faced
● Language barrier
● Finding customers
● Marketing and sales issues
● Finding right resources
● Liquidity problem in the company
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7. How i solved those!
● "Leave your ego at home"-- Unknown
● "Don’t open a shop unless you like to smile." – Old Chinese
Proverb
● "There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire
everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply
by spending his money somewhere else."- Sam Walton
● Here is a simple but powerful rule: always give
people(customers) more than what they expect to get. ~ Nelson
Boswell
● Every great business is built on friendship. ~ JC Penney
● "Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of
learning."- Bill Gates

8. Recommended books for
Entrepreneurs

9. ActionWave's Vision
"We provide our customers with the best experience from
the beginning to the end by delivering smart, flexible,
effective and secure web solutions to support their work
process and business goals ."

10. Technologies

11. Our Team
Olle Zettergren, Web consultant Anna Brostam, Graphics Designer
Ricky D'Cruze,VD Kenneth Nilsson, Web consultant
+ A team of 50+ Developers/programmers as Partners.

12. Contact info
Ricky D'Cruze
● ricky@actionwave.se
● 076 233 6239
● Twitter: actionwave_ab
● Skype: rickystanley76
● https://www.facebook.com/ricky.dcruze
www.actionwave.se