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20120930 sv.tsigos as_wuni
The document discusses entrepreneurship and innovation. It argues that true happiness comes not from being cool, sexy or successful, but from being useful to others. It uses the story of Kleobis and Biton, who pulled their mother's cart to serve the goddess Hera and died happy, as an example of finding purpose and happiness through serving others. The document encourages finding real problems people face and developing innovative solutions to address them sustainably, as a way to potentially find modern-day examples of Kleobis and Biton in Greece.
20120930 sv.tsigos as_wuni
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- 2. Entrepreneurship. Why? Athens Startup Weekend University September 28th – 30th 2012 Dimitris Tsigos Founder & CEO StartTechVentures dtsigos@starttech.eu | http://twitter.com/tsigos | http://www.linkedin.com/in/tsigos
- 3. What does itmake you cool?
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- 6. To be thebest on earth?
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- 8. Who’s the happiestperson on earth?
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- 11. The happiest personson earth “In the legend, Kleobis and Biton were Argives, the sons of Cydippe, a priestess of Hera. Cydippe was travelling from Argos to a festival in honor of Argive Hera. The oxen which were to pull her cart were overdue and her sons, Kleobis and Biton, pulled the cart the entire way (45 stadia, or 8.3 km/5.1 miles). Cydippe was impressed with their devotion to her and her goddess and she prayed to Hera, asking her to give her children the best gift a god could give to a mortal. Hera ordained that the brothers would die in their sleep, and after the feast the youths lay down in the temple of Hera, slept and never woke. Herodotus, who relates the story, says that the citizens of Argos donated a pair of statues to the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi.” «Μηδένα προ του τέλους μακάριζε»
- 12. Entrepreneurship is about happiness Why so many people unhappy? Do we follow the right model?
- 13. From Pyramids to Pancakes • Josephine Green: “From command and control to a truly flat world of collaboration!”
- 14. • No wedo NOT! • “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -Albert Einstein
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- 16. • If notinsane, then we need to follow the pancake model versus the pyramid one • In other words: – It’s NOT about domination, but it is about sustainability
- 17. Who could beKleobis and Biton today, in Greece?
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- 19. How? • Think of real problem that many people have • Find an innovative way to solve it • Get a team that shares the passion to do it • Making sure that the proposed solution is sustainable •As simple as that!
- 20. • Is itgonna be easy? • Absolutely no! • Is it gonna be fun? •YES it certainly will!
- 21. • Entrepreneurship isabout being useful to another person. Something so simple that makes you happy. • It’s simple: Be useful!
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