Entrepreneur Talk for Transition Year Students
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KantanMT Founder and Chief Architect Tony O’Dowd presents to a group of Transition Year students from St.David’s CBS, Artane, on what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, and the importance of being first in the market.
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Entrepreneur Talk for Transition Year Students
- 1. Swimming in a bigger pond Tony O’Dowd Founder & Chief Architect www.KantanMT.com
- 2. A World of Opportunities…
- 3. Blowing the Roof Off • Creating a “Sense of Urgency” A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week – General S. Patton • Quicken your approach • Ask yourself: if I had to do this in 30, 14, 7 days? • Agility in everything you do… • Take calculated risks – this is not the same as being rash • Sprint – Don’t jog and don’t run – definitely don’t walk!
- 4. Blowing the Roof Off – Unlocking Potential Potential Performance Pressure If I didn’t have a deadline, I wouldn’t get anything done! – REALLY! You & Your Team
- 5. Blowing the Roof Off – Entrepreneurs Rodin - Thinker #1 Pitfall Paralysis by Analysis
- 6. Blowing the Roof Off – Entrepreneurs #1 Redeeming Characteristic Making decisions, even when all the facts are not known! Steve Jobs – Thinker & Doer #1 Pitfall Paralysis by Analysis
- 7. Blowing the Roof Off – Entrepreneurs Taking Risks “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new “ Albert Einstein
- 8. Team Challenge Build a tower with only the resources given Tower must supports weight of an apple Tallest tower wins
- 9. Blowing the Roof Off – Speed, Velocity, Agility • 5 Things to remember • Do rough prototypes • Do be quick, dirty and early • Don’t be slow, perfect and late • Do use just enough technology to get going • Don’t hesitate to throw away prototypes Question : Why is speed important?
- 10. Blowing the Roof Off – Speed, Velocity, Agility Answer: Speed wins races!
- 11. One more thing…… Take Risks and never NEVER give up trying!
- 12. Thank you…. Tony O’Dowd, DCU Invent, tonyod@kantanmt.com
Editor's Notes
- Hook into slide: If you have a map use it – Change Delivery Method Framework - helps develop speed and certainty, especially in young , less-experienced teams.