Peter Jones of Blue Oyster Business Growth gave a presentation on external influences on ideation processes and opportunities for startups and product developers. He discussed how understanding marketplaces and solving real-world problems can provide commercial opportunities. Some opportunities he identified included improving performance in UK health, education, and commerce through new technologies and better integration and collaboration.
"The business plan doesn't survive first contact with the customer"
Why wait this long ?
Surely it's better to test an idea much, much earlier to see if it can become a business?
This is a London workshop delivered by an experienced lifelong innovator who has helped bring great new products to market.
Come along, bring an open mind, and be prepared to help your fellow startups.
Also works if you are a corporate product developer!
The slides of the workshop can be found at http://goo.gl/dj54A8
Cezary Pietrzak (Founder of Cezary & Co and Growth Strategist)
The MSA Launch (http://bit.ly/1yhQPZV) is a 5-day event aiming to provide an introduction to MaGIC Academy. It is presented as a condensed version of how MaGIC Academy is going to contribute to you and the startup community. You will be able to experience a series of workshops, skill and sharing knowledge opportunity, and mentoring with our selected network of mentors.
Website : www.mymagic.my
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/magic.cyberjaya
Twitter : https://twitter.com/magiccyberjaya
Youtube :
SlideShare : http://slidesha.re/1BfSncP
Email : enquiries@mymagic.my
Introduction to Technology Entrepreneurship (2015 version)iain.verigin
This presentation was developed for UBC Engineering Physics project lab students.
I first ask the question. "What is Entrepreneurship?"
I follow-up with my favorite definition of a business.
Then I address the questions:
* What is the journey like?
* What is the process?
* How do I learn about customers?
* How do I keep score?
I focus on 5 Points — Purpose, You, Process, Customers, and Scorecard.
Purpose » Drucker’s Purpose of Business,
You » Martin’s Knowledge Funnel + Soft-Skills,
Process » Blank’s Customer Development,
Customers » Moore’s Crossing the Chasm + Product/Service Journey Sketch,
Scorecard » Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas.
"The business plan doesn't survive first contact with the customer"
Why wait this long ?
Surely it's better to test an idea much, much earlier to see if it can become a business?
This is a London workshop delivered by an experienced lifelong innovator who has helped bring great new products to market.
Come along, bring an open mind, and be prepared to help your fellow startups.
Also works if you are a corporate product developer!
The slides of the workshop can be found at http://goo.gl/dj54A8
Cezary Pietrzak (Founder of Cezary & Co and Growth Strategist)
The MSA Launch (http://bit.ly/1yhQPZV) is a 5-day event aiming to provide an introduction to MaGIC Academy. It is presented as a condensed version of how MaGIC Academy is going to contribute to you and the startup community. You will be able to experience a series of workshops, skill and sharing knowledge opportunity, and mentoring with our selected network of mentors.
Website : www.mymagic.my
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/magic.cyberjaya
Twitter : https://twitter.com/magiccyberjaya
Youtube :
SlideShare : http://slidesha.re/1BfSncP
Email : enquiries@mymagic.my
Introduction to Technology Entrepreneurship (2015 version)iain.verigin
This presentation was developed for UBC Engineering Physics project lab students.
I first ask the question. "What is Entrepreneurship?"
I follow-up with my favorite definition of a business.
Then I address the questions:
* What is the journey like?
* What is the process?
* How do I learn about customers?
* How do I keep score?
I focus on 5 Points — Purpose, You, Process, Customers, and Scorecard.
Purpose » Drucker’s Purpose of Business,
You » Martin’s Knowledge Funnel + Soft-Skills,
Process » Blank’s Customer Development,
Customers » Moore’s Crossing the Chasm + Product/Service Journey Sketch,
Scorecard » Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas.
Hugh Mason gave this keynote presentation at the Media Exploits 2015, SE Asia's largest Infocomm Media Technology commercialisation showcase and networking event, held in Singapore. Seismic macro-level trends are disrupting the healthcare industry, opening up new opportunities for innovation. Lean Startup is one of a range of tools and approaches that help to provide a patient-centred approach to making sense and making money in the new landscape.
Guest lecture presented to UBC Engineering Capstone Project course, 2013. Common engineering misconceptions about starting a business and entrepreneurship. What is entrepreneurship? The need for competitive advantage. UBC new venture resources.
Slash | The Age of Acceleration and the Great Societal ShiftSlash
In this internal Slash talk (2019) we covered:
1) the underlying dynamics that accelerate the exponential change we're seeing across society, tech and climate.
2) We summarized 2 books and highlighed key ideas:
- Thank you for being late (Thomas Friedman)
- Homo Deus (Yuval Noah Harari)
3) the implication for Slash
Slash | 500Startups mentoring - product expansion and localization in Southea...Slash
How to expand and customize your product across Southeast Asia (SEA)?
This 2h workshop was delivered for a founder audience of global pre-Series A and Series-A startups (invested by 500 Startups, the VC), expanding into SEA.
The frameworks, mental models, tools and techniques described can be used to generally refresh your value proposition and product for your core markets.
Delivered 12 Feb 2020 in Singapore by Andries De Vos, CEO of Slash.
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The 2016 Top 50 Tech Pioneers, Australia and New ZealandH2 Ventures
We are pleased to present the inaugural ‘Tech Pioneers Report’, which showcases the most exciting and pioneering startups from Australia and New Zealand. These are the companies at the leading edge of the ‘ideas boom’ and the drivers of the economy of the future.
The Tech Pioneers 50 are those companies using technology to the best advantage and driving disruption within a variety of industries and sectors. These companies have a commitment
to excellence, superior customer experience and a demonstrated ability to do one thing in a market better than anyone else.
The process for selecting the top 50 pioneers involved a wide search for pioneering companies to create a comprehensive list that was then ranked based on 5 factors: total capital raised, rate of capital raising, location and degree of sub industry disruption and the judging panel’s subjective rating of the degree of product, service, customer experience and business model innovation. A formula was then used to combine this data and determine the overall ranking.
The report has been prepared by H2 Ventures, one of Australia’s leading venture capital firms, with the support of Investec Australia, a distinctive specialist lender and asset manager.
CatalystBuilder is a Hong Kong based venture builder, started in 2015. CatalystBuilder provides funding, knowledge, connections and practical services to build your startup dreams.
http://www.CatalystBuilder.com
http://www.facebook.com/CatalystBuilder
How can big and small companies innovate better together? That is the focus of my upcoming book and this presentation. In my talk, I get into topics such as:
- what open innovation is
- the differences between big and small companies
- why big companies need small companies
- why things go wrong
-
The ISO 9001 standard promotes the adoption of a process approach emphasizing value addition, effective & efficient process performance, and continual improvement through objective measurements & monitoring. To be certified, you need to implement an effective quality management system complying with the requirements of the standard. Our Firm provides ISO 9001 certification support, System Maintenance & relevant training services globally.
Contact No: 09941358689
Website: http://mkjainconsultant.com/
Speaker: Alain le Loux MSc. MBA ( EIT DIgital)
Subjects:
- How to scale-up your business internationally.
- The top 10 mistakes for startups
- From start-up to scale-up
- Possibilities to do business in other countries
- Fast growth strategies
Hugh Mason gave this keynote presentation at the Media Exploits 2015, SE Asia's largest Infocomm Media Technology commercialisation showcase and networking event, held in Singapore. Seismic macro-level trends are disrupting the healthcare industry, opening up new opportunities for innovation. Lean Startup is one of a range of tools and approaches that help to provide a patient-centred approach to making sense and making money in the new landscape.
Guest lecture presented to UBC Engineering Capstone Project course, 2013. Common engineering misconceptions about starting a business and entrepreneurship. What is entrepreneurship? The need for competitive advantage. UBC new venture resources.
Slash | The Age of Acceleration and the Great Societal ShiftSlash
In this internal Slash talk (2019) we covered:
1) the underlying dynamics that accelerate the exponential change we're seeing across society, tech and climate.
2) We summarized 2 books and highlighed key ideas:
- Thank you for being late (Thomas Friedman)
- Homo Deus (Yuval Noah Harari)
3) the implication for Slash
Slash | 500Startups mentoring - product expansion and localization in Southea...Slash
How to expand and customize your product across Southeast Asia (SEA)?
This 2h workshop was delivered for a founder audience of global pre-Series A and Series-A startups (invested by 500 Startups, the VC), expanding into SEA.
The frameworks, mental models, tools and techniques described can be used to generally refresh your value proposition and product for your core markets.
Delivered 12 Feb 2020 in Singapore by Andries De Vos, CEO of Slash.
BERETTA 92FS 9mm w/FACTORY BOX & 2 MAGS For Sale Onlinemegacannabisab
For sale we have a Beretta model 92FS pistol in 9mm. Hand Guns for sale online, This gun features an alloy frame with matte black finish and black synthetic grips, Buy Hand Guns near me, a blued slide with ambidextrous decocker/safety, DA/SA action, 5″ barrel with 3-dot combat sights, and 15-round magazine. Discreet Hand Guns for sale online, Gun is in excellent condition, and comes in factory box with two magazines.
The reason is that it was designed–and has kept evolving–to be and remain the most accurate, durable and reliable semiauto handgun on the market. Online Hand Guns shop, Easy to use, absolutely safe and delivering impressive firepower, it remains the sidearm of the US military and of allied forces the world over, Best online Hand Guns shop, as well as of countless police and law-enforcement agencies.
Email Us: contact@buygunsandarmunitions.com
Call Us: +1 (510) 556-3514
The 2016 Top 50 Tech Pioneers, Australia and New ZealandH2 Ventures
We are pleased to present the inaugural ‘Tech Pioneers Report’, which showcases the most exciting and pioneering startups from Australia and New Zealand. These are the companies at the leading edge of the ‘ideas boom’ and the drivers of the economy of the future.
The Tech Pioneers 50 are those companies using technology to the best advantage and driving disruption within a variety of industries and sectors. These companies have a commitment
to excellence, superior customer experience and a demonstrated ability to do one thing in a market better than anyone else.
The process for selecting the top 50 pioneers involved a wide search for pioneering companies to create a comprehensive list that was then ranked based on 5 factors: total capital raised, rate of capital raising, location and degree of sub industry disruption and the judging panel’s subjective rating of the degree of product, service, customer experience and business model innovation. A formula was then used to combine this data and determine the overall ranking.
The report has been prepared by H2 Ventures, one of Australia’s leading venture capital firms, with the support of Investec Australia, a distinctive specialist lender and asset manager.
CatalystBuilder is a Hong Kong based venture builder, started in 2015. CatalystBuilder provides funding, knowledge, connections and practical services to build your startup dreams.
http://www.CatalystBuilder.com
http://www.facebook.com/CatalystBuilder
How can big and small companies innovate better together? That is the focus of my upcoming book and this presentation. In my talk, I get into topics such as:
- what open innovation is
- the differences between big and small companies
- why big companies need small companies
- why things go wrong
-
The ISO 9001 standard promotes the adoption of a process approach emphasizing value addition, effective & efficient process performance, and continual improvement through objective measurements & monitoring. To be certified, you need to implement an effective quality management system complying with the requirements of the standard. Our Firm provides ISO 9001 certification support, System Maintenance & relevant training services globally.
Contact No: 09941358689
Website: http://mkjainconsultant.com/
Speaker: Alain le Loux MSc. MBA ( EIT DIgital)
Subjects:
- How to scale-up your business internationally.
- The top 10 mistakes for startups
- From start-up to scale-up
- Possibilities to do business in other countries
- Fast growth strategies
Our experience helping companies launch their innovation strategy has led us to believe that, to a great extent, one of the most important challenges facing companies that have started out on this journey is without doubt intelligent risk management.
In the quest for innovation, companies all over the world are embracing the need for customer insight to drive product development, with many corporates investing in innovation labs with user testing facilities, and embarking on large scale customer research.
These kinds of undertakings do not come cheap - so when you do choose to invest in customer research, how do you make sure you get the most out of your spend?
Here's Wilson Fletcher's view on getting the most out of user research and the best way of implementing it to consistently drive successful innovation.
As presented by Lauren Argenta at Wilson Fletcher's Sydney event on 7th April 2016.
Annual meeting of the directors and advisors of Science Capital, a non-profit organization founded by Michael Overduin and co-directors in 2010, to plan for the future activities and partnerships.
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Darwin is a 21st century product innovation studio. We help organizations survive and thrive by creating delightful products and services for the digital age.
Drop us a line: hello@darwin.studio
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How to use hackathons to develop corporate innovation and intrapreneruship ?
What Coca-Cola and Groupe Auchan have learned with hackathons ?
What lean aspects can we focus in corporate innovation ?
When to develop a lean culture ?
What are the differences with a non lean culture ?
What are the trends of 2015 in corporate innovation in a nutshell ?
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Some examples of bridges between scarcity and abundance.
The bridge needed is in people's minds, to see that bridges are possible, and that like minded folk might join with them to try and make a difference.
Networked membership organisations are often still operating the way they did last century, especially in the UK, where a closed attitude to innovation hampers both growth and change.
Here we explore a UK perspective to some of the old network organisations, and how things have moved on, often leaving old school organisations struggling to stay relevant.
We should also mention the attack now needed on the original blight of "lazy" network organisations: the fear that throwing out the "bad practitioners" will have a negative affect on public relations and organisational reputation, whereas in the 21st century the opposite is often true.
Whether established or a start up, business always brings fresh challenges.
If you are stuck, maybe you should come and talk to us here at Blue Oyster.
UK Employment needs to change radically to achieve full employment.
One of its best resources, already skilled over 50s, do not have an easy path back into recruitment, and some never make it.
With the appointment of a UK "Over 50s Tsar", @rosaltmann, we perhaps have a chance to make a difference to the social infrastructure at this pivotal point in social media capabilities.
As event and content management mature and seep into business consciousness, potentially a good move for business growth, companies like LoYakk are pushing the boundaries of what they call "community engagement".
Because for every business, audience engagement is key, and the best way to understand this is to know what audiences are talking about, what they like, and what they don't.
And of course, engaging speakers who can tell a new story is a must.
For more in-depth insight into LoYakk, or for news from the forefront of innovation, please follow or contact Blue Oyster Business Growth via Twitter:
@innov8tor3
Global Mobility Solutions from Derek Watson
Derek is a serial global entrepreneur, with a string of connected and integrated businesses that facilitate global business.
1. External Real World Influences
on Ideation Processes
Presented By
Peter Jones
Of
Blue Oyster Business Growth
For Startups & Product Developers
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2. Understanding Market Places
● We need to solve many real world problems
– These are often called “gaps” in our market places
● We are best to solve problems “uniquely”
● How can we re-invent cost components?
– (1) Financial (2) Time (3) Resources
● How can we improve performance?
– (1) Speed (2) Experience & Perception (3) Results
● How can we improve continuity?
● Solutions need to be both real & sustainable
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3. Solving Real World Problems
● UK 2014 – Public Sector Cost Cutting
– Health – bureaucratic, disconnected, disjointed
– Education – overwhelmed, undervalued
● There are real tech opportunities here
Commercial Opportunity
Opportunity Value
Opportunity Cost
Issues
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4. Determining Idea Uniqueness
● Can we produce unique ideas?
– “There's no such thing as an original idea” - unknown
– “Thesis, antithesis, synthesis” - Hegel, 1770-1831
● Some “unique” ideas – Doh!
– The wheel, the car, light bulbs, the internet, mobile phones
– The light bulb “moment”? Took 1,000 experiments!
● Creativity is actually a “slow thought” process
● Bloom's “Knowledge” Taxonomy
– Knowledge, Understanding, Application
Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis
And … 1,000 !!!
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5. X Factor Uniqueness
Brand New –
Minor or Major Disruption?
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6. “Competitor” Characteristics
What do we like & miss? An example...
“Unique”
Competitor A
Cost Competitive
Cost Feature
Owner A
Team A
Reduction
Feature(s)
Opportunity
eg Competitve
Niche Segment
“Unique”
Competitor B
Niche
Customer
Segment
Niche
Customer
Owner B
Team B
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7. Reinventing Resource Cost Barriers
Case Study – 2014 Smart Phone
1914
● Laborious, time consuming pen and paper needed
● Meeting people took time
– Letter writing, rudimentary travel facilities
● Meeting people took skill, perseverance money
– Pricey business clubs, “old school networks”, ebullience,
chutzpah, “high costs”
● Meeting good people needed luck
– Good people not that available, not always very approachable
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8. Reinventing Resource Cost Barriers
Case Study – 2014 Smart Phone
2014
● Smart, fast, democratic business tools available in your hand
● Much easier to meet key people, even globally
– Key people are much more available and accessible
● Much, much easier for a single person to build a startup
business
● Much, much easier to network with complementary
businesses
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9. Automation Reduces Costs
Good designers
ensure fun access
Start Ups
Reliability
Reach – Easy
Affordable
“Recent”
OUT - High Cost
“Consultancy”
“Historic”
IN - Low
Cost SaaS
O
P
E
R
A
T
I
O
N
S
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10. Improving UK Performance
Some Key 2014 Opportunities
● Marketing
– Often reluctant to show “results”, a pure sales pitch
– Can be a closed club, targeting corporate pay days
– Professional organisations focus more on their own fees
– Many still working on a scatter gun approach, not targeting
● Recruitment
– Bound tightly to myopic employers and own financial results
– Often fail to deliver, and fail to support every kind of talented person
– Unwilling to risk an 80:20 role fit for “adapters”, preferring a safe 100% fit
● Supply Chain
– Old fashioned employers unwilling to “support” suppliers wishing to apply
● Rely instead on “natural selection” of “fittest salmon” - big disconnects
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11. Improving UK Startup Performance
Some Key 2014 Opportunities
● Startup market – disjointed
– “Poor ideas” - Hackers Hustlers
– “No tech companies” - Hipsters
– “Venal 10% investors” - Hipsters
● Startup events – for “Busy Fools” ?
– Chaotic random – not improving CEO skill levels
– Focused on doing, not structured, applied learning
● Right product, right place, right words, right time?
– Must CEOs be “lucky” to persuade partners to collaborate?
● Only “10% success” levels – some succeed, many don't
– 30% startups fail within 3 years – Alex Pollizzi, BBC
– But many startups never reach the “measurable” stage
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12. Improving Market Performance
● On a market by market basis:
– What works too slowly?
– What works painfully and laboriously?
– What still works very expensively?
● Are there Apps that deliver comparably?
– Do SaaS Apps work quickly, slickly and cheaply?
– Previously, we asked who might deliver consultancy services?
● If no Apps, what is the pain caused, the “opportunity cost”?
– Would the market pay to alleviate the pain?
– Automate existing gap, or find something brand new?
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13. Nature vs Nurture
Some Perceptions
● Naturists – Dog Eat Dog
– 10% investments perform, 30% do ok, 60% flop
● Only the best thrive, 90% survive or go under - “Que Sera”
– You learn the most from your own failures
– Less planning, more doing; avoid paralysis though analysis
● Nurturers – Raising Baby
– Looking to maximise the entire economy
● Helping steer service providers to growth
– Standing on the shoulders of giants
– Plan, test in the market place, assess
● CEOs must choose teams / investors carefully
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14. Improving Integration
● Integration helps “collectives” move from stage to
stage faster through better connectivity
● Case Studies – 940 AD to 2008
– King Alfred sowed the seeds for English integration
– The Magna Carta helped found UK democratic law
– Bill Gates integrated key office software
– The world wide web democratised knowledge access
– Facebook democratised global connectivity
– Twitter democratised expert knowledge access
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15. UK Integration Opportunities
Knowledge
Growth
UK Secondary
Education
“Beleaguered”
Internal
Cohesion
UK Commerce
“Risk Averse,
Management
Novices”
UK Higher
Education
“Aloof, Distant,
Academic,
Irrelevant”
Budgets
New Tech
Support
Collaboration
“High Horses”
Budgets
UK Health
“Postcode
Lottery”
Skills
Resources,
Self Learning
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16. Market Influence on
Execution Operation
Ideation
Development
Launch
Service Delivery
Operation
Thorough
Market Research
Risk
Management
New Entrants
New Products
Other Markets
CEO “Lean Foundation” Responsibility
To Bring Deep Knowledge / High Reputation Resources
Business
Development
Project
Live
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17. Useful Network Resources
CEO 4 Hire / Troubleshooter
Lending £1m-£20M
Investor Search Selection
Startup Funding
Harnessing the Cloud
Social Marketing
Guerrilla Marketing
Digital Marketing
Social Sales
Team Assessment Motivation
Project Management eg Trello
Lean Collaboration Software
Entrepreneurial Success Cultures
Ideation
Customer Discovery
Prototyping
Tech Solutions
Creative, Innovative Cultures
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18. Peter Jones
Innovator, Opportunity Creator
● 20 year UK corporate career, FTSE blue chip
● Tech dev, process design, project management
● Owns and runs own small business
● 5 years working with small and startup businesses
● 10 years networking with small businesses
● A UK “market opportunist” - strong hunches where the gaps are
● Ideally positioned to advise guide young UK tech startups
● Own 10 step startup process - “The Innovation Toolkit”
– For startups and corporate product managers
● Planning to build own App to support hardworking startups
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