The document discusses the transition from being a manager to an entrepreneur. It notes that being an entrepreneur provides both freedom and isolation, with the autonomy to make decisions but also the weight of responsibility alone. However, networking can provide "networked freedom" to gain expertise from others without losing flexibility. The document also discusses developing "adaptable mastery" as a generalist and the need for "purposeful courage" to have vision and take risks in pursuing opportunities. It advocates "teaming up" and notes Steve Jobs' view that great things are accomplished by a team balancing each other's strengths and weaknesses. The document then characterizes CEOs, CTOs, and CFOs as having "superhero" abilities and

1. From Manager
to Entrepreneur
GEM - MBA 2015
Stéphanie MITRANO
@SMmerkapt
… not just a business transition

2. Stéphanie MITRANO-MÉDA
Executive Coach certified NCFE / Management Sciences PhD
smitrano@merkapt.com
@SMmerkapt
+33.611.623.873
Stéphanie’”⁹s profile:
http://fr.linkedin.com/in/smitrano
co-founder
transition designer
keynote speaker

5. Experts for innovation networks

7. So what’”⁹s different?

8. Freedom

9. Isolation

10. Free to follow your ideas
Autonomy in decision-making
Liberty to choose your strategy
Free choice of team members
Free from chain of command
…
Alone in decision-making
Weight of responsibilities
No transversal resources
No safety net
…
NETWORKED FREEDOM

11. Expertise

12. Generalist

13. ADAPTABLE MASTERY
Manager to Entrepreneur
Scaling up a start-up

14. Vision

15. The Dip

17. Dare to dream
Have a vision
Create new markets
Innovate
Change the world
See opportunities
Create value
…
Have courage
Be resilient
Take risks
Be resourceful
Deal with emotions
…
PURPOSEFUL COURAGE

18. Ready for the entrepreneurial
adventure?
TEAM UP

19. « My model for business is The Beatles.
They were four guys who kept each other ’”⁹s kind of
negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other
and the total was greater than the sum of the parts.
That’”⁹s how I see business: great things in business are
never done by one person, they’”⁹re done by a team of
people. »
Steve JOBS (1955-2011)

20. They are iconic characters with
extraordinary abilities to circumvent
intellectual and, or physical
limitations.
CEO, CTO, CFO
Superheroes

21. Reality distortion field
Bends reality to its vision
Plans BIG
Thinks long term
Pushes forward
Knows when to pivot
Secondary powers: limited precognition / apotheosis
Super-weakness: radioactive and burns out employees
The CEO

22. Psychokinesis
Manipulates objects, atoms, with its mind
Obsesses on « getting it right »
Thinks short term
Insulated from reality
Extra-power : super-speed / mind-control
resistance
Super-weakness: autism
Evan Williams, Twitter
The CTO

23. Chronokinesis
Accelerates TTM
Moves through the plan
Thinks medium / long term
Prepares the next step ahead
Extra-power : creates resources from
thin air / super-connector
Super-weakness: won’”⁹t pivot
The CFO

24. INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGES
NETWORKED FREEDOM
ADAPTABLE MASTERY
PURPOSEFUL COURAGE
TEAM?

25. Thanks!
From Manager
to Entrepreneur
GEM MBA 2015
Stéphanie MITRANO
@SMmerkapt
smitrano@merkapt.com