The document discusses key aspects of starting a startup including defining a vision and scalable business model. It emphasizes the importance of culture and having the right founding team and employees who are aligned with the company's vision and culture. Hiring the right people who fit the culture should be the primary criteria over skills. The team must also have strong leadership from a CEO.

2. I want to

4. A startup is an organization formed to search
for a repeatable and scalable business model.
Steve Blank, serial Entrepreneur

5. A 3 steps development strategy
~

6. Lean product / market fit
Think
Track
Try

7. Find a scalable business model

8. Spend to scale the business

9. A VISION

10. The vision is the company long-term goal. It
helps staying on course despite iterations,
obstacles, taking decisions, seduce customers…
Guilhem Bertholet

11. Historical leaders always kept
their vision in mind

12. A computer on every desk and
in every home
Bill Gates, 1980

13. During my lifetime I have dedicated
myself to this struggle of the African
people. I have fought against white
domination, and I have fought
against black domination. I have
cherished the ideal of a democratic
and free society in which all persons
live together in harmony and with
equal opportunities. It is an ideal
which I hope to live for and to
achieve. But if needs be, it is an
ideal for which I am prepared to die.
Nelson Mandela, 1964

14. Even worst ones…

15. Germany must conquer a
l arge living spa c e at the
East of Europe and settl e it
by a German population
Adolf Hitl er, Mein Kampf, 1925

16. Ignoring Wehrmacht general’s
a d v i c e, H i t l er l a u n c h e s h i s
Panzers in the biggest military
operation of all times...
USSR Invasion – June 1941

17. CULTURE

18. Culture is a set of team-shared beliefs, values
and practices
Dharmesh Shah, HubSpot CTO

19. Building a company we love
~

20. We should have a mission

21. Culture can be a set of values…

23. Or a single sentence

24. Don’t be evil
Google

25. A great culture attracts
great talents

26. PEOPLE

27. At first, you have co-founders

28. The founding team is an extraordinary
association of people leading the early-stage
development of the company. They build the
culture and are responsible for its persistence

29. Co-Founders must be
compatible with each other
Their personal goals should be
aligned between them

30. Co-Founders are a “MVT”
They must have all the required
skills to make the business work
out

31. Great Co-Founders are not
traditional employees
They cannot be replaced.

32. Teams must have a CEO
It’s about leadership, charisma…
It’s not about who brings “the
idea”

33. Never let the CEO « sleep »
A CEO should always be
challenged by his teammates

34. Building the team

35. The first
30
employees
are critical
can be smarter than you
adhere to your vision
don’t obfuscate your culture

36. So, hire slow smart…

37. Culture compliance must be the
#1
hiring criteria. Far before skills.

38. … and fire fast

39. Waiting too long before acting is equally unfair to the
people who need to get off the bus. For every minute
you allow a person to continue holding a seat when you
know that person will not make it in the end, you’re
stealing a portion of his life, time that he could spend
finding a better place where he could flourish.
Jim Collins

40. 70%
of hires will be working out…

41. … if you’re lucky

42. One last thing

43. Celebrate every success
with your team