Session from the Joomla conference "J&Beyond 2015" about how being lazy has helped me come up with several business ideas

1. HOW BEING
LAZY
HAS MADE ME
A SUCCESSFUL
ENTREPRENEUR

2. SOREN BECK JENSEN
CEO, Jensen Technologies SL
@sorenbeck

3. SOREN BECK JENSEN
▸ Developer, Designer, Manager
▸ Joomla Enthusiast, Speaker, Writer
▸ Resources Directory Volunteer
▸ GSoC mentor
▸ Lazy guy

4. JENSEN TECHNOLOGIES SL
▸ Started 2005
▸ 100% Joomla development
▸ 7 employees
▸ Based in Granada, Spain
Sponsor
J&Beyond 2015

5. 1.
WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO BE
LAZY?
“Yeah, I am lazy.
There’s no doubt
about that”
- Usain Bolt

6. “
Professor Frank Booth,
University of Missouri
100 rats
10 most active rats
10 times more active
X 10

7. WE ARE ONLY
LAZY ABOUT
THE THINGS
WE DON’T
LIKE TO DO

8. WE ARE ONLY
LAZY ABOUT THE
THINGS WE DON’T
LIKE TO DO
LIKE TO DO DON’T LIKEDOING

9. WE ARE ONLY
LAZY ABOUT THE
THINGS WE DON’T
LIKE TO DO
LIKE TO DO DON’T LIKE
THE LAZY

10. WE ARE ONLY
LAZY ABOUT THE
THINGS WE DON’T
LIKE TO DO
LIKE TO DO DON’T LIKE
THE CRAZY?

11. 2.
BEING LAZY
CAN MAKE YOU
CREATIVE
“I choose a lazy
person to do a
hard job. Because
a lazy person will
find an easy way
to do it.”
- Bill Gates

12. “

13. “

14. “
“DEAR SIR PLEASE
EXCHANGE LINKS WITH US”
▸ Too lazy to keep track
▸ LinX - Link Exchange Component

16. 100,000 lazy users
340,000 link spots
92,000 pages

17. “
“PLEASE BUILD US A
JOOMLA COMPONENT”
▸ Too lazy to copy & paste

18. started in 2009
2012 huge improvements
as internal tool

19. 47,150 lazy developers
87,012 components

20. “
“PLEASE COME TO MY
BIRTHDAY”
▸ Too lazy to find a gift

21. Started in 2013
Not a success!

22. “
“PLEASE TRANSLATE MY
JOOMLA SITE”
▸ Too lazy to use the Joomla interface

23. 0 users
Sunday at 12:00
“Spock”

24. 3.
BE INSPIRED BY
YOUR OWN
LAZINESS
“Much of my work
has come from
being lazy”
- John Backus
Inventor of FORTRAN
programming language

25. WHAT ARE
YOU LAZY
ABOUT?

26. Relevant Links
http://jensen.technology
http://www.automaticbacklinks.com
http://www.component-creator.com
http://www.giftri.com
http://www.neno-translate.com
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Soren Beck Jensen
soren@notwebdesign.com
@sorenbeck