4. Topics
-WHO WE ARE
-AUTISM EMPLOYMENT MOVEMENT
-"USE" RESEARCH + BEST PRACTICES
-BUILD STRONG FRIENDS
-SMASHING FEAR + FAILURE WITH KAIZEN
-ADDITIONAL RESOURCES + QUESTIONS
5. "Most of what you
hear about
entrepreneurship
is all wrong. It's
not magic; it's not
mysterious; and
has nothing to do
with genes. It is a
discipline and,
like any discipline,
it can be learned."
- Peter Drucker
CanEntrepreneurshipbetaught?
8. CAR WASH
80% OF STAFF ON THE
AUTISM SPECTRUM
FLEX SERVICE
TRACTION TO DATE
FOR PROFIT
BUSINESS MODEL
1 LOCATION
EMPLOYING 35 PEOPLE
WITH AUTISM
IMPROVED BUSINESS
FROM 2,700
WASHES/MONTH TO
14,600 WASHES/MONTH
OPERATING @
25% NET PROFIT
MARGIN
12. OUR FINDINGS
Autism viewed as a disability
that requires sympathy instead
of a valuable diversity
People with autism
excel at detail
oriented routine tasks
Businesses don't understand
how to employ people with
autism
USE RESEARCH PROCESS
13. What We Did
Secondary Research Expert Research
We read everything we
could about autism
employment and the car
wash industry to
understand the
industries, identify
potential partners,
experts and mentors and
identify best practices,
opportunities and
risks/roadblocks.
23. Secondary Research
Why Its' Important:
Best Practices:
Synthesizing existing research
Quicker + easier to obtain
Can affirm user research findings
Scholarly databases, external
information sources, and internet
search engines
24. Expert Research
Why Its' Important:
Best Practices:
Hear from Industry Experts
Answering "Why?" + "How?" Complex Questions
Rich, insightful information
Interviews, phone calls, emails, filling
knowledge gaps
28. Be with the right person
Understand what you want
Incline them in your favor
Learn everything you can about them
Do all the work for them
BUILD
What to do before a meeting
29. Structure your time
Treat them like the most important person in the world
Remember yourself
Offer the opportunity to be part of something big
Name the next steps
Give whenever you can
STRONG
What to do during the meeting
30. Follow up fast
Remember to say thank you
Introduce them
Email templates for any intros
Nail the next steps
Do all the work for them again!
Stay on them
FRIENDS
What to do after the meeting
44. Good To Great
-Jim Collins
We kept thinking we would find “the one big thing,” the miracle moment
that defined breakthrough. We even pushed for it in our interviews. But
the goodtogreat executives simply could not pinpoint a single key event
or moment in time that exemplified the transition. Frequently they chafed
against the whole idea of allocating points and prioritizing factors. In every
goodtogreat company, at least one of the interviewees gave an
unprompted admonishment, saying something along the lines of, “look,
you can’t dissect this thing into a series of nice little boxes and factors, or
identifying moment of “Aha!” or the “one big thing.” It was a whole bunch
of interlocking pieces that built one upon another.