A presentation that I gave at the Founder Institute in Bogota. These are my thoughts about vision and values as I build my startup called Zwapp, a mobile B2B SaaS platform in Latam for worker rewards platform.
8. “Mi propia teoría es
que estamos en
medio de una
transformación
tecnológica y
económica en
donde empresas de
software están por
tomar posesión de
grandes porciones
de la economía.”
Marc Andreessen - 2011
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9. “Mi propia teoría es
que estamos en
medio de una
transformación
tecnológica y
económica en
donde empresas de
software están por
tomar posesión de
grandes porciones
de la economía.”
Marc Andreessen - 2011
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19. To be honest, when my overriding concern as an
early stage startup is survival I do question
whether I should give any thought to culture.
Nonetheless…
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20. “The early days
of a company is
a golden
opportunity to
set ground
rules.”
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters’ notes.
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27. “If you want to build a
ship, don't drum up
people to collect wood
and don't assign them
tasks and work, but
rather teach them to long
for the endless immensity
of the sea.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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29. zwapp
zwapp mission statement
We believe that we’re at the beginning of a massive
digital tsunami that enables us to deliver greater
economic rewards to Latin Americans from the
companies and merchants with whom they interact.
32. “The popular phrase out in the Valley is that Uber was the fastest
growing startup in Silicon Valley history.”
-Mike Isaac, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Travis
Kalanick
$4B
net worth
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36. Can you come up with an inspiring mission
statement for the following non-profit?
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37.
38. We are committed to
elevating the
collective
consciousness of the
world by expanding
happiness and
unleashing every
human’s superpowers.
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39. We are committed to
elevating the
collective
consciousness of the
world by expanding
happiness and
unleashing every
human’s superpowers.
-The We Company mission
Adam Neuman
48. Though these companies have created strong
internal cultures, given past and present deeds, it’s
valid to question their sense of responsibility
towards society at large.
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50. “Indeed for most Americans the once-promising
new economy has meant a descent, as one MIT
economist recently put it, toward a precarious
position usually associated with Third World
countries.”
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52. “…workplace
dictatorship and
Amazon in particular
penetrates very deep
into the white-collar
workforce. They're also
seriously abused and
constrained by the
system.”
Professor Elizabeth Anderson.
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61. “It appears the beauty of Apple’s brilliant design ultimately rests upon the
suffering of workers in electronic sweatshops, where human rights, labour
standards, environmental safety and business integrity are routinely ignored.”
-SmartCompany, Aug 2018 zwapp
62. “The major
theme that I
would argue
that’s been one
of the true
absolutes in
history is that
power corrupts.
I believe these
firms [Google,
Amazon,
Facebook and
Apple] have too
much power.”
-Scott Galloway
63. This is an opportunity for your startup.
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