Entrepreneur Talk for Transition Year Students
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Swimming in a bigger pond Tony O’Dowd Founder & Chief Architect www.KantanMT.com
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KantanMT Founder and Chief Architect Tony O’Dowd presents to a group of Transition Year students from St.David’s CBS, Artane, on what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, and the importance of being first in the market.
Transcript of Entrepreneur Talk for Transition Year Students
Swimming in a
bigger pond
Tony O’Dowd
Founder & Chief Architect
www.KantanMT.com
A World of Opportunities…
Blowing the Roof Off
• Creating a “Sense of Urgency”
• Quicken your approach
• Ask yourself: if I had to do this in 30, 14, 7 days?
• Agility in everything you do…
• Take calculated risks – this is not the same as being rash
• Sprint – Don’t jog and don’t run – definitely don’t walk!
A good plan violently executed nowis better than a perfect plan
executed next week – General S. Patton
Blowing the Roof Off – Unlocking Potential
If I didn’t have a deadline, I wouldn’t get anything done! – REALLY!
Potential
Performance
Pressure
You & Your Team
Blowing the Roof Off – Entrepreneurs
Rodin - Thinker
#1 PitfallParalysis by Analysis
Blowing the Roof Off – Entrepreneurs
#1 Redeeming CharacteristicMaking decisions, even when
all the facts are not known!
Steve Jobs – Thinker & Doer
#1 PitfallParalysis by Analysis
Blowing the Roof Off – Entrepreneurs
Taking Risks
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new “
Albert Einstein
Team Challenge
Build a tower with only the resources given Tower must supports weight of an appleTallest tower wins
Blowing the Roof Off – Speed, Velocity, Agility
• 5 Things to remember
• Do rough prototypes
• Do be quick, dirty and early
• Don’t be slow, perfect and late
• Do use just enough technology to get going
• Don’t hesitate to throw away prototypes
Question : Why is speed important?
Blowing the Roof Off – Speed, Velocity, Agility
Answer: Speed wins races!
One more thing……
Take Risks and never NEVER give up trying!
