Follow-up: Entrepreneurship and Ethics conference (ASE Bucharest, 2009.10.14)

On the 14^th of October, 2009, I went at the Entrepreneurship and Ethics conference, held at ASE Bucharest, 2013 class room. What did I learn in there? Some photos I made at the event: [alpine-phototile-for-picasa-and-google-plus src="user_album" uid="100050990853086188413" ualb="5939856950749448705" imgl="fancybox" style="wall" row="4" size="640" num="100" highlight="1" align="center" max="100"]

A. Scott BARKLEY - What does it takes to be an entrepreneur

(LinkedIn) See his presentation. I've made a video with him at the end (so this is not his presentation): Some things he said at the event: - If you go from a seminar with one thing learned well, then that time is well spent; - Romanians are great and resiliant people; The future is bright; - Success isn't a magic bullet;

B. Chris SMITH

C. Viorel SPINU - It's easy to build a start-up

(personal web site, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn) See his presentation. I've made a video with him: What I remembered? - Running a business is common sense; - You should ask others: "Would you buy my products?"; - Is your business in a competitive market? That's great, this implies you are in a business that can actually sell products; - It's better to write things down, rather than just remembering things; - It's best to have a plan for the future, even if it's not 100% accurate; - You should convince yourself that your projections can be met; - Rather than building the perfect product, you should do the simplest solution that actually works; - If your procedures don't allow you to put an idea online faster than 10 minutes, then something's wrong; - Some things to consider asking yourself every morning: What have you done yesterday? What will you do today? What stops you to reach your goals?

D. Larry YOUNG - Business Ethics

See his presentation. I've made a video with him: Larry recommended two books as a necessary reading for every entrepreneur:

• The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization by John MAXWELL (in Romanian also);
• Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan KIM and Renée MAUBORGNE;

Great things to know: - Learning by distance is cheaper, more effective and easier than having to provide training services face-to-face; - You should believe that you can make 1M (million) USD/EUR with your business; - If you aim and shoot at nothing, you're going to hit it every time; - "The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people" - quote by Theodore ROOSEVELT; - You must tell the customer the truth; - You must accept the consequences, even for your employees; You can learn more about the event on the Fitzuica.ro web site (1 and 2). Also see Viorel SPINU's message.