The Startup Kids is a documentary about young web entrepreneurs in the U.S. and Europe. It contains interviews with the founders of Vimeo, Soundcloud, Kiip, InDinero, Dropbox, Foodspotting and many others who talk about how they started their company and their lives as an entrepreneur. We are trying to host a screening. Hopefully we can show the movie soon. More info here.
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When most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem they think they can fix, they go to work. This, Ernesto Sirolli suggests, is naïve. In this funny and impassioned talk, he proposes that the first step is to listen to the people you're trying to help, and tap into their own entrepreneurial spirit. His advice on what works will help any entrepreneur. You can find the talk here on TED.
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While hiring a great team is no easy task for entrepreneurs, handling problem employees can actually be the harder challenge. Here are three videos from Stanford Education Corner on how and why to effectively handle the situation, when things are not going well with a member of your team.
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Great video on The Lean Start-Up and some hilarious testimonials from entrepreneurs. Most of the testimonials reflect problems many entrepreneurs have to deal with (e.g. how to expand beyond your personal network). See on this link.
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Watch this website with a number of videos telling the stories of entrepreneurs with a love for craft. Based in Brooklyn, the project takes its influence from the handmade movement there and elsewhere. We hope you find the spirit of it inspiring! Watch it here.
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The European Union launched a series of short and snappy two minute audiovisual stories featuring personal testimonies from young people, young entrepreneurs and/or SME owners with a strong national focus. Some inspiring stories! Please watch them on the following link.
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Do you create luck or does luck find you? Here are three opinions on the role of "luck" in startups and product development taken from the Stanford Education Corner! Watch these insightful interviews.
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Babson College is famous for its entrepreneurship education. Together with The Innovation Factory they created this wonderful website full of insights, stories, video's of everyday entrepreneurs. One of the best sites we have seen so far! Check it out here!
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Follow the entrepreneurs of the TechStars' first New York program. Watch the grueling process of building a business from the ground up in an elite startup boot camp. Guided by top names in tech from Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and more - and judged every step of the way. It all comes down to the final pitch. Who will win big - scoring millions of dollars from investors? Great videos and more on this website.
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Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg reveals the individual skills and the balance of experience he looks for when recruiting college graduates, while still building and moving his company forward.
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IDEO Founder David Kelley suggests avoiding conventional approaches to hiring employees and building teams. In this clip, Kelley offers a few suggestions: 1) Hire individuals or non-confomists to stimulate the organization, 2) Hire a diverse range of experts and generalists from different fields, and 3) Form "hot groups" of 8-12 people for maximum impact. Kelley also encourages building close ties to universities to source potential staff. To Kelley, an ideal hire interacts well with established staff and demonstrates an "attitude of wisdom" that strikes a balance between the ability to promote ideas and the ability to consider feedback. From Standford's Entrepreneurship Corner.
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In this TED video, Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure -- and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.
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Professor Saras D. Sarasvathy is a member of the Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Ethics area and teaches courses in entrepreneurship and ethics in Darden's MBA program. In this movie, she explains how expert entrepreneurs work and what effectual methods they use. Enjoy!
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Ann Miura-Ko argues that a successful startup does not flower solely from a great product or idea, says Ann Miura-Ko, partner at FLOODGATE Fund. She argues that success stems from the ability to grow a business around that great idea. How? By rapidly testing your business model with all means available. This is another great video from Stanford's entrepreneurship corner.
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In this movie, Steve Blank explains a few "Big Ideas" that are part that support his view on entrepreneurship and his customer develpment method.
The Entrepreneur´s Guide to Customer Development for Tech Startups, A "cheat sheet" to The Four Steps to the Epiphany, is a great book which captures much of Steve Blank's ideas. This is the link to the preview.
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12 Ways To Add Design Thinking Into Your Project - Tom Hulme from HackFwd on Vimeo.
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