experiments & simplicity

“Be not afraid of going slowly. Be afraid only of

standing still”- Chinese Proverb

How do you get momentum? How do you keep moving?

Why is this important?

Business experimentsfrom visual thinking to visual doing

small & simple

Experiment: Education Visual leadershipIdea -> Start an visual education Goal -> Getting a least 6 customers Time -> 4 months Do -> Write a page,online form, sharing

Why I do this? Freedom + Impact + Curiosity

Making things not so simple

QWhat are you making complex?

Making things simple

QHow do you make things simple?

Experiment:

Open Coffee LeidenIdea -> Get the network to me Goal -> Organize meeting simple Time -> Every month Do -> Pick a date, time, location+ invite

Experiment:

Rent a websiteIdea -> Will people rent a website? Goal -> Find 5 customers Time -> 6 months (it took 1 month) Do -> Set up website and share

QCan I say yes or no to your mission? Can you tweet your mission?

Customers

QHow do you get customers?

Experiment:

Get website visitorsIdea -> Get user Goal -> Post message on different websites Time -> One month Do -> Write a message, post it, analyze

Experiment:

Share workIdea -> Share work to get known Goal -> Make others RT / Re-post my work Time -> As long as I do this Do -> Take a picture, share and tag

EDesign a one customer experiment

But are you allowed to fail?

ETalk to your customer

Making it simple ….again

Experiment:

Online courseIdea -> Build a simple crowdfund page Goal ->10 paying customers Time -> One month Do -> Tell people, mail it, share it.

Experiment:

Visual communityIdea -> Start a visual community Goal -> 4 Try-out meetings, min 10 people Time -> 4 months Do -> Write page, online form, share

Experiment:

Make myself replaceableIdea -> Do less Goal ->Delete, Delegate, Automate tasks Time -> 4 Months Do -> Make a list of things I do / action

EFocus! Make a fuck-it-list

I still make some things big

And of course

EDesign a experiment for next week

most important lesson

do Business experiments

small & simple

@basbakker