‘when you make a company, you make a utopia. it’s where you design your perfect world.” derek...

‘When you make a company, you make a utopia. It’s where you design your perfect world.”

Derek Sivers

What does your perfect world look like?

Let’s build it.

10 startup lessons

in

10 years of tribe building

@benkeene

2005

Where you begin doesn’t matter. Just begin.

(Career Break Café)

MANAGING A TEAM STARTSWITH MANAGING YOURSELF

BEN ISLAND2006

Feedback can be good for the head but bad for the heart

(co-founder / concept / first revenue)

2007

Even if God doesn’t like it you can survive

(coup / fire / tax / scam / cyclone)

MANAGING A TEAM STARTSWITH MANAGING YOURSELF

BEN ISLAND

2008

Celebrate Success

(2000 people / 3 yrs / 1 happy tribe)

2009

Future partners aren’t where you might expect them to be

(Bella-mandela / Blood Diamonds Film maker)

2010

Audience empathy over personal glory

(esc launch party)

2011

Keep your head in the clouds but your feet in the mud

(THNK)

2012

Know your strengths.Know your weaknesses

(Rafa London 2012)

2013

Low hanging fruit are there to be picked

2014

We are all builders now

(strikingly / squarespace / slack / instagram / product hunt)

2015

Mindsets shift through community.

Build your tribe. (esc fest / Tribewanted Bali / Escape Startup Tribe)

Now for doing…

My 3 month goals:Accelerate your entrepreneurship

Build a bigger & stronger Escape SchoolOpen 2 new Tribewanted locations

How can I/we help build your tribe?

ben@escapethecity.org / @benkeene / whatsapp: 07864114211