bootstrap business seminar 2: being creative and having great ideas
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Why are (most) manhole covers round?
Week 2Being creative and having great ideasWith Alex Elkins@CityStarters
Concept…
Execution!
Week 1Finding what’s broken
Week 2Creativity & Problem Solving Week 3
Designing an MVP
Week 4Building a Business Model
Week 5Creating an Awesome Brand
Week 6Protecting your idea
Week 7Recruiting Followers
Week 8Making Sense of the Numbers
Week 9Delivering a Kick-Ass Pitch
What is creativity?
“The process of having original ideas that have value” Sir Ken Robinson
What about innovation?
Innovation
Diverge
Converge
Create choices
Makechoices
Generatinglots of ideas
Free flowing
Seeking diversity
Different perspectives
No judgment
Sorting of ideas
Summarising
Exercising judgment
Structure
Plan
Barriers!
“See the invisible problems, not just the obvious ones”
Tony Fadell - Nest
“The way things are”
How to think more creatively
Look at thingsdifferently
Why?
You’ve lost your wallet and have no means of getting home
How do you get home?
Diverge
Converge
Create choices
Makechoices
Generatinglots of ideas
Free flowing
Seeking diversity
Different perspectives
No judgment
Sorting of ideas
Summarising
Exercising judgment
Structure
Plan
Diverge
Converge
Create choices
Makechoices
Generatinglots of ideas
Free flowing
Seeking diversity
Different perspectives
No judgment
Sorting of ideas
Summarising
Exercising judgment
Structure
Plan
Combine ideas
Results
21st October 2015 - 6pmwww.citystarters.co.uk - events