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Best of Series – 15 Great Tips for Best Business Performance What your Start-up can Learn from the Amazing Orange Sports Performance @ Sochi!
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The Dutch came to the Olympic Games to take on Goliath-countries like US and Russia to compete for Gold. They outperformed the competition with clean Orange sweeps and kicking ass in the overall Medal Count. Learn from the Country’s success story… No matter how small your business is….!
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Focus. Specialize what you do good. Have passion, and dreams
For Dutch viewers go to learn from Sven’s Dreams; http://nos.nl/os2014/video/608009-kramer-had-hele-nacht-niet-geslapen.html
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Plan a flat race, stick to it, have patience and strike out with a killing last round
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Treat your competitors well. Don’t feel offended if they don’t wear your branded color. In the end, they drink
Heineken over vodka….
See the answer at slide 10
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Build passionate fans, understand social media, celebrate and share with them
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Be Persistent, keep the faith and wait till your time has come. Never Give Up….Never….!
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Allow internal rivalry but foremost Teamwork gets the best performance
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Think about your mobile customers
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Hunt for Good coaches/Mentors
Answer slide 5: Denny Morrison’s coach is Dutch
– Bart Schouten
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Think Marketing: Apply Design, Make controversy
Irene Wust: Best Athlete of Sochi Winter games 2014
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Good Talent acquisition; preferable they do better than you and walk in front of the troops
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Good investors – make them cheer for you and they do the Networking
Go viral: http://nos.nl/os2014/video/609109-koningspaar-beleeft-500-meter.html
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Build a future: Inspiration is aspiration
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Keep on to your values
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Keep business in the family- Guarantee for peak performance
When Sven was still Yep…. Behind top performance, there are great
partners Behind every men’s success, there is a women
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Go to
http://www.ibtimes.com/winter-olympics-2014-speed-skating-
continues-be-dominated-netherlands-why-1554557
For more history behind the success