Instant Startup: an experiment

Leo Exterfounder @ westartup.eu

You will have to start a business one day.

47% US jobs are “high risk” from computers and robots

I don’t have a good business idea.

I don’t have a co-founder, and I don’t know any entrepreneurs.

• The Problem & Solution Method• The Market-First Method• You Should Stop Trying to Read This Now, This Presentation Will Be Shared Online Later Method • The Personal Strengths Method• The Mix & Match Method• The Importation Method• The Lateral Thinking Method• Congratulations You Can Read Really Fast. Now Stop Method • The Godin Method (or The Edgecraft Method)• The Christensen Method (or The Disruptive Innovation Method)

• Low-end disruptions• New-market disruptions

• Remake it for the Web Method (thanks Jeroen Meens!)• The Borrowed Ideas Method• Buy Entrepreneur A Beer Method (Contact Me For Details)• Watch Lots of Obscure Science Documentaries Method• Talk to Someone in Healthcare Method (ask the guys at HealthStartup.eu about it)

Here’s a very good place to start

Photo: Anirudh Koul

1. Problem / Solution method2. Random co-founder

1. Meet a random stranger 2. Discuss a professional problem

and find a solution together3. Evaluate business opportunity4. Share it with us after lunch break

Ann-PascaleBijnens

JeroenMeens

JoMartens

BartVan Loon

FilipCoonen

Incentive: best presenter gets

1 month free coworking

Step 0:Think of a professional problem

you face every day.

Step 1:Find a random stranger and introduce yourself

•Your first name •Your professional background•Do you have a problem to solve?

Step 2:Decide whose problem you’ll solve, start talking about how you’d solve it.

You have 5 minutes.

Step 3:Would you pay for that solution?

Step 3.1:Ouch.

Do you see some potential? Come talk to Ann-Pascale,

Jeroen, Bart, Filip or myself.

Step 4:We’ll see after the break…

Eet smakelijk!

Leo Exter@leoexter

leo@westartup.eu