‘when you make a company, you make a utopia. it’s where you design your perfect world.” derek...
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‘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?
[email protected] / @benkeene / whatsapp: 07864114211