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Control your life - “The startup way”

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May 06, 2013
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Control your life - “The startup way”

Talk that was given by Jordi Romero (@jordiromero) at Itnig on May 3rd.

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Jordi Romero

May 06, 2013

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Transcript

  1. CONTROL YOUR LIFE “The Startup Way”

  2. WHO THE FUCK AM I

  3. WHO THE FUCK AM I Jordi Romero Computer Engineer* Software

    Consultant CTO of Teambox CEO of itnig itnig, Pencakes, Romero Ventures, ...

  4. WHATTHE FUCK AM I

  5. WHATTHE FUCK AM I curious, decided, independent, adventurous, whatever

  6. WHATTHE FUCK AM I NOT

  7. WHATTHE FUCK AM I NOT An expert on this topic

  8. WTF

  9. CONTROL

  10. CONTROLL

  11. CONTROLL Swedish “trolla”

  12. CONTROL DECISIONS RESPONSIBILITY FREEDOM

  13. CONTROL DECISIONS RESPONSIBILITY FREEDOM

  14. CONTROL STAYING IN ≠ FLYING SOLO

  15. UNLESS YOU’RE BADASS

  16. UNLESS YOU’RE BADASS

  17. None

  18. FREELANCING CONSULTING

  19. ✔ Your own schedule ✔ Clients ✔ No boss ✗

    Dependency ✗ Irreplaceability ✗ Loneliness ✗ Less creativity

  20. JOIN A STARTUP

  21. ✔ Your own schedule ✔ Clients ✔ No boss ✔

    Team ✔ More creativity ✔ Evolving role

  22. CONTROL DECISIONS RESPONSIBILITY FREEDOM

  23. DECISIONS MAKING ≠ BEING THE BOSS

  24. None

  25. BE A GOOD BOSS MAKE LESS DECISIONS

  26. BE CREATIVE MAKE MORE DECISIONS

  27. CONTROL DECISIONS RESPONSIBILITY FREEDOM

  28. RESPONSIBILITY TAKING ≠ AVOIDING RISK

  29. None

  30. BE RESPONSIBLE DON’T THINK TWICE

  31. None

  32. CONTROL DECISIONS RESPONSIBILITY FREEDOM

  33. ≠ DOING WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT FREEDOM

  34. None

  35. FREEDOM IS POWER

  36. THANK YOU @jordiromero

  37. CONTROL YOUR LIFE “The Startup Way”