The Founder In You: What It Means To Be An Entrepreneur

Presentation by Ashok Kamal for CDI

October 18, 2016

Questions To Consider

• Entrepreneur vs. Entrepreneurial

• Job vs. Lifestyle

• Individual vs. Team

• Good Reasons To Be An Entrepreneur

• Bad Reasons To Be An An Entrepreneur

• What’s Your Startup Profile?

Which Is A Startup?

• VC-backed biotech company

• Nonprofit launching a financial literary program

• Flower shop funded by friends & family

• Bootstrapped design consultancy

• Skunk works project within FORTUNE 500 company

• 1 year old company graduating from TechStars

• New product launch at GoPro

What Is A Startup?

A startup is a human institution designed to

deliver a new product or service under conditions

of extreme uncertainty.

- Eric Ries, The Lean Startup

My Startups

Who Creates Startups?

Startups are run by entrepreneurs, and/or people

who are being entrepreneurial.

What Is An Entrepreneur?

What Kind Of Entrepreneur Are You?

Types Of Entrepreneurial DNAs

• Builder – Strategy, process, infrastructure

• Opportunist – Rewards and outcome-oriented

• Specialist – Domain experts

• Innovator – Disruptive, mission-oriented

Entrepreneurship As A Job • Confidence

• Creativity

• Determination

• Discipline

• Focus

• Humility

• Optimism

• Organization

• Critical Thinking

• Risk Tolerance

• Social Intelligence

• Grit

Entrepreneurship As A Lifestyle

• Physical Health

• Exercise

• Sleep

• Nutrition

• Social Relationships

• Friends & Family

• Significant Other

• Mental Health • Stress

• Depression

• Financial Stability

The Question Is …

Why?

Let’s Start With Why NOT:

• Be My Own Boss

• Get Rich Quick

• Work With Friends

Back To Why …

Everyone Is Born A Founder

Thank You!