Is#growth#the#ul-mate#goal?

Filip%KisCo#founder*of*TrainedOn*&*ABC

LBG$Zagreb$'04$.$'09

What%is%growth?

Startup'=='Growth1

1"h$p://paulgraham.com/growth.html

Startup'=='Rapid'Growth

Fail%fast,%fail%cheap2

2"h$p://www.forbes.com/sites/robasghar/2014/07/14/why;silicon;valleys;fail;fast;mantra;is;just;hype/

Fake%it%(ll%you%make%ita.k.a.$growth$hacking

But$90%$won't$make$it

According)to)some)it's)actually)99%

Congratula*ons,-you-made-it!

Or#did#you?

The$VC$math

Want%10x$returnKnow%1"in"10"succeedExpect'100x$growth

Go#big#or#go#home

Is#rapid#growththe$only$op'on?

Basecamp(story

50#employees

16#years#old

1#million!users!back!in!2006!

only!one!(small)!investment

Kickstarter*story3

Public'benefit'corpora0on

B"Corp

3"h$p://www.ny,mes.com/2015/09/21/technology/kickstarters>altruis,c>vision>profits>as>the>means>not>the>mission.html?_r=0

Global&economy&and&growth

Interest'rates'all#$me#low'since'2009

Can't&stay&like&that&forever

UN's%Sustainable%Development%Goals:

Eradicate)poverty)by)2030

Solu%on:(growth4

4"h$p://www.theguardian.com/global8development8professionals8network/2015/sep/23/developing8poor8countries8de8develop8rich8countries8sdgs

We#are#overshoo*ng#plant's#biocapacity#by#50%

De#growth,+zero#growth,+de#development

De#growth,+zero#growth,+de#development

Steady'state)economy5

Buen%vivir6

6"h$p://www.theguardian.com/sustainable9business/blog/buen9vivir9philosophy9south9america9eduardo9gudynas

5"h$p://steadystate.org/

Collabora've*consump'on

Sharing(economy

Consume(less

Decoupled)growth:)Unilever's)Sustainable)Living)

plan7

7"h$ps://www.unilever.com/sustainable8living/

Basic&income

Shorter'working'week

Banning&adver+sing8

8"R."&"E."Skidelsky:"How"much"is"enough?

So#what#can#we#do?

Less$focus$on$rapid$growth

Sustainable+business+models

Different(kind(of(startup(events

New$ways$of$funding

Success&!=&Growth

References1"h$p://paulgraham.com/growth.html

2"h$p://www.forbes.com/sites/robasghar/

2014/07/14/why=silicon=valleys=fail=fast=mantra=is=

just=hype/3"h$p://www.nyBmes.com/2015/09/21/technology/

kickstarters=altruisBc=vision=profits=as=the=means=

not=the=mission.html?_r=04"h$p://www.theguardian.com/global=development=

professionals=network/2015/sep/23/developing=

poor=countries=de=develop=rich=countries=sdgs

References(cont.5"h$p://steadystate.org/6"h$p://www.theguardian.com/sustainable;business/blog/buen;vivir;philosophy;south;america;eduardo;gudynas7"h$ps://www.unilever.com/sustainable;living/8"R."&"E."Skidelsky:"How"much"is"enough?