Presentation used as the foundation for the ground-breaking, first-time-ever experiment in instant, live, real-time startup creation. Successful experiment, I must add :) VIDEO IS NOW LIVE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS2KKDwOBcs Many thanks to Wouter, Rutger and the gang for letting me run the experiment with utter disregard for the agenda - and to the outstanding Mentors (Ann-Pascale, Bart, Jo, Filip and Jeroen) who helped out! And of course to all participants of TEDxUHasselt who played along with gusto!

1. Instant Startup:
an experiment
Leo Exter
founder @ westartup.eu

2. You will have to start a business
one day.
47% US jobs are “high risk” from computers and robots

3. I don’t have a good business
idea.

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

5. • 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

6. Photo: Anirudh Koul

7. 1. Problem / Solution method
2. Random co-founder

8. 1. Meet a random stranger
2. Discuss a professional problem and
find a solution together
3. Evaluate business opportunity
4. Share it with us after lunch break

9. Ann-Pascale
Bijnens

10. Jeroen
Meens

11. Jo
Martens

12. Bart
Van Loon

13. Filip
Coonen

14. Incentive:
best presenter gets
1 month
free coworking

15. Step 0:
Think of a professional problem
you face every day.

16. Step 1:
Find a random stranger and
introduce yourself
•Your first name
•Your professional background
•Do you have a problem to solve?

17. Step 2:
Decide whose problem you’ll solve,
start talking about how you’d solve
it.
You have 5 minutes.

18. Step 3:
Would you pay for that solution?

19. Step 3.1:
Ouch.
Do you see some potential?
Come talk to Ann-Pascale,
Jeroen, Bart, Filip or myself.

20. Step 4:
We’ll see after the break…

21. Eet smakelijk!
Leo Exter
@leoexter
leo@westartup.eu