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- 1. Entrepreneurship & Innovation Stavriana A. Kofteros
- 2. Startup Catalyst. Entrepreneurship Evangelist. • Curator Cyprus Startup Digest • Organizer Startup Live Cyprus • Organizer Cyprus Startup Weekend • F.M. Cypriot Enterprise Link Association • F.M. Startup Cyprus Initiative • Day Job: – Special Entrepreneurship & RDI Adviser Democratic Rally – Deputy Spokesperson Democratic Rally www.about.me/stavriana
- 4. What we need + • Holistic Understanding of E/I – Job CREATION – Culture, way of thinking • Geeks are cool! • Active integration in education – Entrepreneurship Development – Way of Thinking • Creativity leads to innovation • Thinking outside the box (what box?) • Problem solving ability • Teamwork From Kindergarten!
- 7. Serious Fun. Seriously! Do you Speak Innovation?
- 9. • Jobs of today • Will probably have nothing to do with jobs in the next decade • In 20 years… • So?
- 10. University of Phoenix Research: kids must enhance their cross cultural competencies and their social intelligence
- 12. BUT
- 13. Skills for a Lifetime • Open Mindness • Critical Thinking • Thinking outside the box • Creativity • Self Confidence • Socializing • Curiosity • … INNOVATION
- 14. Ingredients • Innovation Planet – We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them – Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower • Talent in Team – They have to be really smart. But the real issue for me is, Are they going to fall in love with Apple? • Perseverance – We went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, ‘Hey, we don’t need you. You haven’t got through college yet Steve Jobs Chairman, Apple
- 15. CREATIVITY= INNOVATION? Creativity is thinking the big idea. Innovation is implementing the idea … by converting the idea into a profitable business.
- 16. Characteristics • Searching for new opportunities with passion • Go after opportunities with immense discipline • Go after only the best opportunities • Focus on implementation • Team
- 17. Development of Vital Skills • Analysis & Problem Solving Ability • Teamwork • Perseverance • Responsibility • Calculated Risk • Learning from Failure How?
- 20. Failure is an ally!
- 22. CREATIVITY & INNOVATION 7 Habits
- 23. 1. Persistence • Its not about the idea • Faith • Hard work • Vision • Laser Focus Invention / Innovation is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration
- 26. 2. Get over it! • “think outside the box” • Break the box sitting in your brain • Help your kids, friends, … break their box!
- 27. 3. Take a Risk, Make mistakes • Mistakes are an experiment • Failed, so What? • Its Knowledge I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work
- 29. 4. Idea in the Shower Phenomenon • Escape • Be calm. Calm invites acceptance in tapping into our creativity • Find your own creativity zone!
- 30. 5. Put It on paper! • Note it! Paint it! • Discover your own method to tap into the creative process
- 31. 6. Discover the motives • Ideas come from ideas • Edison was not the first to discover the lamp • He was the first to make them last longer Expose yourself to new ideas, search for motives, see how you can combine ideas to enhance an existing solution
- 32. 7. Curiosity • Be Curious! • Inquisitive • Look for alternative • Practice in seeing things differently • Ask a lot of questions • Challenge the norm or existing way