2. If you do it, your startup will thank you for it. Is there anything you need, that you don’t have time for? Organize my space Eat Healthy Connect with people Exercise Take a break
3. If we want to make 500 Startups the leading startup accelerator, we need everyone to be at their best so we can perform as a team.
4. Obvious question So, how do we get there? I don’t know. Yet. This summer will be one of exploration – finding out what matters to startups to enhance their creativity/productivity.
5. Through innovation in the areas of architecture, team building and healthy eating I hope to develop a sense of personal and community wellness in 500 startups. PEOPLE FOOD SPACE
6. To narrow down the scope of the project, I will concentrate on the kitchen.An overarching goal is to create a sustainable system based on practices that can be replicated in the future and in other locations.
7. PEOPLE With so many brilliant people together in one room, it would be a waste not to get them to use each other as a resource for creativity. We are social animals who need others to stay focused and motivated… The plan
8. Solutions I could implement Consult with d.shrink faculty for a good team dynamics introductory session
9. SPACE What behavior do we want to create in the kitchen? Community Space – make it feel ours e.g. Hanging cups on the wall with everyone’s names on them Expressive of company’s culture - board with question of the day aimed to make people think outside the box Functional – easy to use and clean up after yourself Responsible - establish a protocol, a culture of maintaining the space Relaxing – a space where you can disconnect and take a break e.g. rubix cubes on tables, puzzles
10. Solutions I could implement Design and build furniture - one idea is to use Koa wood to build a bar table for the kitchen Buy and install necessary equipment - e.g. a salad/sandwich fridge. Make the kitchen area THE place to be
13. Solutions I could implement Optimize the use of the budget to include an open kitchen system (the kitchen is stocked with healthy snacks that can be eaten throughout the day by everyone who wants them) Develop easy recipes that can be carried out at a fraction of the cost Get companies to give us wholesale prices Find other food/health companies and persuade them to sponsor/cut a deal Look into 500 Startups food related companies like foodspotting, e la carte, textaurant, ordermapper, spoondate, wednesdays and cookpad to see how we can use them as a resource and test our own services at the same time Continue to use the Beta version of waiter.com while we explore other options like zerocater.com Find out what startups really want to be eating… and make it work
