1. Courtesy of National Geographic

2. Courtesy of Jenny's Sandcastles
http://www.jennyrossen.com/sandcas.ht
ml

3. Value
Natural Idea
Resources + Entrepreneur
Execution = Product/
Perseverence Market
and/or Fit
Human
Resources
and/or
Capital

4. Entrepreneurship for Life
@ramamanusama
Co-founder/CEO @criticube, @olibolapp

5. NL
2008 4%
2012 7.9%
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/07/graduat
e_unemployment_rate_dou.php
Indonesia
2011
30% http://english.people.com.cn/90001/9
0777/90851/7284664.html

6. Unemployment shows an imbalance between job
seekers and job creators
This is why entrepreneurship is important,
this is an initiative to create jobs for ourselves and others
http://www.kauffman.org/research-and-policy/the-importance-of-startups-in-job-creation-and-job-desctruction.aspx

7. Entrepreneurship involves the joy of building things
ourselves and contributing to the society
Sounds romantic...

8. BSc International Business Adm
2008 Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
MSc Finance and Investment
2009 Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Strategy Intern
2009 RBS Amsterdam
Assistant Business Group Controller
2010/11 DSM
Quarter life crisis
Is this what I want for my life?
Full Time Entrepreneur
2012 Criticube & OlibolAspiration pushes one
to take action

9. Fears preventing people
from becoming entrepreneurs

10. Most fears are likely to be risk related
Risk can be minimized and managed
Strip your business idea to the core
Test your market and iterateIdeas?

11. From commitment to growth
Self Ideation Startup Growth
Commitment Phase Phase
Aim: Aim:
Vision, idea Business
Validate
generation Plan
product
market
Identify fit
opportunities

12. Iteration
Criticube
Social knowledge platform
Learning
Olibol
Organizations can quickly and cheaply create a data
management

13. Reality
Romantic idealism is somewhat important
to maintain a high fighting spirit

14. Don't be afraid to fail
It is part of the learning process

15. Important reads
Startup Owner's Manual - Steve Blank
Lean Startup - Eric Ries
Art of Start - Guy Kawasaki

16. Don't just stare at the stars
Take actions to reach them

17. @olibolapp
@criticube
@ramamanusama