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BOOST YOUR
ENTREPRENEURIAL
SPIRIT
Who wants to land their
first startup venture?

2.
Melissa Sassi
Chief Penguin, IBM Z
Student & Entrepreneur Experience
@mentorafrika

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4.
What's an Entrepreneur?
We're going to find out!
Someone who creates
a business or
businesses
1
of their own
2
and takes on personal
risk to do so
3

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What's an Intrapreneur?
You guessed it! We're going to find this out too!
Someone who creates
new business
ventures or ideas
inside someone else's
company
1
to go beyond the
current company's area
of focus
2
and thinks outside-in
or outside-the-box
3

6.
What's your jam?
These are come common traits of an entrepreneur 1
2
3
Are you comfortable with
uncertainty?
Are you ok accepting that the
future is unknown?
Do you have a vision for
rethinking & reimagining the
future?

7.
You do not know the future.
You cannot predict the future.
2 important elements in life & business:
1.
2.
&
that's a-ok with you!
You recognize

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But...how you handle
uncertainty is incredibly
important!

9.
How you handle
uncertainty matters.
You focus on what
you can control.
1
You control & shape
the future & don't try
too hard predicting it.
2
You take actions to
make progress
against your goals.
3
You course correct as
the future
unfolds...you pivot
when necessary.
4

10.
You have
mastered
how to create a business model canvas.

11.
What's a Business Model Canvas?
Well, it looks like this...
Key
Partners
Key
Activities
Key
Resources
Value
Proposition
Customer
Relationships
Channels
Customer
Segments
Cost Structure Revenue Stream

12.
You incorporate
design thinking into
all you do

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Talking with your audience to
capture their insights.
You understand the wants,
needs, aspirations, pain points,
and frustrations of those around
you (customers, team members,
community members).
It's experimenting rapidly with
empathy and being audience,
customer, or people centered.
but...
What is
Design Thinking?

14.
You know your MVP
&
Pivoting or changing
course when necessary

15.
but...
What's an
MVP?
1
2
3
It stands for Minimum Viable Product.
It's the simplest version of your product or
service that allows you to launch your new
solution.
An MVP is the minimum point of gaining
revenue, market share, and/or some kind of
market / customer footprint.

16.
You are comfortable with failure.
You are confident with your
passions and strengths.
You are a LEARN-IT-ALL or a life-
long learner.
What else is
in the secret
sauce of an
entrepreneur
or
intrapreneur?

17.
Is that it? NOPE!
You thrive in
ambiguity.
1
You seek out change.
2
You think critically &
look to solve
problems.
3
You are always
innovating & breaking
the mold.
4

18.
You are big, bold & full of
ideas.
Yet...you make things happen.
You are an innovator.
1
You are a creator.
2
You make & do.
3
You know how to prioritize and don't run after every shiny thing or every squirrel.

19.
You stand behind
your goals
&
your beliefs.
You take responsibility.

20.
YOU KNOW
things can always be better.
there's always a new way to do things
&

21.
You have
courage
&
you aren't afraid
of
taking
calculated risks
based on
reputable data,
facts &
objectivity.

22.
What are the
values
of an entrepreneur or intrapreneur?
1
2
3
Creativity
Passion
Innovation

23.
WHAT ARE THE 5 P'S
of being an entrepreneur or intrapreneur?
P A T I E N C E
You are patient &
comfortable
pivoting when
failure arises.
P U R P O S E
You have a
clearly defined
mission, vision,
goals &
objectives tied to
getting things
done.
P E O P L E
You think and act
with empathy for
your team,
customers,
partners, and
other
collaborators.
PERCISTENCE
You stick with
things, even
when times are
tough.
P R O F I T S
You recognize
the concept of
doing well while
doing good or
making money
while making the
world a better
place.

24.
Thank you!
Now, who is ready to be an innovator, creator, maker &
doer who transform the world in which we live?
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