Short, 20 minutes presentation I

1. The Entrepreneurial Engineer
Bart Van Loon
22nd April 2010
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2. Who am I?
Who am I?
Bart Van Loon
2005: finished studies in Computer
Science, Mathematics, Artificial
Intelligence in Leuven
2006: Co-founded Villa Vespa
2007: Co-founded Zeropoint.IT
2009: Started The DataTank
(Picture by Pitslamp.be)
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3. Who am I?
Villa Vespa
Carefree Oldtimers
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4. Who am I?
Zeropoint.IT
Qualitative HR without borders
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5. Who am I?
The DataTank
Unlocking databases for an
open society
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6. The Entrepreneurial Engineer
Am I fit for it?
An entrepreneur is made, not
born. (But of course there are
entrepreneurial families.)
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7. The Entrepreneurial Engineer
Typical Properties
resilient
stubborn
reckless
gambling
risk taking
...
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8. The Entrepreneurial Engineer
Typical Properties
It has nothing to do with education.
(quite the opposite)
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9. The Entrepreneurial Engineer
#sethsaid
“The mission: to teach you that
you’re average. That compliant work
is the best way to a reliable living.
That creating average stuff for
average people, again and again, is a
safe and easy way to get what you
want. [. . . ] When exactly were we
brainwashed into believing that the
best way to earn a living is to have a
job?” — Seth Godin
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10. Supporting Organisations
SO Kwadraat
Free help with business concept, business plan, financial plan,
gathering capital, legal stuff, . . .
info@sokwadraat.be
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11. Supporting Organisations
Plenty of fun competitions
http://www. http://www.
http://www. start-academy. enterprize.be/
bizidee.be/ be/
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12. Supporting Organisations
Plenty of support
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13. Who are you?
Entrepreneurship is a full-contact sport
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14. Who are you?
Success is not guaranteed
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15. Who are you?
But do you want to work, work, work. . .
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16. Who are you?
. . . for someone else?
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17. Let’s Connect!
Contact me
Bart Van Loon
bart@zeropoint.it
(+32) 472/94.14.34
http://bbbart.eu/blog
twitter: @b b b a r t
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