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Entrepreneur versus employee (my presentation at StayFresh08)

Posted: June 12th, 2009 | Author: Satish | Filed under: Community | Comments

A couple of weeks ago I gave a quick talk at Refresh Events: StayFresh08 at the Centre for Social Innovation on the topic of choosing the path of entrepreneurship versus employee. Refresh is a rapidly growing monthly meetup that brings together Toronto’s interactive community in a learning, sharing, and networking setting.

The content came inspired by decisions I’ve had to personally consider over the last few years – both when I first became a partner of a small creative agency in 2006 and again when I left that to join the corporate world in 2008.

The presentation was done Ignite style, meaning I had a total of 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide automatically changing. Excuse the fast talking, it was only 6.5 minutes :).

It flows from determining what success means to you, to evaluating the key variables that change, to bringing-method-to-the-madness diagramming, through to why you might not even have to choose.

Here’s the presentation with the full audio track:

 
Here’s some blurry video of it courtesy of @xclarke78x’s phone:

Here’s the collection of my favourite tweets from it:

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  • If we use the right brain, left brain automatically adherents. Not vice versa .... learn to swim it if only theoretical (left-brain sharpened ).... Until at any time if not ever action to pool yes .... definitely can not swim directly opposite action to the pool or create a swimming pool at home .... certainly could swim. And after we can berceritera could swim how to swim ......
    How can I move from left to right quadrant? It's easy ... Apparently people on the left quadrant of her left brain is dominant. Right quadrant of her right brain dominant. Between the left brain to right brain it is interrupted between the blank. That means his brain is not ... Well so if the left brain to right brain through the brain not use first .... Move quadrants do not have many thinkers, need not use the brain. Direct action!

  • @aniket - Let me know if you ever want to chat. Think it's always good to act while you have the fire :).

    @rich - Thanks for your positive feedback. I had a good time putting this one together. Business is good, but keeping real busy!

  • Great presentation Satish. Love your enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit. Great stuff! Good luck.

  • Aniket

    Great inspirational presentation, Satish! I'm watching while at a point in life where I debate the same "question"...now I just need to ACT...
    Cheers!

  • Thanks Hilori, you're more than welcome to put that on your fb ;).

    Appreciate the comment Alex. Ignite style provides a really interesting format for learning - both for the presenter and hopefully the attendees. Forces you to be succinct and smart about your content.

  • An enjoyable presentation, Satish! This was a great intro. for me when it comes to Ignite style presentations. Nice use of video + audio as well!

  • Hilori

    That was a great presentation. I might just have to put your "It's okay to fail" quote in my fav quotes section on fbook! ;)

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