the entrepreneurial engineer
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The Entrepreneurial Engineer
Bart Van Loon
22nd April 2010
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Who am I?
Who am I?
Bart Van Loon
2005: finished studies in ComputerScience, Mathematics, ArtificialIntelligence in Leuven
2006: Co-founded Villa Vespa
2007: Co-founded Zeropoint.IT
2009: Started The DataTank
(Picture by Pitslamp.be)
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Who am I?
Villa Vespa
Carefree Oldtimers3 / 16
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Zeropoint.IT
Qualitative HR without borders4 / 16
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Who am I?
The DataTank
Unlocking databases for anopen society
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Am I fit for it?
An entrepreneur is made, notborn. (But of course there areentrepreneurial families.)
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Typical Properties
resilient
stubborn
reckless
gambling
risk taking
. . .
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Typical Properties
It has nothing to do with education.(quite the opposite)
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#sethsaid
“The mission: to teach you thatyou’re average. That compliant workis the best way to a reliable living.That creating average stuff foraverage people, again and again, is asafe and easy way to get what youwant. [. . . ] When exactly were webrainwashed into believing that thebest way to earn a living is to have ajob?” — Seth Godin
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Supporting Organisations
SO Kwadraat
Free help with business concept, business plan, financial plan,gathering capital, legal stuff, . . .
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Supporting Organisations
Plenty of fun competitions
http://www.bizidee.be/
http://www.start-academy.
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http://www.enterprize.be/
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Supporting Organisations
Plenty of support
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Who are you?
Entrepreneurship is a full-contact sport
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Who are you?
Success is not guaranteed
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Who are you?
But do you want to work, work, work. . .
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Who are you?
. . . for someone else?
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Let’s Connect!
Contact me
Bart Van Loon
[email protected](+32) 472/94.14.34
http://bbbart.eu/blogtwitter: @b b b a r t
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