© peter friedli, 2005 n ew v enturetec june 28, 2005 cio community microsoft facilitating growth c...

© Peter Friedli, 2005

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June 28, 2005

CIO Community Microsoft

Facilitating Growth

c Peter Friedli June, 28 2005


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Definition of growth

Selling a growing number of products for a very long period of time in the market

Definition of success


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Growth

ROI

Right allocation of resources, i.e.people, money, time

Management


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Entrepreneurship

We are all entrepreneurs of our lives


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What defines entrepreneurship?Integrity

Vision

Leadership WillCharacteristics

Discipline

Competence Timing

Needs

Responsibility


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Understanding a company

It is about people

It has a life cycle of its own

Value and success is the result of common sense decisions and disciplined implementations

It is a strive for common goals among dedicated people led by a serving spirit


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Weighting

before the after theinvestment investment

Entrepreneur 80% 50%

Product 5% 5%

Market 15% 45%


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Innovation

What innovation?

Drives productivity

Is not the market

Is part of any successful company


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Productivity

Is key for survival

Is the result of innovation and leadership

Is where the money goes


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Product

Product is what we do – can you sell it with a profit?

Is what links you to customers and consumers

Pay back in money, value or emotions


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Market

A difficult place to predict

Overcrowded

Niche players can do very well

Costly to capture


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Where is growth?

What’s the obstacle?

You

Where the money goes

Where passion is lived

Where customer is king


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Risks

Are everywhere

Is a healthy thing

What’s key is the right attitude and judgment

Mastering risks is very rewarding

Don’t be scared of risks – just respect


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Costs / value

Companies spend too much money on everything

No ownership thinking

Money is a great tool – few people understand

Key to growth


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Why formulas and recipes - if any - don’t work One invests in people

One invests in a plan and the future

Assumptions remain assumptions

Puts the focus in the wrong direction


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People and Management

Integrity

Knowledge and competence

Execution and leadership

Hard work pays off

Commitments

What drives an entrepreneur


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Motivation and interest

Don‘t believe what others say

Don‘t compromise

Follow your gut instinct

Board a constant risk


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Business model and market

99% miss plan and forecast

Hiring and build up too fast

Money you have you‘ll spend it

Costs not under control


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Technology not as fast in the market

Competition far less an issue

Big names: No real impact on long term success

Large corporation as partner: Mixed results


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What may be logic to you may absolutely

not be logic to corporations or the market

Takes much longer to build and penetrate any market

The market is unforgiving


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Trends

Established companies want to control the market

Young companies want to conquer the market

Life science, IT and space

I don’t like trends


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What the future holds

A great world to live in

Plenty of opportunities – more than ever

The destiny is in your hands and – brain


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Thank you

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