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Cedric Deweeck (idealabs) visited 2 of the biggest startup hubs of the planet in 10 days. Attended 2 big tech and startup conferences, and got the chance to pitch his Startup in San Francisco
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Page 1: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

idealabs intrapreneurFrom Antwerp to London and San Francisco

Irsquom Cedric Irsquom the marketing guy at idealabs From now on also an intrapreneur

Hi

Idealabs is an entrepreneurial HUB located in the center of Antwerp We

promote entrepreneurship by inspiring educating and engaging We accelerate startups and help them grow Creating

entrepreneurs

I was part of the idealabs team from the very start Surrounded by amazing people working with entrepreneurs everyday meeting great people

Back to me

Meet Emiel hersquos been working on Decolabs another startup at idealabs We started talking about a startup idea and joined forces

Then I met this guy at idealabs

A second screen application for presentations

A new startup idea was born

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Now the hardest part practice what you preach

Letrsquos validate

Bla

Validation of idea and MVP during a Pitching battle between idealabs and Springboard London

It worked

Validation of need for audience speakers at Leweb 2012

Customer Development

Status we had a DemoMVP and had validation from speakersaudience

We got great feedback

Next stepsLetrsquos compete in startup competitions and stay lean as long as possible

We did some tweaking to our DEMO and never stopped talking to people Always be pitching

idealabs intrapreneurFrom Antwerp to London to SF

Back to me and the title of the presentation

I was invited to Live cover the London Websummit through the idealabs_be twitter account

Amazing opportunity for slideli Direct contact to conference organizers other bloggers audience

Works out

Focus

Free inspiration quotes

First Stop London

I want to build a business for decades I needed an investor with a long term commitment

Matt Mullenweg - (Wordpress)London Websummit

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 2: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Irsquom Cedric Irsquom the marketing guy at idealabs From now on also an intrapreneur

Hi

Idealabs is an entrepreneurial HUB located in the center of Antwerp We

promote entrepreneurship by inspiring educating and engaging We accelerate startups and help them grow Creating

entrepreneurs

I was part of the idealabs team from the very start Surrounded by amazing people working with entrepreneurs everyday meeting great people

Back to me

Meet Emiel hersquos been working on Decolabs another startup at idealabs We started talking about a startup idea and joined forces

Then I met this guy at idealabs

A second screen application for presentations

A new startup idea was born

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Now the hardest part practice what you preach

Letrsquos validate

Bla

Validation of idea and MVP during a Pitching battle between idealabs and Springboard London

It worked

Validation of need for audience speakers at Leweb 2012

Customer Development

Status we had a DemoMVP and had validation from speakersaudience

We got great feedback

Next stepsLetrsquos compete in startup competitions and stay lean as long as possible

We did some tweaking to our DEMO and never stopped talking to people Always be pitching

idealabs intrapreneurFrom Antwerp to London to SF

Back to me and the title of the presentation

I was invited to Live cover the London Websummit through the idealabs_be twitter account

Amazing opportunity for slideli Direct contact to conference organizers other bloggers audience

Works out

Focus

Free inspiration quotes

First Stop London

I want to build a business for decades I needed an investor with a long term commitment

Matt Mullenweg - (Wordpress)London Websummit

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 3: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Idealabs is an entrepreneurial HUB located in the center of Antwerp We

promote entrepreneurship by inspiring educating and engaging We accelerate startups and help them grow Creating

entrepreneurs

I was part of the idealabs team from the very start Surrounded by amazing people working with entrepreneurs everyday meeting great people

Back to me

Meet Emiel hersquos been working on Decolabs another startup at idealabs We started talking about a startup idea and joined forces

Then I met this guy at idealabs

A second screen application for presentations

A new startup idea was born

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Now the hardest part practice what you preach

Letrsquos validate

Bla

Validation of idea and MVP during a Pitching battle between idealabs and Springboard London

It worked

Validation of need for audience speakers at Leweb 2012

Customer Development

Status we had a DemoMVP and had validation from speakersaudience

We got great feedback

Next stepsLetrsquos compete in startup competitions and stay lean as long as possible

We did some tweaking to our DEMO and never stopped talking to people Always be pitching

idealabs intrapreneurFrom Antwerp to London to SF

Back to me and the title of the presentation

I was invited to Live cover the London Websummit through the idealabs_be twitter account

Amazing opportunity for slideli Direct contact to conference organizers other bloggers audience

Works out

Focus

Free inspiration quotes

First Stop London

I want to build a business for decades I needed an investor with a long term commitment

Matt Mullenweg - (Wordpress)London Websummit

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 4: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

I was part of the idealabs team from the very start Surrounded by amazing people working with entrepreneurs everyday meeting great people

Back to me

Meet Emiel hersquos been working on Decolabs another startup at idealabs We started talking about a startup idea and joined forces

Then I met this guy at idealabs

A second screen application for presentations

A new startup idea was born

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Now the hardest part practice what you preach

Letrsquos validate

Bla

Validation of idea and MVP during a Pitching battle between idealabs and Springboard London

It worked

Validation of need for audience speakers at Leweb 2012

Customer Development

Status we had a DemoMVP and had validation from speakersaudience

We got great feedback

Next stepsLetrsquos compete in startup competitions and stay lean as long as possible

We did some tweaking to our DEMO and never stopped talking to people Always be pitching

idealabs intrapreneurFrom Antwerp to London to SF

Back to me and the title of the presentation

I was invited to Live cover the London Websummit through the idealabs_be twitter account

Amazing opportunity for slideli Direct contact to conference organizers other bloggers audience

Works out

Focus

Free inspiration quotes

First Stop London

I want to build a business for decades I needed an investor with a long term commitment

Matt Mullenweg - (Wordpress)London Websummit

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 5: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Meet Emiel hersquos been working on Decolabs another startup at idealabs We started talking about a startup idea and joined forces

Then I met this guy at idealabs

A second screen application for presentations

A new startup idea was born

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Now the hardest part practice what you preach

Letrsquos validate

Bla

Validation of idea and MVP during a Pitching battle between idealabs and Springboard London

It worked

Validation of need for audience speakers at Leweb 2012

Customer Development

Status we had a DemoMVP and had validation from speakersaudience

We got great feedback

Next stepsLetrsquos compete in startup competitions and stay lean as long as possible

We did some tweaking to our DEMO and never stopped talking to people Always be pitching

idealabs intrapreneurFrom Antwerp to London to SF

Back to me and the title of the presentation

I was invited to Live cover the London Websummit through the idealabs_be twitter account

Amazing opportunity for slideli Direct contact to conference organizers other bloggers audience

Works out

Focus

Free inspiration quotes

First Stop London

I want to build a business for decades I needed an investor with a long term commitment

Matt Mullenweg - (Wordpress)London Websummit

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 6: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

A second screen application for presentations

A new startup idea was born

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Now the hardest part practice what you preach

Letrsquos validate

Bla

Validation of idea and MVP during a Pitching battle between idealabs and Springboard London

It worked

Validation of need for audience speakers at Leweb 2012

Customer Development

Status we had a DemoMVP and had validation from speakersaudience

We got great feedback

Next stepsLetrsquos compete in startup competitions and stay lean as long as possible

We did some tweaking to our DEMO and never stopped talking to people Always be pitching

idealabs intrapreneurFrom Antwerp to London to SF

Back to me and the title of the presentation

I was invited to Live cover the London Websummit through the idealabs_be twitter account

Amazing opportunity for slideli Direct contact to conference organizers other bloggers audience

Works out

Focus

Free inspiration quotes

First Stop London

I want to build a business for decades I needed an investor with a long term commitment

Matt Mullenweg - (Wordpress)London Websummit

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 7: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Now the hardest part practice what you preach

Letrsquos validate

Bla

Validation of idea and MVP during a Pitching battle between idealabs and Springboard London

It worked

Validation of need for audience speakers at Leweb 2012

Customer Development

Status we had a DemoMVP and had validation from speakersaudience

We got great feedback

Next stepsLetrsquos compete in startup competitions and stay lean as long as possible

We did some tweaking to our DEMO and never stopped talking to people Always be pitching

idealabs intrapreneurFrom Antwerp to London to SF

Back to me and the title of the presentation

I was invited to Live cover the London Websummit through the idealabs_be twitter account

Amazing opportunity for slideli Direct contact to conference organizers other bloggers audience

Works out

Focus

Free inspiration quotes

First Stop London

I want to build a business for decades I needed an investor with a long term commitment

Matt Mullenweg - (Wordpress)London Websummit

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 8: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Letrsquos validate

Bla

Validation of idea and MVP during a Pitching battle between idealabs and Springboard London

It worked

Validation of need for audience speakers at Leweb 2012

Customer Development

Status we had a DemoMVP and had validation from speakersaudience

We got great feedback

Next stepsLetrsquos compete in startup competitions and stay lean as long as possible

We did some tweaking to our DEMO and never stopped talking to people Always be pitching

idealabs intrapreneurFrom Antwerp to London to SF

Back to me and the title of the presentation

I was invited to Live cover the London Websummit through the idealabs_be twitter account

Amazing opportunity for slideli Direct contact to conference organizers other bloggers audience

Works out

Focus

Free inspiration quotes

First Stop London

I want to build a business for decades I needed an investor with a long term commitment

Matt Mullenweg - (Wordpress)London Websummit

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 9: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Validation of idea and MVP during a Pitching battle between idealabs and Springboard London

It worked

Validation of need for audience speakers at Leweb 2012

Customer Development

Status we had a DemoMVP and had validation from speakersaudience

We got great feedback

Next stepsLetrsquos compete in startup competitions and stay lean as long as possible

We did some tweaking to our DEMO and never stopped talking to people Always be pitching

idealabs intrapreneurFrom Antwerp to London to SF

Back to me and the title of the presentation

I was invited to Live cover the London Websummit through the idealabs_be twitter account

Amazing opportunity for slideli Direct contact to conference organizers other bloggers audience

Works out

Focus

Free inspiration quotes

First Stop London

I want to build a business for decades I needed an investor with a long term commitment

Matt Mullenweg - (Wordpress)London Websummit

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 10: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Validation of need for audience speakers at Leweb 2012

Customer Development

Status we had a DemoMVP and had validation from speakersaudience

We got great feedback

Next stepsLetrsquos compete in startup competitions and stay lean as long as possible

We did some tweaking to our DEMO and never stopped talking to people Always be pitching

idealabs intrapreneurFrom Antwerp to London to SF

Back to me and the title of the presentation

I was invited to Live cover the London Websummit through the idealabs_be twitter account

Amazing opportunity for slideli Direct contact to conference organizers other bloggers audience

Works out

Focus

Free inspiration quotes

First Stop London

I want to build a business for decades I needed an investor with a long term commitment

Matt Mullenweg - (Wordpress)London Websummit

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 11: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Status we had a DemoMVP and had validation from speakersaudience

We got great feedback

Next stepsLetrsquos compete in startup competitions and stay lean as long as possible

We did some tweaking to our DEMO and never stopped talking to people Always be pitching

idealabs intrapreneurFrom Antwerp to London to SF

Back to me and the title of the presentation

I was invited to Live cover the London Websummit through the idealabs_be twitter account

Amazing opportunity for slideli Direct contact to conference organizers other bloggers audience

Works out

Focus

Free inspiration quotes

First Stop London

I want to build a business for decades I needed an investor with a long term commitment

Matt Mullenweg - (Wordpress)London Websummit

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 12: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

idealabs intrapreneurFrom Antwerp to London to SF

Back to me and the title of the presentation

I was invited to Live cover the London Websummit through the idealabs_be twitter account

Amazing opportunity for slideli Direct contact to conference organizers other bloggers audience

Works out

Focus

Free inspiration quotes

First Stop London

I want to build a business for decades I needed an investor with a long term commitment

Matt Mullenweg - (Wordpress)London Websummit

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 13: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

I was invited to Live cover the London Websummit through the idealabs_be twitter account

Amazing opportunity for slideli Direct contact to conference organizers other bloggers audience

Works out

Focus

Free inspiration quotes

First Stop London

I want to build a business for decades I needed an investor with a long term commitment

Matt Mullenweg - (Wordpress)London Websummit

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 14: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

I want to build a business for decades I needed an investor with a long term commitment

Matt Mullenweg - (Wordpress)London Websummit

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 15: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Software people our time is now we need to move fast iterate quickly ship fast

Jeff Lawson (Twilio) - London websummit

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 16: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Advertising people should be part of the start up ecosystem

Mark Read (WPP)London Websummit

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 17: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Be upfront with your goals when youre Pitching Entrepreneurs miss that part quite a lot

David Tisch - (Techstars)London Websummit

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 18: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

-I won a ticket to attend Launch Festival 2013 with Slideli - 4-603

-Slideli made the pitching finals for the Angel Alley program of Demo Conference - 703

Second Stop San Francisco

Works out

Focus

Inspiration + contacts from SF

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 19: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

I won a ticket with Slideli to attend Launch Festival The best place to launch your startup raise money and learn about starting a company

Coding while listening to a startup pitch Welcome to SF

Free inspiration quotes

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 20: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Corporates are partnering with accelerators to be part of the ecosystem providing resources for new companies

David Cohen Techstars Launch2013

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 21: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

It takes time to build relationships in Silicon V Dont expect coming off a plane and angels throwing money

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 22: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Its faster to execute then thinking about executing go build something and then approach investors

Dave Mcclure 500 Startups Launch2013

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 23: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

You really need to have a product hook one that gets a typical user engaged

David Sacks Yammer Launch2013

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 24: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

ldquoPoker is like the cycle of a startup condensed into 2 minutesrdquo

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-Facebook Director for Growth Launch 2013

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 25: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

ldquoWhen Twitter looked for Series A funding its pitch wasnrsquot exactly earth-shaking mdash no mention of revolutions or deciding a presidential race ldquoIt was about where can we go drinking in the Mission Districtrdquo

Venture capitalist George Zachary Launch 2013

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 26: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Angel Alley Program is designed for startups without funding They organized a contest to win a booth at DEMO Conference and the chance to pitch for investors Slideli was selected out of hundreds of entries

Third Stop San Francisco part 2

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 27: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

I had 5 minutes to do a Live Demo of Slideli and we needed to cover1Completeness of productservice2Customer Traction3Projected growth

We had an MVP

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 28: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Slideli didnrsquot make it to the super finals (

We got great feedback from everyone This was the last confirmation we needed to stop talking and start building

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 29: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Familiar face in the jury during my Pitch She had a talk at London WebsummitDi-Ann Eisnor - Waze

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 30: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

We went out for celebrations in SF with Wouter CEO of Octopin One of the startups from idealabs

His article in De Morgen

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 31: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Time to go back to Antwerp Bringing back a lot of inspiration Fully energized to help build a strong entrepreneurial community Operating from idealabs an entrepreneurial HUB

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 32: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Arrived home opened mailbox

ldquoSomeone got disqualified for the Demo Conference You are selected as a winner and will receive a booth in the Angel Alley Competition on 17 April in San Franrdquo

BOOM

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be

Page 33: idealabs intrapreneur: going from Antwerp, to London and San Francisco

Shape build and launch to market in three months stoptalkingstartbuilding

Got any questions

cedricdeweeckidealabsbe

cedricslideli

knoddecee

idealabs_be


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