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Mike Jones
July 20, 2013
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Holding lightly (not tightly) onto ideas
Talk given at the Allan Grey Orbis Foundation Jamboree in July 2013
Mike Jones
July 20, 2013
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Transcript
lightly Holding not tightly to ideas
WARNING: STRONG OPINIONS
Mike Jones @imsickofmaps [lover , not a hater]
Jack of all trades, master of none some v1 -
Multimedia designer [’95 - ’97] v2 - Web developer [’97 - ’00] v3 - Lead developer [’00 - ’02] v4 - Architect [’02 - ’03] v5 - Consultant [’03 - ’04] v6 - Mobile applications developer [’04 - ’05] v7 - Collaboration consultant [’05 - ’07] v8 - Sales specialist [’07 - ’10] v9 - Product marketer [’10 - ’12] v10 - Manager, architect, developer, operations, box packer, coffee maker, leaflet poster... etc. [’12 - ??]
Western Cape Labs ~ [ ] Smart apps for dumb
phones Smart sites for busy people
OPEN IDEA GENERATION OPEN IDEA EXECUTION
What do you FEAR?
The early bird gets the ... the second mouse gets
the WORM
Worth never producing something people actually or FEARING want need
Do you have empathy?
IDEAS NEED AIR TO GROW TO BE HEALTHY, STRONG AND
LONG-LIVING
lightly Holding not tightly to ideas
Let's just call plans what they are: guesses Jason Fried
OPEN IDEA EXECUTION
ideas service data BUILD MEASURE LEARN
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE MINDSET Building with an
None
software Not just not
None
None
QUESTION: Are you willing to sign a full- disclosure agreement?
Thanks.
[email protected]
@imsickofmaps http:/ /bitly.com/bundles/imsickofmaps/1