Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

Control your life - “The startup way”

Sponsored · Ship Features Fearlessly Turn features on and off without deploys. Used by thousands of Ruby developers. →
Avatar for Jordi Romero Jordi Romero
May 06, 2013
Business
500
4

Control your life - “The startup way”

Talk that was given by Jordi Romero (@jordiromero) at Itnig on May 3rd.

Avatar for Jordi Romero

Jordi Romero

May 06, 2013

More Decks by Jordi Romero

See All by Jordi Romero
Radical startup
Avatar for Jordi Romero jrom
5
580
Metrics for Pirates
Avatar for Jordi Romero jrom
1
380
Create an e-commerce business
Avatar for Jordi Romero jrom
2
410
API design and more
Avatar for Jordi Romero jrom
52
2.8k
Teambox: Starting and Learning
Avatar for Jordi Romero jrom
132
8.9k

Other Decks in Business

See All in Business
課題発見から始めるプロダクト密着型TA組織立ち上げ 〜小規模TAチームが3Dアセットの生産性を倍にした方法〜
Avatar for gree_tech gree_tech
PRO
0
630
20年続く長寿タイトルが、15年目にして売上を伸ばせた理由
Avatar for gree_tech gree_tech
PRO
0
910
自分が "コントロールできる" と思い込んで "引き出しを増やす"
Avatar for konifar konifar
14
5.6k
50代で初転職した話
Avatar for YAMADA Hirotaka yda
14
21k
なぜ勉強会だけでは浸透しないのか ～数百人規模の組織でコーディングエージェントを当たり前にした戦略とその結果～
Avatar for Yusuke Sugiura sigma_sig
0
260
PdMからみた EMの役割の変化 / When EM Meets PdM
Avatar for ヤマモトヒロキ hirokiyamamoto14
PRO
0
110
つばさロジスティクス面接資料
Avatar for つばさロジスティクス tsubasalogistics
0
17k
OKRの本質 / Scrum Fest Osaka 2026
Avatar for Yasunobu Kawaguchi kawaguti
PRO
7
4.6k
Forma紹介資料
Avatar for DYNATREK takuyasaeki
0
230
「受託脳」から「提案脳」へ〜「一緒に悩んで、いいものつくる」を目指して
Avatar for Yoshihito Kuranuki / 倉貫義人 kuranuki
3
2.2k
SimpleForm 会社紹介資料
Avatar for シンプルフォーム株式会社 simpleform
2
59k
透明性レポート（2026年上半期）
Avatar for Mercari, Inc. mercari_inc
0
71k

Featured

See All Featured
Design and Strategy: How to Deal with People Who Don’t "Get" Design
Avatar for Morgane Peng morganepeng
133
19k
Reflections from 52 weeks, 52 projects
Avatar for Jefferson Lam jeffersonlam
356
21k
Leo the Paperboy
Avatar for Maya Tellez mayatellez
8
2.2k
The Myth of the Modular Monolith - Day 2 Keynote - Rails World 2024
Avatar for Eileen M. Uchitelle eileencodes
28
3.6k
The State of eCommerce SEO: How to Win in Today's Products SERPs - #SEOweek
Avatar for Aleyda Solis aleyda
2
11k
How to Grow Your eCommerce with AI & Automation
Avatar for Katarina Dahlin katarinadahlin
PRO
1
250
Designing for Performance
Avatar for Lara Hogan lara
611
70k
Cheating the UX When There Is Nothing More to Optimize - PixelPioneers
Avatar for Stéphanie Walter stephaniewalter
287
14k
SEO Brein meetup: CTRL+C is not how to scale international SEO
Avatar for Linda Hogenes lindahogenes
1
2.8k
Evolving SEO for Evolving Search Engines
Avatar for Ryan Jones ryanjones
0
270
Building the Perfect Custom Keyboard
Avatar for Naoto Takai takai
2
850
Design of three-dimensional binary manipulators for pick-and-place task avoiding obstacles (IECON2024)
Avatar for konakalab konakalab
0
560

Transcript

  1. CONTROL YOUR LIFE “The Startup Way”

  2. WHO THE FUCK AM I

  3. WHO THE FUCK AM I Jordi Romero Computer Engineer* Software

    Consultant CTO of Teambox CEO of itnig itnig, Pencakes, Romero Ventures, ...

  4. WHATTHE FUCK AM I

  5. WHATTHE FUCK AM I curious, decided, independent, adventurous, whatever

  6. WHATTHE FUCK AM I NOT

  7. WHATTHE FUCK AM I NOT An expert on this topic

  8. WTF

  9. CONTROL

  10. CONTROLL

  11. CONTROLL Swedish “trolla”

  12. CONTROL DECISIONS RESPONSIBILITY FREEDOM

  13. CONTROL DECISIONS RESPONSIBILITY FREEDOM

  14. CONTROL STAYING IN ≠ FLYING SOLO

  15. UNLESS YOU’RE BADASS

  16. UNLESS YOU’RE BADASS

  17. None

  18. FREELANCING CONSULTING

  19. ✔ Your own schedule ✔ Clients ✔ No boss ✗

    Dependency ✗ Irreplaceability ✗ Loneliness ✗ Less creativity

  20. JOIN A STARTUP

  21. ✔ Your own schedule ✔ Clients ✔ No boss ✔

    Team ✔ More creativity ✔ Evolving role

  22. CONTROL DECISIONS RESPONSIBILITY FREEDOM

  23. DECISIONS MAKING ≠ BEING THE BOSS

  24. None

  25. BE A GOOD BOSS MAKE LESS DECISIONS

  26. BE CREATIVE MAKE MORE DECISIONS

  27. CONTROL DECISIONS RESPONSIBILITY FREEDOM

  28. RESPONSIBILITY TAKING ≠ AVOIDING RISK

  29. None

  30. BE RESPONSIBLE DON’T THINK TWICE

  31. None

  32. CONTROL DECISIONS RESPONSIBILITY FREEDOM

  33. ≠ DOING WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT FREEDOM

  34. None

  35. FREEDOM IS POWER

  36. THANK YOU @jordiromero

  37. CONTROL YOUR LIFE “The Startup Way”