Lonely Planet: Chaos

Startups have some “uniqueness” in comparison with traditional companies or Big techs.
I’ve found that some people like the uniqueness while others don’t.
I wanted to share little tips to enjoy the uniqueness to those who are in
a startup or joining a startup.

the presentation objective is To share tips for enjoying
startup’s uniqueness

Transcript

1. Lonely Planet: Chaos a Survival Guide for the Life in Startups Takahiro Ogoshi Senior Director of Ads Product SmartNews,inc credit:mkweb2
2. Startups have some “uniqueness” in comparison with traditional companies or Big techs. I’ve found that some people like the uniqueness while others don’t. I wanted to share little tips to enjoy the uniqueness to those who are in a startup or joining a startup. Original motivation of this presentation credit:mkweb2
3. You know how to enjoy the life in Startups. To share tips for enjoying startup’s uniqueness Objective Goal credit:mkweb2
4. Tip1: Be a crator credit:Clker-Free-Vector-Images
5. No established training… wait…who will do this…me????! don’t we have any program managers??huh?don’t we have the process of approval???Hey who can decide this…no one?? well, in that case who……..me???? what is the release criteria?? no??? how can… I propose??? I need to propose it from the scratch??can I release…OK I’m stupid. I will release. When you join to a startup…… credit:pixelcreatures
6. No established training… wait…who will do this…me????! don’t we have any program managers??huh?don’t we have the process of approval???Hey who can decide this…no one?? well, in that case who……..me???? what is the release criteria?? no??? how can… I propose??? I need to propose it from the scratch??can I release…OK I’m stupid. I will release. Chaos When you join to a startup…… credit:pixelcreatures
7. Traditional company Established process, Rich trainings, Clear org and responsibility Startup Broken process, Almost zero training, Chaotic organization
8. You might complain… There’re so many essential things are missing in this company!!! But you can think like… This is a good opportunity to propose and drive creating what’s you think needed for your company
9. Propose, create what you believe your company needs why? what’s good for that?
11. Sagrada Família 150-years long project 200 sculptors are working I guess more than a thousand in the historical total
12. Can you imagine how people will feel when they look up this beautiful cathedral?
13. What about if you were the one of sculptors worked on the project? Can you imagine how you would feel?
14. Proud of it. What about if you were the one of sculptors worked on the project? Can you imagine how you would feel?
15. Imagine your company get large one day with thousands employees What you started is called an important part of their culture How would you feel it?
16. Being a creator and a visitor are so different. If something missing, let’s build it. Build your company’s culture, be a part of the history.
17. Tip1: Be a creator of your company instead of complaining what’s missing.
18. Tip2: Raise your hand credit:Clker-Free-Vector-Images
19. As soon as you start work in a startup, you will find out wearing double/triple hats is daily life in a startup. sometimes key positions are simply empty. Full functionality can be missing. credit:AdrianMedia
20. Traditional company Position < Candidate Startup Candidate > position
21. You might complain… Leaders are not talented enough to occupy the position. Or, double-hat boss has limited time to pay attention for your work But you can think like… This is a good opportunity to take that position. It’s a shortcut to get promoted!
22. Extremely speaking, If you would like to be CEO of a company with… 1,000 employees: you compete with 999 2 employees: just beat the guy next to you!
23. Go this way? to shortcut? Go this way? for ordinal career development??
24. a Startup is extraordinarily chaotic. No one blames you if you want extra ordinal career development in exchange. Raise your hand.
25. How? easy. Tell your boss that “please propose my promotion” or if there’s an empty position, just tell “let me do it” Yes -> promoted! yay No -> Ask what’s the gap. Clarify with what improvement or achievement they will propose your promotion. Write it down to clarify.
26. Tip2: Raise your hand to develop your career. Instead of complaining who’s missing.
27. Tip3: Invent the future credit:Clker-Free-Vector-Images
28. In startup, sometimes you need to run the front line of the market development even no one knows if the market really exists. On the other day,You need to work on features which with completely new concept and nobody tried in the past.
29. Traditional company Mature market. Established theories. Easier prediction. Startup New world. No solid success cases. Everything is ambiguous.
30. You might complain… Nobody knows the right answer. How can I convince my team to move forward? But you can think like… You can be an inventor of new standard.
31. Yagi-Uda Arrays Invented in 1926. used in all over the world.
32. How would you feel if you made an invention/discovery and it has your name like… Tanaka button Bob’s algorithm Yuhei’s padarox John Index…etcetc sounds interesting??
33. If there’s no established theory or solid method, you can be the first one to establish it. Of course you can be the first one to fail on the problem. Well, highly likely.
34. Failure is a part of daily life in a startup. Even we don’t call it a failure. That’s a result of experiment #1. Learn from it. Let’s start experiment #2. Iterate fast until you find out the right way to go.
35. credit:illustAC We are not taking a math exam but doing treasure hunting!
36. Tip3: Invent the future by iteration instead of blaming failures.
37. One last message before I leave
38. I’ve been telling you guys only one thing in the public by slack message by presentation by speech by text by my behavior
39. Be brave
40. You can change things, culture, company or even society slowly Usually not happens overnight. But for sure you’ll make the progress. As long as you continue to do it with your brave. I promise you.
41. Because I know you are talented I know people around you will help you I know your boss persuade you I know your company needs your brilliant idea I know you are here to do something extra ordinal I know you never settle down until achieve it Those are why I’m confident that you will make it
42. Be brave. Be a creator. Drive building the company history. Raise your hand. Develop your career. Invent the future.Let’s do treasure hunting! You will make it. Just be brave.
43. Enjoy Chaos. Takahiro Ogoshi your friend credit:mkweb2