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
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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
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3. You know how to enjoy the life
   in Startups.
   To share tips for enjoying
   startup’s uniqueness
   Objective
   Goal
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4. Tip1: Be a crator
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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……
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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……
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7. Traditional company
   Established process, Rich trainings, Clear org and responsibility
   Startup
   Broken process, Almost zero training, Chaotic organization
   

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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
   

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9. Propose, create what you believe
   your company needs
   why? what’s good for that?
   

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11. Sagrada Família
    150-years long project
    200 sculptors are working
    I guess more than
    a thousand
    in the historical total
    

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12. Can you imagine
    how people will feel
    when
    they look up
    this beautiful cathedral?
    

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13. What about if you were
    the one of sculptors
    worked on the project?
    Can you imagine how
    you would feel?
    

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14. Proud of it.
    What about if you were
    the one of sculptors
    worked on the project?
    Can you imagine how
    you would feel?
    

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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?
    

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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.
    

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17. Tip1:
    Be a creator of your company
    instead of complaining what’s missing.
    

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18. Tip2: Raise your hand
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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.
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20. Traditional company
    Position < Candidate
    Startup
    Candidate > position
    

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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!
    

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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!
    

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23. Go this way?
    to shortcut?
    Go this way?
    for ordinal career
    development??
    

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24. a Startup is extraordinarily chaotic.
    No one blames you if you want extra ordinal
    career development in exchange.
    Raise your hand.
    

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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.
    

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26. Tip2:
    Raise your hand to develop your career.
    Instead of complaining who’s missing.
    

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27. Tip3: Invent the future
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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.
    

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29. Traditional company
    Mature market. Established theories. Easier prediction.
    Startup
    New world. No solid success cases. Everything is ambiguous.
    

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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.
    

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31. Yagi-Uda Arrays
    Invented in 1926.
    used in all over the world.
    

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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??
    

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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.
    

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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.
    

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35. credit:illustAC
    We are not taking a math exam but doing treasure hunting!
    

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36. Tip3:
    Invent the future by iteration
    instead of blaming failures.
    

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37. One last message before I leave
    

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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
    

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39. Be brave
    

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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.
    

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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
    

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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.
    

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43. Enjoy Chaos.
    Takahiro Ogoshi
    your friend
    credit:mkweb2
    

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