The ten TED commandments

The TED Commandements

01. Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick.
02. Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before.
03. Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion.
04. Thou Shalt Tell a Story.
05. Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers for the Sake of Blessed Connection and Exquisite Controversy.
06. Thou Shalt Not Flaunt thine Ego. Be Thou Vulnerable. Speak of thy Failure as well as thy Success.
07. Thou Shalt Not Sell from the Stage: Neither thy Company, thy Goods, thy Writings, nor thy Desperate need for Funding; Lest Thou be Cast Aside into Outer Darkness.
08. Thou Shalt Remember all the while: Laughter is Good.
09. Thou Shalt Not Read thy Speech.
10.Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee

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Business Model approaches

No FridayFive this week, but I do hope that you use some colorful hats during the meeting in Turku : P

This week is going to be an intensive phase in your project – to actually carve out the business model and decide what goes and what stays. You are going to learn also a great deal on pitching an idea.

The picture is from an business model approach from Alex Osterwalder that might prove helpful when planning your business model and possible strategies, especially since your business ideas include several revenue flows, promises and customers. Check the slides from p. 16 forward. You could also try doing this manually?

Stanford’s Entrepreneurship Corner

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The Stanford Entrepreneurship Corner is something I really want to share with you. You can watch videos or download podcasts of these amazing speeches from the top speakers of the world for free. Listen to these inspiring lectures in the bus, during the breaks, waiting in the queue.. My personal favorites are Ken Wilcox, Stan Christensen and Carl J. Schramm, but I encourage you to find your own inspiration.

I think it is such a priviledge that Stanford students pay thousands of dollars every semester for this, but it doesn’t keep them from sharing the ideas.

You can browse the speeches by type, lecturer or subject at http://ecorner.stanford.edu/browse.html or via iTunes.

Are you in the Tribe?

Concerning Antti’s ideas on religion, loyalty, tribe and Apple…

Seth Godin has a new book on tribal management. The different ways of “consuming” this book are also pretty varied: see the slides for free (download for notes), dowload the audioversion of the book for free on Audible (requires registration), pay 0,95e on iTunes or buy the book.

Seth Godin on Tribes

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Malcom Gladwell: The Tipping Point

Malcom Gladwell in the TED 2004.