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Our path to entrepreneurship

Idea

Planning

Testing

Financing

Setting up the team

Dissemination

Launching

Idea

Entrepreneurship begins with an idea. Perhaps you’ve seen an unsatisfied market need or you’ve thought you could improve something that already exists. We take a look at how this initial idea turns into your startup.

1. FACE Madrid. Starting up: How to overcome fear of failure?

2. ReStartUp 1. The idea

3. The FACE of experience with Carenzo & Levy

4. Boosting startups in Poland

5. Entrepreneurship: teaching vs. culture

6. ReStartUp 2. Who's the boss?

7. The FACE of experience with Carpintier & Cáceres

8. Hyperloop: the transport of the future

9. Coding since 12: Digital Girl 2014

10. ReStartUp 3.The first investment

11. The FACE of experience with Bermejo & Bautista

12. RobotNest: teaching robotics in Latvia

13. Datastories: When others say no, prove them wrong

Planning

How are you going to turn your idea into a real product or service? It starts with the planning and organization because those will be fundamental in the future in order to know which stage of the project you’re in and which are the next steps you need to take.

14. FACE London: Money, money, money

15. ReStartUP 4. The importance of a good name

16. The FACE of experience with Peca & Aranda

17. Be a team player: Tyba

18. Estonia:starting up has never been easier

19. ReStartUp 5. Not without my business plan

20. The FACE of experience with Marro & Levy

21. Imagga: from a hobby to a lifestyle

22. Getting up after a first failure: Poip

23. ReStartUp 6. With a little help from my friends

24. The FACE of experience with Bautista & Bermejo

25. Isbitech: brain power

26. Prezi: from local startup to global ace

27. ReStartUp 7. It’s my party and I’ll cry If I want to

28. The FACE of experience with Neill & Sánchez

29. NACUE UK: where magic is born

30. Karel Obluk: challenges are key!

Testing

You’ve got your first challenge- to test out your product or service. This is one of the most essential stages because it will help you to see what you need to improve and what the public wants. Your great idea might need just a few tweaks or you might need to do a complete 180!

31. ReStartUp 8. Stage fright

32. The FACE of experience with Alanko & Carpintier

33. From CMO at Google, to CEO at Woom

34. dPixel: ready to change the world

35. ReStartUp 9. Crowdfunding

36. The FACE of experience with Sánchez & Neill

37. FACE Dublin: What about my future?

38. Frédéric Alluin: the virtue of patience

39. Anant Agarwal: failure is not starting up

40. ReStartUp 10. The Decision

41. The FACE of experience with Carenzo and Bautista

Financing

There are many ways to get funding for your startup but it won’t be easy. This is one of the hardest stages; there are lots of options for financing from crowdfunding to looking for a business angel. Let’s take a look.

42. McCarthy: surround yourself with positive people.

43. Lantz: Setting business targets

44. ReStartUp 11. We’ve gone viral!

45. The FACE of experience with Galdón & Alanko

46. FACE Prague. Umh! I have something to tell you

47. Lassard: Entrepreneurship doesn’t care about age

48. Mashaalahi and the importance of second chances

49. ReStartUp 12. The new recruit

50. The FACE of experience: Morales, Belitski & Aranda

51. Westlake: Starting up in ICT has never been easier

52. Ditlev: The virtue of patience

53. ReStartUp 13. The moment of truth

54. The FACE of experience with Galdón & Morales

Setting up the team

In this stage we’ll see the importance of creating a good team to work with, one that is multi-skilled and committed because entrepreneurship is much better when it’s done in good company!

55. Maloux: you don’t hire employees, but partners

56. Homola: the challenge of hiring the right people

57. Janknegt: follow your heart and you won't regret it

58. Oleynik’s vision of the future

59. FACE Munich. Because I'm worth it...or not?

60. Agrizzi: Go step by step

Dissemination

It’s time to communicate all of that hard work that’s gone into your product or service. Offer it to the world and explain why it’s so interesting and useful. Don’t underestimate this stage because a good product with poor communication could end up in the bin.

61. Šipek: at the beginning, trust yourself

62. Silva: Entrepreneurship is working in something you truly believe in

63. Zoehrer: Go out from your comfort zone

64. Ida: Failure teaches us what to fix

Launching

The time has come. The initial idea that we saw in the first step of our entrepreneurship road has become a reality. Enjoy this moment but remember, the work has just begun.

65. Entrepreneurship as a contribution to society

66. Miller: Spend your time on something that is yours

67. Guderley: Be the best version of yourself

68. Carmona: Is it really a good idea to startup with friends?

69. FACE Utrecht. Entrepreneurship: Trial & Error

70. FACE Helsinki. Spare time... What does it mean?