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Sander Gansen in Millennial thoughts on business & technology

Sep 25, 2016

Why I became an entrepreneur?

I’m honored to be with you today at this great event organised by IdeaLab. Truth be told, this program has played a key role in my today’s success. And apparently, I’m now standing here to give you a…

Sander Gansen in Millennial thoughts on business & technology

Jul 30, 2015

Day #39: LinkedIn Apple Google Facebook

Lunch at LinkedIn, dinner at Facebook…

Luchang arranged us visits to LinkedIn, Apple, Google & Facebook. But AirBnb still has better campus (and food) than any of them.

Sander Gansen in Millennial thoughts on business & technology

Jul 29, 2015

Days #34–38: Pitch day @Draper University

The pitch is done! We have all graduated from Draper University!

Last couple of days were full of hard work, rehearsing, networking and finally led us to a pitch day. Results are in…

Sander Gansen in Millennial thoughts on business & technology

Jul 23, 2015

Days #32–33: Slide decks

We have all spent our last two days making slide decks for the Pitch day, only five days away.

These past days we have had speakers talk to us about raising money, powering up our networks…

Sander Gansen in Millennial thoughts on business & technology

Jul 21, 2015

Day #31: Week until Pitch Day

Pitch Day is apparently only a week away!

Today we had five speakers telling us about business planning, branding, statistics and public speaking. Also, I was able to meet with two mentors and talk about my pitch.

Sander Gansen in Millennial thoughts on business & technology

Jul 21, 2015

Days #25–30: Survival Week with Tesla

Survival Week was not as deadly as people thought it might be.

Last week was all about survival week, how to be better leaders and survive in difficult situations. But this week started with a…

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Sander Gansen in Millennial thoughts on business & technology

Jul 14, 2015

Day #24: Leadership for One

Our minds are already set towards the survival week.

Today was all about getting us ready for survival (leadership) week, starting tomorrow and lasting for 3–5 days. We don’t know what’s going to happen.

Sander Gansen in Millennial thoughts on business & technology

Jul 13, 2015

Day #22–23: Rocky goes Venture

Venture Deals is a must for anyone looking to play the startup game.

I read the book Venture Deals on Sunday and we had five talks on Monday by people from venture capital firms, Udemy and Instacart.

Sander Gansen in Millennial thoughts on business & technology

Jul 11, 2015

Day #20–21: Race to Unicorn

It’s hard to spot a unicorn, but we saw three of them.

These two days were all about speed — we raced with go-karts and visited three fast growing unicorns: AirBnb, Pinterest & Uber. We also asked for a job, got five…

Sander Gansen in Millennial thoughts on business & technology

Jul 9, 2015

Day #19: Crush wood with hand

Have you ever crushed wood with bare hand?

Mastering your life in all areas: mind, body & spirit — this was the theme of today. We looked our values, crushed some wood and meditated in circle.