This is used in a private presentation to a startup team in Taipei. I share some of my experience managing teams in various scales with different company cultures.

1. Running an successful project
interesting
Danny Lin

2. a little bit about me
Danny Lin
danny@dannyimages.com ‣ managing director, asia pacific @ plurk
‣ coo @ an online game company
‣ lead product manager, taiwan & hong kong @ google
‣ head of communication, product group @ yahoo

3. what is “interesting”?
interesting [in-ter-uh-sting, -truh-sting, -tuh-res-ting]
adjective
engaging or exciting and
holding the attention or
curiosity.
ask yourself 2 questions:
➡ do you feel excited about your project?
➡ will you be willing to work at midnight
just for resolving a problem?
By Biscarotte

4. Guess?
Let’s guess which is which in the next 3 slides:
Which one is google, yahoo or plurk?
by www.ERINWATSONPHOTOGRAPHY.com

5. Enter into the commander mode.
Every move is well-planned, conservatively moved.
Commander addresses Sailors and Marines
aboard USS Boxer during an all-hands call. the Yahoo way...
by Official U.S. Navy Imagery

6. A strong team lead to brief the plan and
strong team collaboratively complete it.
the Google way...
by Official U.S. Navy Imagery A Chief briefs a group of Sailors.

7. One work on it, the others watch it and learn from it.
Everyone seek their own achievement in their very own way.
Sailors check the bonding on a force generator. ...and the Plurk way...
by Official U.S. Navy Imagery

8. “the good, the bad, the ugly”
Get your hands dirty, do whatever you need to move it forward!
by Official U.S. Navy Imagery

9. communication!
by Cappellmeister

10. by Martin Deutsch
by the change, for the change, of the change
the world is changing every second.

11. everything can be perfectly planned.
but most of time they can’t be well-executed...
...without your PASSION.
by nycstreets

12. wanna share your thought?
by aphotoshooter