During this talk, Sebastiaan tells us about how he uses social media for his DJ career and how he has brought e-mail back into the mix during the past period. Also, he talks about the five basic principles of entrepreneurship about which he recently wrote a book. Only a good idea is not enough to be successful.
Read more about his book via https://www.redesignbook.com
DJ producer and label owner Sebastiaan Hooft has been involved in music all his life. More than twenty-five years after gracing the decks at school parties in front of his friends, he traded the school’s gym for superclubs and festivals in Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Miami Beach, Azores, Ibiza, Prague, and Berlin. Also, he has his record label named Redesign Records.
Follow his music via https://www.shooft.com
In fifteen years Sebastiaan has set up, acquired and sold more than twenty companies, supervised dozens of startups, interviewed more than five hundred international entrepreneurs and drew up a basic model for a healthy life as an entrepreneur from all his experience and inspiration.
US News named him one of the most consistently successful entrepreneurs in the Netherlands in 2015. At the age of 32 he ended up on the 100% Self-Made list of Quote Magazine, and he had a top 10 listing in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50.
This talk has been recorded during the Social Media Club event 'The Sound of Music' in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Sign up for their events via https://www.meetup.com/SMC030/
14. Your idea
A big facet of sustainable
success is doing what enjoy
doing and are good at
Your idea should feel like an
important mission
Most people will think your idea is
bad and that you sound crazy
Focus on a small, specific market
You need a market that is going to
be big in ten years
18. Your team
Formalized, empowered and
responsibilities
Get the best people
Find experts in a domain
Find tough and calm people
Experience matters a lot
Try not to hire
20. Try not to hire
You’ll lose a lot of money
Be proud on a small team
Hire if you have a desperate need
Mediocre people kill your career
Find new hires through hires
21. How to find
good people?
Three questions
Are they smart?
Do they get things done?
Do you like them?
24. What is your
job?
Figure out what to do and how
to get it done
Set the vision
Make money
Take people on your journey
Hire and manage
Make sure the team executes
35. Later stage
advice
But a waste of time until you
have something going on
Management
HR
Productivity
Legal, finance, accounting and tax
Your role in the team
Marketing and PR
Dealmaking
39. Let your fans
decide
Figure out what to do and how
to get it done
YouTube (1+ billion)
NetEase (400 million)
Spotify (200 million)
iHeartRadio (120 million)
Pandora (71 million)
Apple Music (56 million)
Anghami (55 million)
SoundCloud (40 million)
40. Let your fans
decide
Figure out what to do and how
to get it done
E-mail (close to 5 billion)
Facebook (2+ billion)
Instagram (1+ billion)
WhatsApp (1+ billion)
WeChat (1+ billion)
QQ (861 million)
LinkedIn (590 million)
Twitter (335 million)