7. Spencer Silver, a chemist at the
3M company accidentally produced
a weak adhesive that later used to
lightly attach a note to a report.
Post-it Notes were born!
13. Majed is a media entrepreneur, he Co-Founded AdinSpot based in Damascus, and Fi Technologies based in
Doha.
He Majored in Engineering in Networks & Operating Systems from Damascus Uni. He won the 1st Prize in
the “Start” Competition for Technological Innovation - sponsored by the Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum
Foundation, and Been selected as a candidate in Stars of Science reality-TV program dedicated to innovation
- Initiated by Qatar Foundation in Doha.
Also he was Awarded The ICT Startup of the Year 2014 in Doha-Qatar and was the Winner of ICT Digital
Incubation Center Business Competition 2014
14. Objectives: We will explore
• What is an entrepreneur?
• How do you start?
• The Pros & Cons of entrepreneurship.
• Advices.
16. • Find the best Co-Founder
• Turn your idea into a product/service quickly.
• Listen to your customer
How do I start?
17. What is your answer ?
1. What are you building?
2. Who you are building for?
3. How you are going to get the product from you to
those customers?
4. How you are going to create GET, KEEP and GROW?
5. What is your Revenue Model?
6. Do you need partners?
7. Do you need resources?
8. What are your activities?
9. What is your cost?
19. The Pros & Cons
Pro: You can set your own hours.
Con: You work from 7:00am until midnight 7 days a week.
20. The Pros & Cons
Pro: You get to be a change leader.
Con: You have to fight for it.
21. The Pros & Cons
Pro: Rewarding to do your own thing.
Con: Your thing is not your thing.
22. The Pros & Cons
Pro: All your years of experience is going to help you to be
successful.
Con: Most of the stuff you did before has nothing to do with
what you do now .
23. The Pros & Cons
Pro: You have to have fun everyday.
Con: NO CON.
The next time you leave a Post-it Note on the refrigerator reminding your mom to buy a quart of rocky road ice cream, think of Spencer Silver. Silver, a chemist at the 3M company, set out in 1968 to create a super-strong glue. Instead, he produced a weak adhesive. Silver couldn’t find a use for the adhesive, but years later, co-worker Arthur Fry used it to lightly attach a note to a report. Post-it Notes were born and finally appeared on store shelves in 1980. Now we can’t live without them.