1 year idealabs: an entrepreneurial journey
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1 Year Idealabs#StopTalkingStartBuilding
#MyStartupStory
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I’m Cedric, I’m the marketing guy at idealabs. This is the first year of idealabs through my eyes (actually my iphone)
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I wish I had a Real (not a 3D Printed) Google Glass last year. Maybe next year my presentation will be: idealabs 2013 #throughglass
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Back to me. Let’s start my idealabs journey from the very beginning
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Preparing a presentation for my first job interview at idealabs.
Job Opening:Digital Marketer
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I GOT THE JOB. HOORAY!From now I was working for the first startup accelerator in Belgium
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Hold on a sec! This was my first job, and I had a digital marketing background. Let’s dive in to this awesome book
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Let’s fill this space with startups!
idealabs from inside
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First, let’s hang some inspiration on our walls
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Idealabs from outside.One big building in the center of Antwerp.
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With this rooftopIdealabs from outside.
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Idealabs from outside.with this AMAZING rooftop
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First things firstLet’s do some idealabs branding
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Second TaskApply branding on the outside
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Second TaskApply branding on the outside and literally launch people
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Third TaskLaunch idealabs with a big bang. Amazing launchparty with more than 300 people!
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Painful TaskClean Up the launch party aftermath
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First Press ReleaseHooray, everything is going as planned. My work is done here!
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This was just the beginningMaking this happen was next!
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Hold on a sec! First need to read this book! We need to create that ecosystem in Antwerp
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idealabs buildingOk it’s still empty, let’s fill this up
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Let’s plan this outSuper secret blurry mindmap #worlddomination
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VIBRANT COMMUNITYMEANINGFUL EVENTSIDEALABS IMPACT
Make some cool visuals
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idealabs meaningful eventsMatchmaking BBQ
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idealabs meaningful eventsMatchmaking BBQ
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idealabs meaningful eventsProduct Lab Workshop
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idealabs meaningful eventsStartup Sacrificies night (inspiring storytelling)
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idealabs meaningful eventsStartup Sacrificies night (inspiring storytelling)
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idealabs buildingOk our summer was great, created a vibrant offline and online community. Now let’s fill our building with startups!
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idealabs accelerator Pitchday70 people applied for the accelerator, and were judged by this panel
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idealabs accelerator pitchdayHello from India!
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idealabs accelerator selectionThese 4 wise guys made it through. Meet Maarten, Wouter, Vincent & Louis
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Very First day at idealabsCoaching 1o1
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Very First workshop at idealabs
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Very First Wall posters at idealabs
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Workshops at idealabs
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Some more Workshops at idealabs
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Some more Workshops at idealabs
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Some more Workshops at idealabs
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Some more Pitching at idealabs
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Some more helping each other at idealabs
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Some more Mentoring at idealabs
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Got one unused space in the idealabs building. Let’s open a coffeebar and coworking
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Coffeelabs“Add digital to entrepreneurialism and mix in a little coffee”
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Some more Pitching outside of idealabs
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Some more Mentoring at idealabs
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Some more Mentoring at idealabs
Some more Pitching at Coffeelabs
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After all that pitching, mentoring, workshopping. Let’s go to London!
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After all that pitching, mentoring, workshopping. Let’s go to Leweb in Paris!
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After all that pitching, mentoring, workshopping. Let’s go to Leweb in Paris!
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Back to Antwerp! Preparing Wouter’s presentation for STIMA the next day
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Will you look at that! 19 year old telling to stop talking and start building
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Back to work! Learning Labs with schools, helping the startups
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After an wonderful summer, now an horrible winter
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Wonderful winter! Welcome Jeremy to the idealabs family. Congrats Nicolas V.
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After the first idealabs babyshower, now our first #Pitchlab
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International speakers! Anders Ivarsson from Spotify talking about how Spotify is agile
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Startup CampusWorkshops on Business Models
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My first personal interview in a newspaper about my own startup Slide.li!
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Suddenly I find myself in San Francisco! Talking about a crazy year!
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Back to Antwerp!We had an Evolv weekend at our place
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Startup Trips rule!All the idealabs startups in Berlin for Capital On Stage
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Got back from BerlinJust in time for the opening of The Next Level. Coffeelabs took things to the next level! Coffee on rooftop terrace all summer
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I’m sure I missed tons of stuff.
We would like to invite you for our 1 year celebration party. We’re celebrating for 3 days!
26/06 - Open Office Hours27/06 - Pitch Night & Matchmaking BBQ28/06 - 1 Year idealabs party
Find all info on http://idealabs.fikket.be