Making the Leap from Employee to Entrepreneur

Shaer HassanCEO and Co-founder Nascenia

It’s Different!

• None to blame, but yourself• Stop complaining. None to

complain -- only makes morale of others down.

• Start doing. Execution matters. Entrepreneurship is about execution

It’s Different!

• No routine• You were a professional 9 to 6, 5 days a week.

You are entrepreneur 24/7

It’s Different!

• You are responsible for others! • Believe in something, make others believe in

that too – build a team around yourself.

It’s Different

Entrepreneurs thrive in negativity.

Glass is half full, rest is opportunity.

It’s time! Is it?

• Time to quit job: when you have not much to receive or offer

• You have the overall picture of the business. • You are almost running the show, and you

believe you could do it better.

It’s time! Is it?

• You’ve done your homework and preparation: partners, business model, family.

• Most of all: listen to your heart! (you’ll need it)

Prepare for the Leap

• Find your passion• Learn on expense of other• Find partners with

complementary skills

Prepare for the Leap

• Research on market• Research on the sector• Bounce your idea with others (afraid of theft?)

Before You Leap

• Set deadline• Tell others

Before You Leap

• Meet other entrepreneurs – include yourself in the community

• Meet your employee friends less

Before You Leap

• Get buy-in of your family members (spouse, children, parents, in-laws).

Before You Leap

• Have enough money to support yourself and for the business for six months. That’s good for your confidence.

• Remember you could always go back – but don’t hang onto that.

Burning the boat – good or bad?

Remember

• A startup is a human institution designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.

• Startup = growth + speed + uncertainty

Remember

• Execution matters• If you are not a good employee (the one who

doesn’t complain, takes responsibility, love to work hard), you won’t perhaps be a good entrepreneur

• Get rid of smell of a (bad) employee, if you were

Remember75% of employees dream of starting their own business

Only 5% starts

Thank you

linkedin.com/in/shaerhassanshaer@nascenia.com

Only 5% do so