Some weeks ago, I attended the yearly event organized by Jordi Montserrat and his team at venturelab at Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne, the Venture Leaders ceremony. The “Venture Leaders” is a 10-days business program in Boston, where 20 founders of world-class startups from Switzerland meet potential US partners, investors, and compete with local startups. All participants come home with a deeper perspective of what’s next with their business and a lot of contacts.
Jordi used the event to share the spirit of the program, that is:
NETWORK…
N: Never leave home without it!
E: Establish, Extend, Exchange, Engage!
T: Travel in pairs!
W: Working the Pond – Positively!
O: Opportunities are everywhere!
R: Repeat, Repeat, Repeat!
K: Keep it going!
… and be a LEADER!
L: Leadership
E: Energy
A: Affability
D: Dependability
E: Experience
R: Resilience