Virtualized Companies

ITEM 2015 - June 6th 2015

Agenda

About meWhat is a virtualized company (VZC) ?Other Characteristic of VZCsWhy they are the Future ? Create your ownVZC get the best projects

About me

Award winning products used by fortune 500 companies. Big Data and AWS fanFounder of Zazmic,Incubator with the mission to help Entrepreneurs live the American Dream.Product leader @Adinfuse, Velti, LifeStreet. Founder @Zazmic, Homeporte, Sureride. +BS Physics + MS in Project Management, NCAngel investors (LiftMedia, Loopme, MyVr, Phigital). •Linkedin.com/in/ykronberg, @zazmic

Virtualized Company (VZC)

A VZC has no physical Office.Everybody is an entrepreneur • A computer and an internet connection • Any vacation you want … Just make sure the work gets

done. (Yeah even vacation can be virtual)

Other differences

Software … Everywhere! Traditional cost centers are virtualized: 1. IT (AWS, Google Cloud)2. Finance & Accounting (Online Banking, Waveapps)3. Legal (RocketLawyer, CudaSign) 4. Marketing (Blog, Streak CRM) 5. Training (Udemy)6. HR/Recruiting (Zoho)

All traditional functions get a lots of software help:7. Project Management (Asana – Trello) 8. Product management (Confluence, Google Wiki)9. UI/UX Design (LucidChart, InvisionApp10. QA (is dead) 11. Engineering (Cloud9, LastPass)

Why they are the future?

Traditional companies (Traditional offshoring too BTW) will be less and less competitive whatever the space you are in and talent you have. VZCs1. Scale rapidly (1-20 Projects) – For real!2. Deliver globally. 3. Compete globally. (3-4-5 are linked). 4. Unmatched cost structures. 5. Get the most innovative projects (from ERP to iOT).6. Attract the best Talent.

How to create yours

This is not for everybody… But everybody will get there eventually. 1. Trust everywhere2. Transparency (process 3. The right fit (doers, speak english, Talented)4. Be visual (Often) 5. Communication6. Empower your Hires7. Invest heavily in software8. Culture of Delivering and accountability9. Be Physical every 6 month & go celebrate

VZC type of Projects

Homeporte - Sharing economy (airbnb for boats) Mercury - Trace credit Financial Platform Truste Mobile - Consumer Privacy platform SureRide - Bike Financial PlatformNom - Local Social eCommerce platform Tourrific - Travel eCommerce Platform

And more … And More

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