Hopefully going to New York

Freemium consulting
In my freemium business I am trying to land a client that helps entrepreneurs in a very intuitive manner. They have a lot of material, like worksheets, that have helped me in developing ideas. They would be great for people in the developing world and there has been a demand for their products. If i could help them build a way of making more money, while making their material openly available, this could help families support better for their families and and help local economy.
This is the kind of change I want to create and the main reason I am working with the freemium project

Start10
The reason for Start10 is different. I want to push myself into becoming better at doing. Starting 10 smaller ventures within a year and having this as my sole income, pushes me to get moving. I am confident this year will give me very valuable experiences in entrepreneurship and concept design.

Launching my freemium project, I have been talking with potential costumers and collaboration partners. During this time It has been a bit difficult for me to sell the idea. I believe that this is not do to the idea itself, but rather my way opf selling it. This has made me want to get better at "selling" an idea.

With this alternative MBA, I am hoping to learn about framing and launching ideas in a powerful way. I like the way Seth structures his ideas and sells them to the audience. If I get to be part of the program , i hope that i can learn a lot about this from him and the experiences in the program.

With the danger of sounding like a bad slogan, I will say that I have been disillusioned with making a change, I want to create change.

In order to make change I have been chairman of the local branch of a political party, I have been active in organising a campaign against climate change and have been part of numerous charity fundraisers. On some level it leaves me feeling a bit powerless.

I want to create ideas and concepts that can change the structures.

One experience that illustrates what to do is a project we did with the kaospilots. In Vancouver we worked with a local credit union on their micro finance program. Even though micro credit has been a huge success in the third world, it has only had little success in north America. We talked to the program users of the micro credit program and connected with similar programs across North America. Our findings and suggestions helped improve the micro finance program to better helping people, help them self.

When I was 19, I moved to Paris and started working as an apprentice chef. I had been fascinated by french culture and the part that food played.
This move started several things, that I had never done before: Working full time, speaking french, living in a city were i knew none, working in a new trade.
This mixture was overwhelming and an emotionally trying. - A Dip. But I didn't quit, I carried on and it ended up being a great experience.

This experience gave me confidence that I can handle a lot of new and ambiguous things. I also believe that going on where i probably should have stooped has made it easier to stop at the right time in later.

This summer I graduated from the Kaospilots International - An independent and alternative business school in Denmark. The school is very action based and during the program we worked with different real clients. Among other things, we did a re-branding strategy for a Swedish publishing house and a redesign of a micro fiance program in Vancouver. As a part of learning to facilitate processes, I designed and facilitated a vision seminar for the board and department heads from a local technical college.

Check out this 2-minute introduction of the education - Created by our sister school in the Netherlands:

The school might be worth a look for those applying to the alternative MBA

I wish that I succeed in continue with building a career where I am surrounded by engaged people with whom I can have fun, dream and create a different world

I hope that I get a chance to talk more about wishes and dreams with the rest of you guys.

I have never been to New York, so I really hope you invite me for the interview. If nothing else, I will have an excuse to see the city.