How to Avoid The Top Startup Mistakes And Build An Extraordinary Business
What if the alternative business model introduced by Startups is destined to fail? Queen Be shows you the top Startup mistakes and offers a “BEing-centered” blueprint that, with 50% less effort, will lead you to an extraordinary business.
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Startups are an admirable new world that many are eager to explore because of fortune, fame, to test the true capabilities of this exponential technology Era, or to simply test the boundaries of their own creativity. While before, many visionaries and entrepreneurs were called eccentric or delusional, this new world of startups has made it possible for them to be socially accepted and to also thrive.
However, statistics show that nine out of ten startups fail and that this is not only undeniable data but also a hard and bleak truth.
"Queen Be" delves deep into the top mistakes made by startups while coping with this fast-moving new world, helping entrepreneurs spot and avoid these mistakes before they surface within their companies . Yet, most importantly, "Queen Be" presents a new, simple and operational business blueprint that will assist entrepreneurs in building their own sustainable ventures.
"Queen Be" shifts the paradigm of frenetic growth and overworking company cultures to an innovative "BEing-centered" approach to business. It also includes several success stories of female entrepreneurs that have proven it's possible to do it differently.
After spending almost half of my career in big corporations, feeling the urge to unleash my unconventional thinking, I decided it was time to put my experience to the test and began a never-ending love story with the startup ecosystem.
I discovered that these freshly shaped structures are the perfect test tube to give birth to any idea related to groundbreaking products or services, unusual team structures, cool job titles or fantastic office perks that would make you relive your wildest childhood dreams. Whatever the case, it's impossible to not be fascinated by how startups unlock the infinite possibilities of human potential.
A large number of startups are either founded on, or built around, new generations of employees that are easily drawn into the dream that these new companies present.
At the same time, the arising of Millennials and Generation Z is nurturing the startup ecosystem. It is also instilling a worldwide consciousness change that companies cannot ignore. This profound transformation is forcing companies to reevaluate their long-term value creation to customers, employees, society, and the environment.
For startups, this change is an imperious survival need that can dictate "Do" or "Die" in a matter of weeks.
Table of Contents:*
PART I: The Startup Underworld
Chapter 1 - Get Sh*t done!
Chapter 2 - R.I.P. Trailblazer
Chapter 3 - Salary Cliffs
Chapter 4 - Diversity WHAT ?!
Chapter 5 - Bread & Office Perks
Chapter 6 - Recruitment Rush
Chapter 7 - Lead or Follow?
PART II: The BE-ing Centered Blueprint
Chapter 8 - Intuition vs. Data
Chapter 9 - Cooperation vs. Competition
Chapter 10 - Less is More
Chapter 11 - Balance is The Key
Chapter 12 - Creative Living
Chapter 13 - Find a Purpose
*(Work in progress)
Main audience:
- Startup founders
- Startup enthusiasts
- Entrepreneurs
- Students that are keen on the topic entrepreneurship
- Women that want to develop their careers
- Dreamers and Game changers
"Queen Be" main sponsors so far: MICROSOFT, PLMJ and STARTUP LISBOA.
The "Queen Be" marketing strategy will include the following aspects:
- Book merchandising.
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- Filipa Larangeira, Orangeboom, and the female entrepreneurs featuring in the book will use targeted emails to approach their community members (startups, investors, entrepreneurs, and friends), as well as newsletters and social media channels.
- Filipa Larangeira is a speaker and guest in several startups (e.g. Websummit) and university events in which she will promote the book.
- One of the book sponsors is also a main sponsor of Websummit, in which her target audience will be concentrated.
- During the campaign, there will be remarketing actions done via Google Ads and Twitter chats discussing a specific topic.
- "Startups and Entrepreneurs: Mistakes to Avoid For Success", by Atticus Aristotle. The book contains the most common lessons learned by many of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world.
- "The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers", by Ben Horowitz. The book contains advice on what to do when a company is moving into disaster.
- "DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC: The Lasting Legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation", by Edgar H Schein. A high-level consultant to DEC for 40 years shows how DEC's unique corporate culture contributed both to its early successes and later to an organizational rigidity that caused its ultimate downfall.
- "Starting Something: An Entrepreneur's Tale of Corporate Culture", by Wayne McVicker. The story of how a dot-com company, Neoforma, survived its struggles against daunting obstacles and, in the process, delivered on a very human level wealth of insight, information, and advice for entrepreneurs.
- "When Smart People Fail: Rebuilding Yourself for Success", by Carole Hyatt. This book offers sound advice on everything from grappling with the money issue to taking the first step toward a new career. This reassuring, practical guide, tells how to bounce back from career failure and seize the day.
Filipa is the CEO & Founder at Orangeboom.co, the mighty accelerator for startups and trailblazers. For over a decade she has successfully worked with several startups and entrepreneurs to create impactful solutions and long-term strategies that connect people’s motivations with business goals.
Her experience and intuition led her to develop an unconventional "BEing- centered" business blueprint that is the centerpiece of her new book "Queen Be: How to Avoid The Top Startup Mistakes And Build An Extraordinary Business".
Filipa lives in Lisbon, Portugal, considered "The new Silicon Valley" , she is a multi-passionate person, surfer-in-the-making, meditation junkie and proud mom.
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Dear supporters,
Hi hope you are doing well.
First and foremost let me THANK YOU once more for all the love and support to "Queen Bee". …
Love this. Thanks Filipa!
Good luck Filipa :) Tenho vindo a seguir o teu trabalho e tens sido uma inspiração! Estou ansiosa por ler o livro.
Thanks so much, Christina, Lee, Marta and Suzanne . Your support means the world to me ! ❤️
Be brave, hungry and foolish. Always be like that, please. We need that inspiration, ok? All the best!
I want an autograph later :)
Looking forward to this ;)
Go power girl, go!
#queenbe #awesomeidea #inspiringbee #exampletofollow
Can't wait for the delicious honey, honey! Love, Sophes
I like how you're apparently doing the shift from big corporate to entrepreneur! Looking forward to hearing all about your experience.
best of the luck !
Filipa I need your book! Once it is not yet out there for me to read it...Wanna help me build an extraordinary business while writing it? ;) Big kiss full of positive energy, Joana Cleto
Fil, this is all fantastic and I am very proud of you and what you are doing and achieving. Simply going for it takes massive courage and you are a leading example to others, who I hope you inspire. I'll be following your success and am with you all the way. All the very best, Jeremy
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Filipa, what a beautiful and extraordinary venture!
I'm happy to support you on this journey, and can't wait for the book!
Just had my Adwords session with Pam, which went very very well :) Thanks @Filipa for making it happen, and cannot wait for my copies. Good luck!
Love you
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Done! Bjs grandes
Filipa não desistas, acredita no teu sonho. Bjs Carla
Wish you the best success, Filipa. I'm glad I met you and your inspirational message. You actually gave me motivation to become the best version of myself. I can only hope that "Queen Be" reaches it's deserved place
Hey girl, that's great what you're doing to disrupt the industry and make it better for the upcoming generations!!
Keep shining your light! Hugs!!
P.S. I'm always a last minute person ;)
"When sleeping women awake mountains move"! Go girl :)
Go, go, go!! Esta ideia é muito gira. Bjs
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You'll receive an advanced (before anyone else) autographed copy of Queen Be, along with Kindle and PDF digital formats.
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Your name will be featured inside the book, on an acknowledgment page, with special thanks and gratitude. To be featured in every copy of the book forever.
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Have a 60-min Skype consult (or face-to-face if you live in Portugal!) with me, where I can help you with a particular challenge you may be facing.
Need help with leadership, strategic planning, company culture, employer branding, restructuring your team? Or are you launching your new startup and need help with that?
Go ahead: ask me anything!
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In this 2-hour live talk, I will share the most common mistakes made by startups and entrepreneurs (what I call the "Startup Underworld") and how to avoid them.
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Your name or company brand will be featured inside the book on an acknowledgment page, with special thanks and gratitude. To be featured in every copy of the book forever.
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Are you an individual, company, or organization interested in launching a new business or scaling your current one ?
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Your name or company brand will be prominently featured inside the book on a "Patron" page, with special thanks and gratitude. To be featured in every copy of the book forever.
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$5000
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Your name or company brand will be prominently featured inside the book on a "Master Patron" page, with special thanks and gratitude. To be featured in every copy of the book forever.
You'll also receive:
• 8 Private one-on-one 60-minute consults (Orangeboom services) or 2 Half-day Workshops with Filipa
• 250 signed copies of the book
• eBook
• audiobook
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• Your name or company brand printed as a Queen Be Master Patron in every edition of the book – forever.
• Recognized as Master Patron on Orangeboom.co and shoutouts on Orangeboom's social media platforms
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