Argo Ventures has a long track record of marrying digital disruption and innovative entrepreneurial practices. Over the course of more than 20 years of experience as Venture Builder, Argo has had a chance to optimise its knowledge and experience to provide only the best and most successful learning practises to entrepreneurs at any level. In the past two years, the venture building firm has blossomed to its full potential, and it still has many exciting updates due in the near future. The event style aims to give back to YPO by sharing knowledge that we have been gathering for the past 25 years.
How does it work, one may ask?
Relevant methods and thinkers whose ideas we will pull from include:
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Rockefeller Method
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Peter Drucker
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Simon Sinek
Some of the best and brightest in the business, from all areas, will present on their experiences, including:
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world-renowned thought leader, angel investor, and startup expert Christopher Maire
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Head of Business Development at startup firebrand MoBerries, Mo Moubarak
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forward-thinking and strategic developer for corporate venturing, Dr. Julian Kawohl
Origins of YPO
During this session, the Argo Ventures team will simulate the full life cycle of an entrepreneur’s journey in the digital age. With a comprehensive palette of challenges, inspired by challenges real companies face, participants will have the chance to navigate these difficulties in teams. They will prepare for future challenges in their own businesses and develop a toolkit to guarantee entrepreneurial success. With guidance, participants will experience a facilitated preparation for the world of digital transformation and develop skills to apply it to their own business ventures.
„A great combination of coaching, practical application, and inspiring presentations. We spent two wonderful days at the Transformation Bootcamp. We learned a lot, put even more into practice and look forward to starting the future. Perfect location and atmosphere, lots of fun, delicious catering and last but not least: A very professional and supporting team. Thank you, dear team: Great Job!“– Ralf PuetmannEx – Vice Chairman at Galeria Kaufhof GmbH und Managing Director Peek & Cloppenburg KG
Features
Next, with a holistic approach to ensure mastery of entrepreneurial skills in every facet, and team building practices to better integrate the skills they will learn, the bootcamp guarantees a system that is immediately feasible. Guests will be able to immediately implement their newfound skills in their own businesses. Thus, the environment responds to the current challenges of the entrepreneurial lifestyle. Finally, comprehensive digital app ensures that all learnings can be logged and customised for later use.
Experience
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Eye-opening Keynotes
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Demanding Coaching
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Interactive Workshops
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Comprehensive App Support
Themes
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Disruptive Technologies
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Innovation
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Scaling
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Culture & Team
Co-authored by Kaitlynn Buchbaum, Marketing Manager
What AI Can Do For Your Company
Where are you right now?
Perhaps you are in a café, scrolling through your social media feeds before you head into work. Perhaps you are researching our company (and we welcome you!) during office hours. Maybe you’re even putting us all to shame, reading this article on the stationary bicycle at your gym.
No matter what the context, artificial intelligence (AI) has in some way brought you to this page. Whether Siri gave you directions to get here, or your LinkedIn account suggested this article, based on an algorithm of your specific interests. AI is responsible for getting you here, to this moment, now.
Office Goals
The modern office, especially, the modern start-up, has a great challenge to confront. The challenge: to utilise digital transformations to pioneer innovations in their businesses.
Although this challenge can be quite menacing at first, the prospects inspire hope for the future of workplace operations. AI presents a critical technological innovation, whose roots date back to more than a half-century, but whose modern implications are more ground-breaking than ever before.
For the new-age entrepreneur, at any step of their career, the acquisition of knowledge in this field can be a game-changer in their path. Let’s learn what exactly this powerful tool can do.
AI: What exactly is it?
According to HubSpot, AI “is a broad area of computer science that makes machines seem like they have human intelligence.
Is it really that simple?
Actually, yes.
Despite the extensive media portrayals of robots taking over the decision-making process for communities, artificial intelligence simply expresses the capacity of computers to be trained to interact with humans. Full stop.
The implications of this relatively simple field are excitingly complex, especially for your business. “Smart” computers can help increase the efficiency of company operations and help you focus on what’s really important. From spam filters to automated dictation of notes, AI can help you keep your eye on the prize.
Chatbots are an excellent example of established computer programs lifting the burden of repetitive business activities. While bots take care of fielding customer concerns, your employees can advance outreach methods and collect valuable data to improve the impact of your business.
Models such as these increase the value of any successful venture. However, it is important to remember that learning about these processes is as essential to your business as utilising this cutting-edge technology.
Lifelong Learning: A Love Letter
So: how do you invite artificial intelligence, and recognition of its abilities, into your life?
The first step is simple. As with any stable relationship, you must put forward an effort to get to know it.
Some ways you can engage your team through learning have already been explained in my colleague’s recent post. You can do even more:
- team workshops
- retreats
- available learning opportunities (my team presents new learning every Friday)
- classes
These simple options can increase the productivity of your team and get you on track to the next great breakthrough.
Recent years have sharpened the skill set of AI programming to a previously inconceivable, and somewhat spooky, level. Developers in Australia and the U.S., for example, designed a program called the “Nightmare Machine”, which first identifies fear and can then produce it.
First, they fed the machine visual material, which the team then responded to, to discern what imagery provokes the neural networks that are psychologically traced to fear. Finally, the program then created imagery based on this learning to simulate nightmares.
The takeaway of this program was to better understand the psychological partnership that is possible between humans and machines. Good work produces good results, and if you invest time to learn about how AI can improve your life, you can drive excellent advances in your field.
We have the power to shape digital transformations to make them work for us, not the other way around. If we open ourselves to the possibility of growth, we can make wonderful things happen.
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- Competing in Olympic sports
- Battling a life-threatening disease
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