{"id":2332,"date":"2020-01-28T20:28:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T20:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicstrategies.de\/?p=2332"},"modified":"2023-07-10T08:05:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T08:05:05","slug":"the-entrepreneurs-manifesto-how-to-consciously-leave-your-mark-in-your-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alt.organicstrategies.de\/en\/the-entrepreneurs-manifesto-how-to-consciously-leave-your-mark-in-your-company\/","title":{"rendered":"The Entrepreneur’s Manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Entrepreneur’s Manifesto describes the entrepreneur’s personal intention for the company in a few concise sentences. It expresses what you personally brought to the table and what you want your company to accomplish.<\/em> <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cManifesto\u201d is derived from the Latin manifestus<\/em> and originally means \u201cmade conspicuous\u201d, as in obvious or easily seen. When something manifests, it takes shape and becomes visible. Thus, every company is a concrete manifestation of its founder\u2019s goals and intentions. Consciously expressing these original ideas in a clear entrepreneur’s manifesto leads to a discernible red thread from starting the company to its present form, which shows up as the organization’s individual character.<\/p>\n

Unlike a company\u2019s mission statement<\/a> or a vision that expresses its collective purpose<\/a> and goals in relation to the market, the manifesto is a much more personal statement that begins with the company\u2019s initiator or founding team and carries their individual signature. The creation of this statement takes you back to the company\u2019s origins and to your essential motivation for becoming an entrepreneur.<\/p>\n

The Initial Impulse<\/h3>\n

Founding a company starts long before its name is recorded in a trade register or a homepage goes live. It starts with a concrete impulse, an initial idea.<\/p>\n

Entrepreneurs usually remember the birth of this idea very clearly. Whether it was during a conversation with a future partner, on a long drive or at a caf\u00e9 on a summer day: when asked about the initial impulse, founders give a spontaneous answer that in some way characterizes the nature of their organization. The initial impulse always involves a story that connects a personal experience or source of passion with the business concept.<\/p>\n

Such initial impulses come in as many shapes and sizes as entrepreneurial personalities. They range from ideas such as \u201cworking creatively and autonomously\u201d to \u201creconciling work and family life\u201d to \u201cpassing on knowledge\u201d all the way to \u201cestablishing a company brand,\u201d to name only a few examples. It\u2019s a short statement about foundational values and essential intentions that runs much deeper than initially meets the eye.<\/p>\n

The Red Thread<\/h3>\n

The initial impulse is first and foremost an inner stance reflecting a certain mindset which manifests in a company\u2019s culture, leadership style, and teamwork. This stance also directly or indirectly informs the organizational structure or the choice of partners and colleagues. Many a conflict, whether merely felt or actually expressed, can be traced back to a dissonance with the initial impulse (and can also be solved on this level). Thus it runs through the company\u2019s history like an invisible red thread and helps determine its destiny.<\/p>\n

The question of how relevant the initial impulse is today brings the red thread to light. The recollection of the initial impulse exposes what may have been buried and needs to be revived, what has been sustained over time and is worth preserving.<\/p>\n

Your Own Role<\/h3>\n

The role of the entrepreneur is manifold, and it changes throughout the life cycle of a company. While practical work on products and projects is usually in the foreground at first, the share of managerial tasks increases steadily with the growth of the organization. It is important to clarify your own wishes and your own role in the company to accommodate this in your organizational model.<\/p>\n

As the entrepreneur, what do I want for myself personally? What do I want for the company? It\u2019s enlightening to see oneself in relation to one\u2019s company and to compare your personal wishes to your wishes for the company. The answers here are as individual as entrepreneurial personalities, and they become part of the entrepreneurial manifesto.<\/p>\n

Making Meaning and Identity<\/h3>\n

Every company is embedded in a greater social context and lives off the exchange with its environment and stakeholders, whether they are clients, employees or service providers, among others. The very existence of a company is safeguarded primarily via the meaning and value of exchanges with others. Therefore, the entrepreneur’s manifesto also needs to address the question of what the company means and represents for the people involved as well as for its environments. The connection from personal motives to the company\u2019s relevance in the big picture grounds the entrepreneurial idea beyond the individual and helps foster a sense of identity for the whole organization.<\/p>\n

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The Seed Takes Root<\/h3>\n

A good entrepreneur’s manifesto has a timeless quality and describes the seed as it was first planted. If we know the nucleus, we can get a better feeling for how best to contribute to this plant\u2019s growth, what can be asked of it, and what its particular strengths are. In a similar sense, we can use the entrepreneur’s manifesto to judge how well potential changes \u201cfit\u201d the seed and therefore have a greater chance of success. Just as a chestnut cannot be made to grow into an oak tree, a company cannot simply be separated from its initial impulse, even with the best of intentions. Instead of aiming for a transformation into an oak, it makes more sense to concentrate on developing a splendid chestnut tree and realizing the highest potentials that the manifesto aspires to.<\/p>\n

The Many Uses of an Entrepreneur’s Manifesto<\/h3>\n

Creating an entrepreneur’s manifesto is always helpful if you have already \u201clived with\u201d your company for some years or decade, when a transformation is coming or when the company is showing signs of fatigue. Maybe you have the feeling that your team has lost its sense of enthusiasm and motivation, or the company culture has taken a direction that you can no longer relate to. In such cases, a consciously crafted entrepreneur’s manifesto can set in motion a process of realignment and transformation that integrates your focused intention into the company and gives the entire organization a new boost of energy.<\/p>\n

Even if founding the company is or was a group effort that involved several people, it is worth comparing individual motives by creating a joint entrepreneurial manifesto. What are the differences and how can they be integrated with one another productively? Where is the collective red thread that can function as a guideline for the group as a whole? In this way co-entrepreneurs can agree on a shared platform, a much more personal commitment than a mission statement or company purpose.<\/p>\n

Finally, an entrepreneurial manifesto is a valuable compass for an organic transition when it comes to a generational shift or a process of succession in a company\u2019s leadership. If the company\u2019s DNA is transparent, successors or new owners can integrate it into their own visions and strategies, and continue writing the company\u2019s story with good prospects.<\/p>\n

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The entrepreneur’s manifesto is based on an idea by Josef Gundinger that was expanded by Swaan Barrett. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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