November 18, 2004 © 2004, Copyright Verge I, L.P. Developing Entrepreneurial Culture in Start-ups Presented by: Bill Bice Partner

November 18, 2004 © 2004, Copyright Verge I, L.P. 2 “Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely.” — Edward Tufte

November 18, 2004 © 2004, Copyright Verge I, L.P. 3 — Hans Magnus Enzensberger “Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass — you don't see it, but somehow it does something.”

November 18, 2004 © 2004, Copyright Verge I, L.P. 4 “One person working toward a dream is worth 99 people just working.” — Lani S. Krause

November 18, 2004 © 2004, Copyright Verge I, L.P. 5 “The key for us, number one, has always been hiring very smart people.” — Bill Gates

November 18, 2004 © 2004, Copyright Verge I, L.P. 6 “Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.” — David Kelly, IDEO

November 18, 2004 © 2004, Copyright Verge I, L.P. 7 “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” — Peter Drucker

November 18, 2004 © 2004, Copyright Verge I, L.P. 8 — Scott Adams “I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.”

November 18, 2004 © 2004, Copyright Verge I, L.P. 9 “Drive out fear.” — W. Edwards Deming

November 18, 2004 © 2004, Copyright Verge I, L.P. 10 Contact Information Bill Bice Verge 1155 University Blvd., SE Albuquerque, NM V: (505) F: (505)