{"id":5818,"date":"2020-07-08T15:23:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T03:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niesh.co.nz\/?p=5818"},"modified":"2020-07-17T13:42:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T01:42:43","slug":"lunch-with-an-entrepreneur-vincent-vuillard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niesh.co.nz\/blog\/on-entrepreneurship-series\/lunch-with-an-entrepreneur-vincent-vuillard\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunch with an Entrepreneur – Does the military make you a better leader?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vincent Vuillard (Co-Founder of FutureWork Studio) joined Niesh to breakdown key skills that helped shape his entrepreneurial journey.<\/strong> Lunch with an Entrepreneur is a FREE workshop for students that will up-skill you in TOP innovation strategies around the world & help you develop your industry & peer to peer network. Join us at the next workshop here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below we’ll give you his backstory and reveal two key lessons he’s learnt along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent is a future thinker who believes the future of work is going to change rapidly with more freelancing and agile firms taking the lead. His company FutureWork Studio<\/a> has developed three platforms that helps their clients pivot fast, make better decisions and find talented individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like most students, Vincent began studying engineering because “it was the thing to do”<\/em>. He didn’t enjoy it and got bad marks, “it didn’t excite me”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not seeing himself as an office man, he graduated and spent the next 10 YEARS in the French Navy. From doing tours in Afghanistan, Libya and Somalia, he has experienced it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later on, he discovered the world of business and worked at Fonterra (Director of Strategic Capabilities & Organisational Health) & McKinsey & Company (Vice President of Recovery & Transformation Services). Despite his experience working with large corporates before venturing into the entrepreneurial space. His most valuable experience lies in 10 years with the French Navy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lessons You Learn In The Navy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Lesson Number 1: Embrace the uncomfortable to expand your limitations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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From juggling tight assignment deadlines, bad grades or getting rejected for a job. How many times have YOU wanted to give up?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\t

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