[Music] hi everybody my name is Victor Calabro
hi everybody my name is Victor Calabro
hi everybody my name is Victor Calabro and I’m CEO and founder of coop ooh the
and I’m CEO and founder of coop ooh the
and I’m CEO and founder of coop ooh the first marketplace for flexible work my
first marketplace for flexible work my
first marketplace for flexible work my journey started a few years ago a
journey started a few years ago a
journey started a few years ago a journey to change how the world works so
journey to change how the world works so
journey to change how the world works so my vision is to provide tools resources
my vision is to provide tools resources
my vision is to provide tools resources and knowledge to companies and workers
and knowledge to companies and workers
and knowledge to companies and workers who want to live a flexible life or to
who want to live a flexible life or to
who want to live a flexible life or to want to increase the efficiency of the
want to increase the efficiency of the
want to increase the efficiency of the company with flexibility what I’m
company with flexibility what I’m
company with flexibility what I’m spending a lot of time in explaining
spending a lot of time in explaining
spending a lot of time in explaining companies how they can fit flexible work
companies how they can fit flexible work
companies how they can fit flexible work within their needs today I want to spend
within their needs today I want to spend
within their needs today I want to spend some time in talking through why people
some time in talking through why people
some time in talking through why people choose to learn to work in a flexible
choose to learn to work in a flexible
choose to learn to work in a flexible way there are two different groups of
way there are two different groups of
way there are two different groups of people that work flexibly the first
people that work flexibly the first
people that work flexibly the first group are people that just have no other
group are people that just have no other
group are people that just have no other choice they would like to have a
choice they would like to have a
choice they would like to have a permanent job they would love to be
permanent job they would love to be
permanent job they would love to be there for the rest of their life
there for the rest of their life
there for the rest of their life enjoying a career but they don’t find
enjoying a career but they don’t find
enjoying a career but they don’t find anything so they end up driving an uber
anything so they end up driving an uber
anything so they end up driving an uber car working in the temporary environment
car working in the temporary environment
car working in the temporary environment just to make some money to feed their
just to make some money to feed their
just to make some money to feed their families or maybe they just expect that
families or maybe they just expect that
families or maybe they just expect that this could be an entry point for a
this could be an entry point for a
this could be an entry point for a permanent job the second group are
permanent job the second group are
permanent job the second group are people that choose to live a flexible
people that choose to live a flexible
people that choose to live a flexible life because they want to or because the
life because they want to or because the
life because they want to or because the circumstances they are in just imposes
circumstances they are in just imposes
circumstances they are in just imposes this kind of lifestyle
this kind of lifestyle
this kind of lifestyle well you guys are students you know what
well you guys are students you know what
well you guys are students you know what I’m talking about while you have studies
I’m talking about while you have studies
I’m talking about while you have studies in the center of your life you want to
in the center of your life you want to
in the center of your life you want to fit the job around the studies or just
fit the job around the studies or just
fit the job around the studies or just to think about mothers at home that
to think about mothers at home that
to think about mothers at home that maybe want to spend a few of their hours
maybe want to spend a few of their hours
maybe want to spend a few of their hours out there and not even talking
out there and not even talking
out there and not even talking about money I’m talking about just being
about money I’m talking about just being
about money I’m talking about just being out of home and doing something they
out of home and doing something they
out of home and doing something they love this is the kind of flexibility I’m
love this is the kind of flexibility I’m
love this is the kind of flexibility I’m talking about now what is the balance
talking about now what is the balance
talking about now what is the balance these guys and we are going to go
these guys and we are going to go
these guys and we are going to go through so on one hand we have image
through so on one hand we have image
through so on one hand we have image career money maybe even social
career money maybe even social
career money maybe even social acceptance on the other hand we have
acceptance on the other hand we have
acceptance on the other hand we have family friends maybe some quiet time
family friends maybe some quiet time
family friends maybe some quiet time maybe even life experience or adventures
maybe even life experience or adventures
maybe even life experience or adventures on which side are you gonna put your
on which side are you gonna put your
on which side are you gonna put your balance in are you gonna for life or
balance in are you gonna for life or
balance in are you gonna for life or more for work well there are two
more for work well there are two
more for work well there are two different basic lifestyle models one
different basic lifestyle models one
different basic lifestyle models one where you have work in the center of
where you have work in the center of
where you have work in the center of your life and the life fitting around
your life and the life fitting around
your life and the life fitting around work that means pretty much what I’m
work that means pretty much what I’m
work that means pretty much what I’m doing right now working a lot and when I
doing right now working a lot and when I
doing right now working a lot and when I have some time trying to see my friends
have some time trying to see my friends
have some time trying to see my friends and family the other hand you have this
and family the other hand you have this
and family the other hand you have this alive centric approach where life comes
alive centric approach where life comes
alive centric approach where life comes first and your job fits around your life
first and your job fits around your life
first and your job fits around your life well you may ask yourself how does this
well you may ask yourself how does this
well you may ask yourself how does this look live in reality so I have put here
look live in reality so I have put here
look live in reality so I have put here slide together where I will show you on
slide together where I will show you on
slide together where I will show you on on my life how I switched between being
on my life how I switched between being
on my life how I switched between being life centric and work centric in
life centric and work centric in
life centric and work centric in different phases of my life so like all
different phases of my life so like all
different phases of my life so like all of us I started in a life centric
of us I started in a life centric
of us I started in a life centric environment being a child enjoying the
environment being a child enjoying the
environment being a child enjoying the moment just being with my parents
moment just being with my parents
moment just being with my parents exploring the world playing and while
exploring the world playing and while
exploring the world playing and while doing that I experienced some great
doing that I experienced some great
doing that I experienced some great moments but as well some very defining
moments but as well some very defining
moments but as well some very defining moments that changed the way I perceived
moments that changed the way I perceived
moments that changed the way I perceived my future so I remember one moment
my future so I remember one moment
my future so I remember one moment walking with my dad and mom and walking
walking with my dad and mom and walking
walking with my dad and mom and walking out passing by a toy store I was looking
out passing by a toy store I was looking
out passing by a toy store I was looking in this window and seeing all this nice
in this window and seeing all this nice
in this window and seeing all this nice toys so I asked my dad can we
toys so I asked my dad can we
toys so I asked my dad can we by this I say no we don’t have the money
by this I say no we don’t have the money
by this I say no we don’t have the money you know I just keep trying over and
you know I just keep trying over and
you know I just keep trying over and over and over again just getting the
over and over again just getting the
over and over again just getting the same answer over and over again we don’t
same answer over and over again we don’t
same answer over and over again we don’t have the money so exactly this moment
have the money so exactly this moment
have the money so exactly this moment one of these pivotal moments I decided I
one of these pivotal moments I decided I
one of these pivotal moments I decided I want to achieve financial freedom I want
want to achieve financial freedom I want
want to achieve financial freedom I want to buy all the toys I want yeah I was
to buy all the toys I want yeah I was
to buy all the toys I want yeah I was not that old but I had a very very good
not that old but I had a very very good
not that old but I had a very very good vision now who is so a few years later I
vision now who is so a few years later I
vision now who is so a few years later I started school and why because I wanted
started school and why because I wanted
started school and why because I wanted to achieve financial freedom I put a lot
to achieve financial freedom I put a lot
to achieve financial freedom I put a lot of work into my studies so I had to get
of work into my studies so I had to get
of work into my studies so I had to get great doing well at school suddenly I
great doing well at school suddenly I
great doing well at school suddenly I realized that putting work first meant
realized that putting work first meant
realized that putting work first meant that social life was just going down and
that social life was just going down and
that social life was just going down and down and down so that was nice but at
down and down so that was nice but at
down and down so that was nice but at the same time I missed in life so I
the same time I missed in life so I
the same time I missed in life so I sneaked in again into my social life
sneaked in again into my social life
sneaked in again into my social life between maybe 15 and 22 I enjoyed life
between maybe 15 and 22 I enjoyed life
between maybe 15 and 22 I enjoyed life travels parties all the nice stuff you
travels parties all the nice stuff you
travels parties all the nice stuff you can think about I did them but guess
can think about I did them but guess
can think about I did them but guess what
what
what my grades at school just went down
my grades at school just went down
my grades at school just went down little by little but yeah I’m still
little by little but yeah I’m still
little by little but yeah I’m still managed I went through school I did
managed I went through school I did
managed I went through school I did achieve more or less the goals I could
achieve more or less the goals I could
achieve more or less the goals I could have been better but at the end I
have been better but at the end I
have been better but at the end I achieved the things I wanted but I
achieved the things I wanted but I
achieved the things I wanted but I realised that by having my focus on the
realised that by having my focus on the
realised that by having my focus on the life side I will maybe not achieve my
life side I will maybe not achieve my
life side I will maybe not achieve my goal to have been a financial freedom so
goal to have been a financial freedom so
goal to have been a financial freedom so I switched my side again into the work
I switched my side again into the work
I switched my side again into the work field and started to push so I became
field and started to push so I became
field and started to push so I became and a consultant a senior consult a
and a consultant a senior consult a
and a consultant a senior consult a department manager I started my first
department manager I started my first
department manager I started my first company I started even my second company
company I started even my second company
company I started even my second company which didn’t go so well and
which didn’t go so well and
which didn’t go so well and now starting the third company and
now starting the third company and
now starting the third company and really trying to achieve my goal so you
really trying to achieve my goal so you
really trying to achieve my goal so you may like it or not this is my lifestyle
may like it or not this is my lifestyle
may like it or not this is my lifestyle but I know exactly that this is the way
but I know exactly that this is the way
but I know exactly that this is the way I’m living being in a constant change
I’m living being in a constant change
I’m living being in a constant change between life and work depending on what
between life and work depending on what
between life and work depending on what happens in my life so I ask myself is
happens in my life so I ask myself is
happens in my life so I ask myself is this the lifestyle everybody should go
this the lifestyle everybody should go
this the lifestyle everybody should go for but maybe not so I started to talk
for but maybe not so I started to talk
for but maybe not so I started to talk to some of my friends and one guy while
to some of my friends and one guy while
to some of my friends and one guy while having a few beers told me about his
having a few beers told me about his
having a few beers told me about his life and looked like this so he started
life and looked like this so he started
life and looked like this so he started in the same way being in a child being
in the same way being in a child being
in the same way being in a child being in a life centric environment they’re
in a life centric environment they’re
in a life centric environment they’re moving to school doing the school work
moving to school doing the school work
moving to school doing the school work but then he decided to be in a social
but then he decided to be in a social
but then he decided to be in a social first environment and live his life so
first environment and live his life so
first environment and live his life so what does it mean so he went out and was
what does it mean so he went out and was
what does it mean so he went out and was looking for a job but he didn’t go for a
looking for a job but he didn’t go for a
looking for a job but he didn’t go for a career job he didn’t go for a job with a
career job he didn’t go for a job with a
career job he didn’t go for a job with a lot of image he focused himself on a job
lot of image he focused himself on a job
lot of image he focused himself on a job that just provides the money he needs to
that just provides the money he needs to
that just provides the money he needs to live and he focused on a job that gives
live and he focused on a job that gives
live and he focused on a job that gives him the flexibility to do whatever he
him the flexibility to do whatever he
him the flexibility to do whatever he wants wherever he wants so let’s say a
wants wherever he wants so let’s say a
wants wherever he wants so let’s say a boring job which is another big
boring job which is another big
boring job which is another big challenge at the same time he decided
challenge at the same time he decided
challenge at the same time he decided that he wants to travel the world so
that he wants to travel the world so
that he wants to travel the world so he’s spending six to twelve months in a
he’s spending six to twelve months in a
he’s spending six to twelve months in a city around the world and I’m not
city around the world and I’m not
city around the world and I’m not talking about moving from Lucerne to
talking about moving from Lucerne to
talking about moving from Lucerne to Zurich I’m talking about Tokyo San
Zurich I’m talking about Tokyo San
Zurich I’m talking about Tokyo San Francisco wherever in the world so this
Francisco wherever in the world so this
Francisco wherever in the world so this guy is really exploring the world so why
guy is really exploring the world so why
guy is really exploring the world so why is doing his work and earning the money
is doing his work and earning the money
is doing his work and earning the money he needs to live he is challenged by new
he needs to live he is challenged by new
he needs to live he is challenged by new languages his challenge to meet new
languages his challenge to meet new
languages his challenge to meet new friends his challenge to explore new
friends his challenge to explore new
friends his challenge to explore new cultures I thought this is an amazing
cultures I thought this is an amazing
cultures I thought this is an amazing life so why are not more people doing
life so why are not more people doing
life so why are not more people doing that so after a few beers he started to
that so after a few beers he started to
that so after a few beers he started to explain me what the challenges are and I
explain me what the challenges are and I
explain me what the challenges are and I started to realize
started to realize
started to realize that somehow this social way of thinking
that somehow this social way of thinking
that somehow this social way of thinking is a little bit broken
is a little bit broken
is a little bit broken why because while we think that the work
why because while we think that the work
why because while we think that the work centric approach is okay and everything
centric approach is okay and everything
centric approach is okay and everything is fine the live centric approach has a
is fine the live centric approach has a
is fine the live centric approach has a lot of challenges maybe social
lot of challenges maybe social
lot of challenges maybe social acceptance think about it if the friend
acceptance think about it if the friend
acceptance think about it if the friend of viewers just comes and say you know
of viewers just comes and say you know
of viewers just comes and say you know I’m cleaning toilet very nice but
I’m cleaning toilet very nice but
I’m cleaning toilet very nice but sometimes I go for surf you would think
sometimes I go for surf you would think
sometimes I go for surf you would think this guy is crazy
this guy is crazy
this guy is crazy well you will never achieve his goals or
well you will never achieve his goals or
well you will never achieve his goals or something like this or have you ever
something like this or have you ever
something like this or have you ever thought well Fleck well you don’t trust
thought well Fleck well you don’t trust
thought well Fleck well you don’t trust flexible workers you’re not able to rent
flexible workers you’re not able to rent
flexible workers you’re not able to rent an apartment or buy a house if you don’t
an apartment or buy a house if you don’t
an apartment or buy a house if you don’t have a permanent job so there are a lot
have a permanent job so there are a lot
have a permanent job so there are a lot of stones in the way of a flexible
of stones in the way of a flexible
of stones in the way of a flexible worker so that’s why I choose to go for
worker so that’s why I choose to go for
worker so that’s why I choose to go for this mission and vision and to build a
this mission and vision and to build a
this mission and vision and to build a company that will help achieve the
company that will help achieve the
company that will help achieve the possibility of having a flexible
possibility of having a flexible
possibility of having a flexible lifestyle we are trying to put away all
lifestyle we are trying to put away all
lifestyle we are trying to put away all the stones in the way of flexibility to
the stones in the way of flexibility to
the stones in the way of flexibility to make sure that everybody can choose
make sure that everybody can choose
make sure that everybody can choose between a life centric or a work centric
between a life centric or a work centric
between a life centric or a work centric approach so there is only one thing I
approach so there is only one thing I
approach so there is only one thing I want you guys to take away today let’s
want you guys to take away today let’s
want you guys to take away today let’s make sure that everybody out there is
make sure that everybody out there is
make sure that everybody out there is able to have the freedom to choose
able to have the freedom to choose
able to have the freedom to choose whatever lifestyle they want to go for
whatever lifestyle they want to go for
whatever lifestyle they want to go for we don’t want to discriminate these guys
we don’t want to discriminate these guys
we don’t want to discriminate these guys we should give them the freedom to
we should give them the freedom to
we should give them the freedom to choose a life without limits thank you
choose a life without limits thank you
choose a life without limits thank you [Applause]
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