We had the chance to speak with DreamOnTech (DOT) CEO, Global CTO, and Founder Joël Guéguen again. We were interested in learning about the company’s progress since our last meeting and his outlook on the market. With a passion for technology and a mission to empower the youth, Joël Guéguen came up with the idea of founding DOT.
In this insightful conversation, Joël Guéguen talks about social obligations, IT disruptors, the main reasons he got to where he is now, and the changes he is looking forward to.
Factors Shaping Joël Guéguen’s Career
During our previous meeting, we learned a great deal about Joël Guéguen’s visions and company. So, we were interested in learning more about Joël Guéguen’s professional trajectory and the circumstances that influenced it. So, we inquired, “What was a pivotal decision or risk you took that impacted your career or company?”
He responds, “I’ve been passionate about technology since I first touched a computer as a child. Undoubtedly, my university studies fueled my passion, which later became my profession. After some experience in the salaried sector, I set up my own freelance business. I had to work on several projects simultaneously until I realized it was time to build teams because I couldn’t keep up with all the demands. As a result, DOT now offers 25 tailor-made services, all of which I provided myself as a freelancer. So, I’m in the best position to oversee everything DreamOnTech offers, including a panel of tailor-made services with seasoned experts who are passionate about their chosen fields.
DOT has no employees making us an exception to the competition; we only have highly multidisciplinary freelancers, and the permanent contract no longer suits them. Because some of them are very experienced and rather than being confined to a single position, they could offer so much more, they feel more liberated, which shows. Today, for example, freelancers can work 2 days a week as a salesperson, the other 2 days as a project manager and 1 day as a team coach for the same customer or several customers. This way, they feel efficient as they can bring out all their skills and no longer feel the compartmentalization that can be a natural brake on creativity and productivity.
In entrepreneurship, you have to accept that you can pivot no matter what, especially when you have no choice but to move forward. My initial project was designed for large-scale events and specific recruitment. Except that the pandemic arrived in the meantime, so I might as well tell you that launching a company to manage events at the time was no longer enjoyable. So, after a few months of reflection, I decided to create DOT. But, I don’t regret having changed my mindset and my business. Because now, I have a huge perspective on the vision of impact entrepreneurship, with very precise ambitions and aspirations as to what I want to contribute for future generations. Moreover, I want to start my training institute, from kindergarten to doctoral school.
Joël added, “By co-creating a global program with those who want to change the world now, we can take into account the scale of human, ecological, climatic, environmental, societal, economic, cultural, technological, geopolitical and scientific needs. I am waiting for the French government to come forward and plan an urgent discussion on the renewal of education in France and around the world as this is more than necessary for future generations.
Selecting a personal story from my life is no easy task, as both my personal and professional life has been long, tiring and enormously complex. As a student, I suffered the full force of hatred, jealousy, misunderstanding and malice. Today, I thank God, as all this has helped me to understand human beings better. And despite all that, I’m still standing. Young people enjoy listening to my story because it gives them the strength to keep believing and to give themselves the means to succeed, no matter how complex life may be. So, it’s comforting to feel useful in this way.
I created DOT partly to support the grand ambitions of young people who are only sometimes understood or trusted. Today’s youth also have the right to dream their wildest, most idealistic, and utopian dreams to realize them and build a better world. I’m just looking to bring hope to young people like me, who will feel much better when they see where I started and where I am today. I want to contribute my part towards making this world better than ever, and give others the interest and desire to be able to do it themselves. For themselves, but also for the next generations to come, in a world that is currently in total perdition.
I just want to help my parents financially in their retirement and my immediate family, who were the only ones to believe in what I’ve been doing all this time. The ultimate aim is also to help people in need, because the more I have of my own funds, the more I’ll be able to give to associations or foundations and show that it’s “almost” very simple to change this world as long as you have a real ethic, a moral, a deontology with consistent principles and values. All you have to do is set an example with a path, and then the paths will do the rest.”
Elements Shaping The Industry
To learn more about Joël Guéguen’s visions on disruptors shaping the IT field, we asked, “What are the biggest disruptors shaping your industry today?”
Joël replied, “Firstly, I want to make innovation a point of honor, as doing things like everyone else doesn’t interest me in the abstract. However, this should not be misunderstood! Because it’s possible to do several activities and have a great deal of expertise in each of them. In other words, all these services are supported by the dedicated centers of expertise I have built to create the dream team for each of our services today.
I created DreamOnTech to save any company in the world time and money. DOT is no longer a startup but the MMA (Multidisciplinary Multi-Services Agency) of MMAs. Among other things, I offer a single-entry point to access 25 services that are all the rage today, with flexibility never before seen in an IT company. Usually, this would make sense, given that most people want to save time and money. The point is to show that a company added to a person’s revolutionary, humanist vision and altruism can make a massive difference in this country, France, and worldwide.
DreamOnTech doesn’t claim to revolutionize IT, just to be able to respond to all kinds of requests as far as possible, with no pre-established view of customer profiles or budgets, but to meet their needs as effectively as possible. DOT has ten commitments to respect for each of the services provided, namely, Efficiency, Quality, Personalized advice, Creativity, Responsiveness, Transparency, Meeting deadlines, Team spirit, Productivity, Strategy, and Innovation. We aim to offer the right services for B2B, B2C, and, above all, the innovative H2H approach, and which are 100% reliable, customizable, and efficient.
Setting DOT Apart
To stand apart from the competition, offering unique services and products is paramount. We asked, “How do you differentiate your company from competitors in the market? What unique value proposition do you offer to your customers?”
Joël shared, “My teams and I accompany all our customers’ projects from A to Z. Our services are mainly aimed at B2B and B2C customers; DOT has the solution for every budget. No one is left out because DOT has the advantage over its competitors in offering customized solutions tailored to your budget and needs. So, there’s no take-it-or-leave-it offer with lengthy processes.
Today, DOT rests on four pillars and offers exactly 25 tailor-made services:
- Tech / Digital / Innovation: Website creation and design, custom software creation, mobile application creation, Web referencing, Serious gaming, Cloud computing, Cybersecurity, Chatbot editing, AI, BI, Hardware specific, Embedded systems, IoT, etc.
- Strategy, Marketing, Support, Training: Branding to develop your brand, Streaming, Videoconferences, Digital Marketing, RGPD Compliance, Data Protection (DPO), Specific Coaching & Consulting, Customized Goodies and Customized Sourcing.
- Creation and Communication: This range includes UI, UX, Responsive design, Social Media (Community Management), Audiovisual production, Communication, Multimedia content creation, including videos, writing articles, blogs, documents, visual animations, etc. and Networks Ads Campaigns.
- Science / R&D: Our R&D service range consists of co-collaboration, Continuous technology watch, and science for hardware and software.
An essential part of The MethoDOT philosophy is to take a positive approach to our work, proposing the ideal solution for our customers. In the form of strategy – design – creativity. In strategy, we listen to our customers’ needs, show them the current trends in their sector of activity and provide them with the most relevant answers to develop a real digital strategy. Besides, our job is to centralize all the customer’s objectives in a single design that will enable them to stand out in the long term. And lastly, creativity is the icing on the cake, and one of our greatest areas of expertise. The creativity of our consultants will enable the customer to benefit from a variety of original approaches to branding and communication management.”
“Multiple packages are offered for financial benefits for customers, with accurate follow-up during and after service delivery. In addition, an R&D and Innovation department is located within the company for all our projects to ensure that we are always at the cutting edge of technology and that our services are of the highest quality, long-lasting, and innovative.
Our approach is to go beyond our potential customers’ initial hopes and expectations. By co-collaborating with them, we have an infinite range of creative possibilities to suit their needs.” He added.
Fulfilling The Responsibilities
We asked, “What is your approach to sustainability and corporate social responsibility?”
He continued, “As far as DOT is concerned, I decided from the outset to donate 15% of the company’s profits to fund the activities of the Association Commune Des Actions Solidaires (ACDAS) and other partner associations. All companies, in their way, can do this and bring about a positive change in a society that needs it so badly.
Today, all our current processes are based on The MethoDOT. The way we reason and act says a lot about our personality. When you’ve had such a tumultuous and complex life, you’ve got to find some interest in it. Isn’t it more interesting if it all serves a purpose? So it’s absolutely not what I’m going to wear tomorrow, nor where I live, nor my bank account, nor the make of my next car that will define who I really am after all; It’s quite absurd to have such reasoning on this planet. What’s more important is to inspire people and bring hope to future generations.
By telling yourself that you can start from nothing and do great things in your life. You have to have the will to do it, and never give up, because it’s a long marathon, not a sprint! In any case, if you want to stay in the business, it’s always been preferable to opt for the long marathon. I always want people to do better than me in every way. That’s the challenge, and that’s what authentic leadership is all about! I want to perform and be a better version of myself every day, and of course, I want people to do even more than I do to inspire me to always do more and better.
I also love writing and reading for inspiration and creativity. I’m thinking of one day writing inspirational books on how to prepare for tomorrow’s world for the next generations as well as the current ones. I don’t necessarily want to be everywhere but to live my thousand and one lives without any regrets, remorse, or fear because I will have given the maximum of everything I could have done during my life on this earth.”
Exciting Changes In Upcoming Years
We ended the interview by asking Joël Guéguen, “What excites you about the future of your industry?”
He replied, “New “Powered by DOT” products will appear in 2024. However, I can’t go into too much detail at the moment. We’re always open to partnerships, and I’d be delighted to establish prestigious alliances with some of the world’s leading companies to collaborate in the future. There will also be new conferences on specific themes for individuals and businesses.
What excites me today is innovation and transmission. Innovation, because it’s always exciting to realize that nothing is set in stone, nothing is taken for granted in this digital world, and that everything is still conceivable to improve many things, without forgetting the crucial role people play in so many technological advances.
Then transmission, because I’ve always enjoyed reassuring and helping younger people to realize their full potential. By giving them tips and advice so they can be aware of their ability to take over later on and, in turn, continue to shape a better world.
To do this, we need to get to know ourselves and learn from past mistakes to achieve future success. It should also provide the solutions that need to be put forward as quickly as possible to rectify the situation in the best possible way. It takes a little bit of everything to make a world and it depends upon each individual to decide where they feel comfortable and where they belong. Being an entrepreneur isn’t straightforward, as it requires a great deal of financial risk before there’s any return on investment.”
“Knowing how to decipher current events with the fake news that constantly surrounds us and the toxic information that doesn’t help, doing more harm than good, is important. It’s impossible to blame everyone else all the time. At some point, people make their own choices, deciding who they’re going to be with, their lifestyle and so on. So they have to accept the fact that they’ve been in certain situations that have led them to where they are today. That’s how they can begin to change the way they see things.
Lifting others up instead of putting them down. Learn to always look for the positive in others, even when our experiences seem uninteresting or meaningless.
Never assume that you’re alone, and that talking about your project to your friends and family is your biggest fear, because if you want to move forward, you can’t keep everything to yourself all the time without talking about it, so that people can give their opinion, directly or indirectly, on your project.
And above all, never sign a partnership until you’ve agreed on the A-Z operating procedure. There’s no point in making partnerships if people don’t share your vision. Because if you want to force things, in the end it’s always the same: a lot of wasted time and money. So avoid them altogether. If we want to change the world for the better, we have to start by appreciating the positive things we can do ourselves. Then, replicating our actions will do the rest.
So, there are plenty of parameters to consider before starting an entrepreneurial venture. I look forward to sharing my news with you in future adventures.” Joël concluded.
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