3 things I've learned about entrepreneurship

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1. hello! I’m Lulo, and I’m an entrepreneur! @lulomx

2. funded by:

3. I have also worked on other cool projects

4. 3 lessons I have learned about entrepreneurship

5. 1 business plans are a waste of time

6. BUSINESS PLANS ARE NOT: MAGICAL STEP BY STEP MANUALS THE

   TRUTH. GO OUT AND V ALIDATE

7. STOP WRITING MAKE THINGS HAPPEN &

8. BUSINESS PLANS ARE: A GOOD EXERCISE A GOOD TIME-MACHINE A

   GOOD STARTING POINT

9. HOWEVER, KEEP IT CONCISE (-20 PAGES) don’t spend TOO MUCH

   TIME DOING IT FOCUS ON YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY if you think you n d one... http://thenextwomen.com/2010/08/26/why-business-plans-are-not-as-important-as-you-think

10. 2 ideas are worthless

11. HOW DIDN’T I COME UP WITH THAT IDEA!?

12. None

13. http://gigaom.com/2010/03/05/burbn-funded-for-html-5-version-of-foursquare/

14. IDEAS are worthless

15. YOU are Not a genius

16. SUCCESS COMES FROM: HARD WORK TAKING RISKS CREATING V ALUE

    not from idea !

17. GET OUT OF THE BUILDING! LISTEN TO FEEDBACK V ALIDATE

    PIVOT

18. stop trying to patent everything!

19. NOBODY’S GOING TO STEAL YOUR IDEA “If you were the

    inventors of facebook, you would have invented Facebook”

20. ... AND EVEN IF SOMEONE STEALS YOUR IDEA Nobody will

    teal your: passion vision expertise talent insights contacts team knowledge LOVE http://jasonlbaptiste.com/startups/they-will-steal-your-idea-they-cannot-steal-what-really-matters/ http://thenextwomen.com/2010/08/26/why-business-plans-are-not-as-important-as-you-think

21. 3 don’t do it for the money

22. LOVE IT HATE IT or

23. HAVING A STARTUP MEANS: YOU WILL NOT SLEEP PROPERLY YOU

    WILL NOT EAT PROPERLY YOU WILL FAIL YOU WILL NOT SEE YOUR LOVED ONES YOU WILL NOT GO OUT EVERY FRIDAY YOU WILL BE MISERABLE

24. SO, if you are not sure...

25. don’t do a fucking YOU STARTUP STARTUP STARTUP

26. HOWEVER, BUILD A GREAT TEAM FOCUS ON THE PROBLEM, NOT

    THE SOLUTION be ready to fail if you sti think you want t have a startu : and...

27. HAVING A STARTUP MEANS: YOU WILL LEARN EVERYDAY YOU WILL

    MEET new friends YOU WILL GO TO PLACES YOU NEVER IMAGINED YOU WILL make things happen you will make people happy YOU MIGHT EVEN CHANGE THE WORLD! als

28. HAVE FUN! it’ an adventure!

29. 3 lessons I have learned about entrepreneurship

30. links: Wayra Invest ex Mexican.vc Bandtastic

31. THANKS! @lulomx h ://lul .mx lulomx@gmail.com