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Entrepreneur Lessons

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September 13, 2012
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Entrepreneur Lessons

A few lessons from experience as an entrepreneur and working with entrepreneurs.

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Tytus Michalski

September 13, 2012

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Transcript

  1. Entrepreneur Lessons [email protected]

  2. Known risks Corporate life

  3. Unknown risks Entrepreneur life

  4. The downside Corporate life

  5. The upside Entrepreneur life

  6. Don’t reinvent the wheel Lesson #10

  7. Every company is unique Lesson #9

  8. Press releases ≠ success Lesson #8

  9. Runway = flexibility Lesson #7

  10. Not all deals are worth taking Lesson #6

  11. Know your downside Lesson #5

  12. Product market fit Lesson #4

  13. Service providers: go for quality Lesson #3

  14. People, people and people Lesson #2

  15. Better lucky than smart Lesson #1

  16. “Well done is better than well said.” - Benjamin Franklin

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