Entrepreneurship
Resources, thoughts, and ideas for when starting a company
Entrepreneurship
When coming to a fork in your life journey—any fork—ask yourself these two questions:
Can I tolerate the worst case scenario?
Will this be an interesting life experience?
from Paul Bascobert’s Kettering University 2023 commencement speech
The best legal department is satisfied customers
from The Knowledge Project podcast episode about Jim Clayton
All the time that you spend complaining about something comes at the expense of improving where you are
from The Knowledge Project podcast episode about Jim Clayton
Hire missionaries, not mercenaries:
Missionaries: people who work because they believe in what they do; eager to spread the ideas on their own accord
Mercenaries: people who work for the benefit of themselves; very transactional
idea from Robert Goddard, Jeff Bezos in Founders podcast episode #164
This is the work I’m doing and this is how you benefit from it
from Robert Goddard, Founders podcast episode #164
If I can't have any marketing and can only give the product to 1000 people, does the product speak for itself?
Kevin Kelly’s 1000 true fans
If a lot of people are doing something, pump the brakes and ask: should I be doing this too?
Who is this for?
Hire people who light up when talking about one of their interests