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This is great, however I don't believe it will make you a better entrepreneur. To me at least the only thing I ever learned from was doing it and make my own e

This is great, however I don't believe it will make you a better entrepreneur. To me at least the only thing I ever learned from was doing it and make my own experience which often would if not contradict what I read about then at least illustrate that nothing beats doing.

kintamanimatt 10y ago
I guess the idea isn't to teach people how to be an awesome entrepreneur, but to point them in a good direction so they can earn the experience they need to be an awesome entrepreneur.
- mikekchar 10y ago
  A friend of mine once said, "There are things in life that you can only learn through experience. There are also things that you should never learn through experience -- like how to pack a parachute. Knowing the difference between the two is key".
- ThomPete 10y ago
  I don't disagree. I just don't think statistically, it has any significant impact on whether you become successful or not. But sure it might save you from some beginner mistakes.
- greenhatman 10y ago
  Yea, I see it more as inspiration or a catalyst.
saycheese 10y ago
There's a balance to be had between theory & practice, exclusive doing one or the other will likely produce suboptimal results. Ideally, you'd focus on execution and dynamically get intuitive meaningful feedback as you went.
- ThomPete 10y ago
  Each to their own of course and I have no scientific evidence to back this up but my guess is that only a fraction who ever become successful entrepreneurs take courses in entrepreneurism. The rest see an opportunity and hire the financial, legal and technical and other advice they need.
  - saycheese 10y ago
    Real value of the course is the opportunity to get one-on-one sessions with experienced mentors; my guess is that the majority of successful founders have received advice that was crucial to their success.
    - ThomPete 10y ago
      The value of that meeting is network not mentoring IMO. Building a company is mostly a freeform exercise, where the elements which become part of your success are really subtle. IMO what you will find the most is that luck has a proportionally large part to do with your success.
sandslash 10y ago
Absolutely agree with you here. Our aim here is not to make people better entrepreneurs, but rather to share our experiences and learnings in hopes of guiding entrepreneurs on their way to building their company. Like previous commenters have mentioned, much of the advice/content is bound to be readily available online, and nothing replaces firsthand experience. However, we believe that in this environment, founders will be able to glean some new insight through advisory sessions and group office hours.
- ThomPete 10y ago
  And I will be watching it :) I just I am just in general of the believe that other peoples experience as entrepreneurs are mostly fascinating tales from those who ventured rather than useful information, it's just too complex and fast moving for it to be educational (unless your like to study entrepreneurial history :) )
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kintamanimatt 10y ago

I guess the idea isn't to teach people how to be an awesome entrepreneur, but to point them in a good direction so they can earn the experience they need to be an awesome entrepreneur.

mikekchar 10y ago
A friend of mine once said, "There are things in life that you can only learn through experience. There are also things that you should never learn through experience -- like how to pack a parachute. Knowing the difference between the two is key".
ThomPete 10y ago
I don't disagree. I just don't think statistically, it has any significant impact on whether you become successful or not. But sure it might save you from some beginner mistakes.
greenhatman 10y ago
Yea, I see it more as inspiration or a catalyst.

saycheese 10y ago

There's a balance to be had between theory & practice, exclusive doing one or the other will likely produce suboptimal results. Ideally, you'd focus on execution and dynamically get intuitive meaningful feedback as you went.

ThomPete 10y ago
Each to their own of course and I have no scientific evidence to back this up but my guess is that only a fraction who ever become successful entrepreneurs take courses in entrepreneurism. The rest see an opportunity and hire the financial, legal and technical and other advice they need.
- saycheese 10y ago
  Real value of the course is the opportunity to get one-on-one sessions with experienced mentors; my guess is that the majority of successful founders have received advice that was crucial to their success.
  - ThomPete 10y ago
    The value of that meeting is network not mentoring IMO. Building a company is mostly a freeform exercise, where the elements which become part of your success are really subtle. IMO what you will find the most is that luck has a proportionally large part to do with your success.

sandslash 10y ago

Absolutely agree with you here. Our aim here is not to make people better entrepreneurs, but rather to share our experiences and learnings in hopes of guiding entrepreneurs on their way to building their company. Like previous commenters have mentioned, much of the advice/content is bound to be readily available online, and nothing replaces firsthand experience. However, we believe that in this environment, founders will be able to glean some new insight through advisory sessions and group office hours.

ThomPete 10y ago
And I will be watching it :) I just I am just in general of the believe that other peoples experience as entrepreneurs are mostly fascinating tales from those who ventured rather than useful information, it's just too complex and fast moving for it to be educational (unless your like to study entrepreneurial history :) )

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