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The mistake most people lecturing about entrepreneurship make is to talk about the mechanics of starting a company. And in fact a big mistake inexperienced fou
by pg 17y ago
The mistake most people lecturing about entrepreneurship make is to talk about the mechanics of starting a company. And in fact a big mistake inexperienced founders make is to focus too much on the mechanics of it.
In practice the most important questions are things like how to maintain morale, how to find and get along with cofounders, how to push investors' buttons, and so on.
- bored 17y agoAnd make sure to demphasize the importance of the "idea." Sure it's important, but not nearly as much as newbie entrepreneurs think.
- pg 17y agoOr more precisely, the initial idea is usually not that important, because it's usually wrong. It's best to see an initial idea as a question rather than an answer.
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