insights from inside the boarding school for the brightest young entrepreneurs - with tim draper
TRANSCRIPT
NOTE:The following represents ten highlights
from the interview by @MoeAbdou, founder & host of 33voices®.
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TIM DRAPER
Founder and a Managing Director of the global venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
His original suggestion to use “viral market-ing” in web-based e-mail to geometrically
spread an Internet product to its market has been adopted as a standard marketing tech-
nique by hundreds of businesses.
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An entrepreneur’s greatest strength is her ability to see the future and articulate it in a way that inspires advocates. ActLearnRepeat
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The most admired entrepreneurs are obsessed with the customer – and as such, every detail matters.
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We learn best when we do things. Make your journey an ongoing experiment.
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We do our best work in teams –create a team of 5 diverse individuals and watch your commitment and productivity soar.
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We can learn a lot from history,but the future is an entrepreneur’s
experiential school.
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Try things that have a high probability of failure,
and fail often.You’ll ultimately become immune to it.
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Try things that have a high probability of failure,
and fail often.You’ll ultimately become immune to it.
33voicesTim Draper - How to be immune to failure
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Your pitch to investors and customers
will stand out –only when it’s a reflection of your soul, not the product you’re creating.
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Want to master a complex subject?Arrange to teach it to others and gamify it.
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Your best hires are much more aligned with your visionthan they are with the challenges.
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Make becoming a better person your ultimate goal –because becoming a more successful entrepreneur
is a natural byproduct.
Really reflect...
Have you done something during the past 30 days that
really scared you?
Really reflect...
