What is some good
advice for first-time entrepreneurs, and which advice is better to ignore?
The
best thing I did for my entrepreneurial career was join a startup for a few
months. This had several benefits, which is why I’d recommend it for any
first-time entrepreneur:
1. You get
to taste the challenges of starting a company first-hand, and see up close the
mistakes someone else makes before you make them yourself. (In my first book Smartcuts, I wrote
about how surgeons who see other surgeons screw up learn more from it than when
they screw up themselves.)
2. You get
to work on things that are way above the level you would if you were at a
bigger company, which means you stretch yourself and also learn your
limitations. This is extremely helpful for when you start your own thing.
3. You
figure out really quickly whether this is for you. You’ll either catch the
bug—and decide that you need to do this yourself in an area that you are SUPER
passionate about—or you’ll realize that you’d rather not go through the startup
minefield yourself.
Besides
that, I would say go after things you really care about. Your story of why you
care about what you’re working on is the most powerful tool for recruiting, for
winning over investors’ and customers’ hearts—especially in the early days when
your business is immature and competing is extra hard.
Shane Snow,
Founder of Contently and Author of Dream Teams
FROM QUORA
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