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The Only Entrepreneurship Lesson You Need (with Do/Don’t Reading List)
13+ min · · When I was first getting into entrepreneurship, I asked Mark Cuban what he read or studied to learn how to start and build businesses. His… · Shared by 49, including Zachary Becker, David Nagel, Leslie D
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Permissionless Entrepreneurship
3 min · · I heard from a friend this week that their company was shutting down and, frankly, I was shocked. · Shared by 17, including Zachary Becker, Bryce Roberts
miter.mit.edu
The Unexotic Underclass | The MIT Entrepreneurship Review
· May 19, 2013 The startup scene today, and by ‘scene’ I’m sweeping a fairly catholic brush over a large swath of people – observers, critics, investors, entrepreneurs, ‘want’repreneurs, academics,… · Shared by 50, including Marc Eglon, Zachary Becker, Mark Kaigwa
The Economist
Psychology beats business training when it comes to entrepreneurship
3 min · · Among small-business owners in Togo, at least · Shared by 121, including Matthias Lampe, Martina Grolimund, blinch, John Hues, Sara Tian, Florian Hanke 🍎, Francis Wade at JumpLeap, Dez S. Papp, Mark Kaigwa, Zachary Becker, Thomas Power, Paul Sturrock, Nir Eyal, Mathias Böhm
Seth Godin
The four elements of entrepreneurship
5 min · · Are successful entrepreneurs made or born? We’d need to start with an understanding of what an entrepreneur is. They’re all over the map, which makes the question particularly difficult to navigate.… · Shared by 93, including Mark Kaigwa, Tom Connor, Zachary Becker
Inc.
The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship
10 min · · No one said building a company is easy. But it's time to be honest about how brutal it really is -- and the price so many founders secretly pay. · Shared by 449, including Rick King, LARRY ELKAN, Kris Fannin, Startupxplore, Stephanie A Kowalski, Florian Hanke 🍎, Liza Sperling, Christian Müller, Clemens M. Schuster, Patrick Scheuerer, Connecticut SEO, Lucas Foster, Thomas Power, Dewane Mutunga 🧠💰 | 📱 Text Me: 347-657-6682, Joel Klettke, Frank Stratmann, Marco Unternaehrer, Herbert Bay, Mark Kaigwa, Dominik Grolimund
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The importance of side projects
4 min · · This was first published on my mailing list The Looking Glass. Every week, I answer a reader’s question. · Shared by 447, including PotHix, Thomas Power, Kenneth Kalmer, Oliver Raduner, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Vincent Liu, Niklaus Gerber, Helmi, Jonathan Kogan, Pat Kua, ilaria defilippo, pizza.lottie 🍕, Florian Hanke 🍎, Nils Hitze, kp, Zachary Becker, Bram Kanstein, Dez S. Papp, Dominik Grolimund, Johannes Lenz
TNW
18 best places to promote your startup for virtually nothing
8 min · · When you have launched a startup or prototype, one of the most important strategies to prove is your business concept and gaining early user traction. If you’re like most startup founders, you don’t have much money, nor do you have enough money to hire a PR agency. However, to become a great entrepreneur means you […] · Shared by 609, including L. Taylor Banks, Shawn Venasse, Raul Tiru 🌎, Dominik Grolimund, designshard, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Elia Palme, Sara Usinger, Daniel Stefanovic, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, krisdahn.eth, Antonio Vieira Santos, Thomas Power, Courtney Bolton ★, Matthias Sala, Harsha Mv, Mathias Böhm, Brent Summers, Parin Vachhani, Lord Travis Wright
First Round
Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss
10 min · · Kim Scott cut her teeth as a manager at Apple and Google, and now helps create great leaders as an author and coach for companies like Twitter. Here's the secret that's made all the difference for her. · Shared by 938, including Sara Usinger, Ben Tossell, Chris Calo, Mark Kaigwa, Thomas Power, minh.eth, Ines Bieler, Kris Fannin, Greg Meyer, Pat Kua, Rand Fishkin, Katja Evertz, Ron McIntyre, Raphael Raue, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Tomasz Tunguz, David Luescher, David Cancel, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Ryan Boren
Tiago Forte
The 10 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurship
7 min · · 1. Entrepreneurship is hard because it requires someone with a strong command of reason, who is at the same time thoroughly unreasonable You have to be smart to be an entrepreneur, obviously. Moder… · Shared by 8, including Zachary Becker
Entrepreneur
5 Ways to Make Your Business More Sustainable
3 min · · Going forward, environmentally conscious practices will be entrepreneurship's hottest innovation. · Shared by 17, including Keith Keller, Ron McIntyre, Real Marsha Wright®, Zachary Becker
Sam Altman
Startup Playbook
Summary · 20+ min · · Written by Sam Altman · Illustrated by Gregory Koberger · Spanish translationWe spend a lot of time advising startups. Though one-on-one advice will always be crucial, we thought it might help us… · Shared by 1873, including Sergio Caredda, Lord Travis Wright, Mark Kaigwa, Chris Messina, Herbert Bay, Mark Bao, Moritz Meenen, Zee, Raul Tiru 🌎, Courtney Bolton ★, Sunnie J. Groeneveld, Philip Junker, designshard, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, L. Taylor Banks, AdrianLocher, John Battelle, David Smooke, Jeff Chang, Nir Eyal
GV
The Design Sprint — Google Ventures
5 min · · The sprint is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers. · Shared by 1166, including Mark Kaigwa, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Moritz Meenen, Thomas Power, Courtney Bolton ★, Greg Meyer, Tom Bruehwiler, David Luescher, Chris Messina, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Zain Fathoni, Damian Madray, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, ThomNagy, Katja Evertz, Alex Barrera, Dominik Grolimund, Kunal Bhatia (✈️ SF), John Zeratsky, Marko Saric
Insider Business
THE ENTREPRENEUR'S TOOL KIT: The best apps, services, and documents all first-time founders need to start a business
1 min · · Launching a business is full of surprising challenges, so check out BI's exclusive resources and guides for first-time founders — no MBA required. · Shared by 25, including Zachary Becker