5 Lessons For Entrepreneurs
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You learn some pretty hard lessons in 20 years of entrepreneurship. Hopefully, you can avoid some of my mistakes by reading this presentation.
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5 Lessons For Entrepreneurs
- 1. LESSONS LEARNEDIN 20 YEARS AS AN ENTREPRENEUR 5IAN LURIE CEO, PORTENT @PORTENTINT
- 2. WHO IS THIS GUY? @PORTENTINT CEO, FOUNDER, PORTENT, INC. WWW.PORTENT.COM
- 3. SINCE 1995
- 4. SINCE. 1995.
- 5. IāVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT (AND IāVE HAD MY MOMENTS)
- 6. SOME STUFF IS FINALLY SINKING IN guess i shouldn't have done that
- 7. MY 5 LESSONSjust mine. your results may vary.
- 8. ENTREPRENEURS these lessons are for you donāt have to be one
- 9. BELIEVE IT 1ITāS WHAT GUIDES YOUR WORK
- 10. ITāS PERSONALdonāt let anyone tell you diļ¬erent
- 11. LIVE ITin the way you work
- 12. KNOW WHYyouāre doing this
- 13. LOVE ITenough to learn it
- 14. LOVE ITenough to teach it
- 15. THE CUSTOMER IS NOT ALWAYS RIGHT
- 16. WHEN YOUR GUT SPEAKS LISTEN
- 17. BALANCE 2LIFE, WORK AND HEALTH
- 18. YOU CAN WORKany 100 hours/week you want
- 19. YOUR FAMILYmust support what youāre doing
- 20. YOU STILLhave to clean the toilet now and then
- 21. YOUR 1ST DUTYis to remain standing
- 22. YOUāRE NOT CAPTAIN AMERICA YOUāRE A GRUNT
- 23. TREAT YOURSELFyou deserve it
- 24. YOU DONāT HAVE A.D.D. youāre just disorganized
- 25. BECOME A MASTER TIME MANAGER itās your most precious resource
- 27. YOU ARE TAKING RISKS NOT CRASHING CARS be smart
- 28. HIRE FOR INTELLIGENCE NOT SKILLS anything can be learned. if you can think.
- 29. HIRE FOR EQ NOT POLISH they can always wear a suit
- 30. TEACH THE SH#T OUT OF EVERYTHING
- 31. LEARN THE SH#T OUT OF EVERYTHING
- 32. WORK AT THE EDGES DELEGATE THE MIDDLE expertise leadershipexecution
- 33. DO THE MATHit doesnāt lie (but it may ļ¬b)
- 34. SET CLEAR, MEASURABLE GOALS for yourself and others
- 35. CHANGE IS GOODuntil itās not
- 36. DONāT WAIT FOR THE PERFECT TOOL forever is a long time
- 37. CASH FLOW IS KING you canāt breathe without air
- 38. TRUST 4BUILD IT. DEMAND IT.
- 39. INTEGRITY IS THE ACE itās not a renewable resource
- 40. DONāT FART IN PUBLIC people remember that
- 41. IF YOU CANāT TRUST THEM FIRE THEM employees or clients
- 42. SET CLEAR STANDARDS ābe greatā doesnāt do it
- 43. CRAZY ISNāT MOTIVATIONAL no one likes working for a nutjob
- 44. TAKE A TIME OUT before you explode
- 45. NICE IS NOT HELPFUL itās destructive
- 46. LEADERSHIP5IN ALL THINGS photo by richard masoner
- 47. LEAVE YOUR EGO AT THE DOOR itās distracting
- 48. LISTEN, THEN DECIDE please. preā«ļ¬ā¬ please.
- 49. YOU DO KNOW WHAT YOUāRE DOING even when you donāt
- 50. FOUNDERS MUST BUILD THE THING itās hard to run the business otherwise
- 51. CEOs MUST KNOW THE WORK otherwise they make bad decisions
- 52. REVEAL TO DISCOMFORT it beats hiding
- 53. THINGS GO WRONG itās how you react that counts
- 54. NEVER EVER EVER EVER stop learning in public
- 55. THE PEOPLE who taught me
- 56. BEN HOROWITZ THE HARD THING ABOUT HARD THINGS
- 57. PATRICK LENCIONI EVERYTHING HEāS WRITTEN
- 60. DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN TEAM OF RIVALS
- 61. STEVEN JOHNSON THE GHOST MAP
- 62. ALL OF HISTORY great leaders are great teachers
- 63. MY WHOLE FAMILY through patience & occasional lack thereof
- 64. EVERYONE IāVE WORKED WITH with judicious eye-rolling & support
- 65. MIND YOUR PARTNERS and yourself
- 66. LOVE WHAT YOU DO to your core, without question
- 67. DO IT WELL and beā«ļ¬ā¬er every day
- 68. STAY HUMBLE enough to learn
- 69. STAY ARROGANT enough to lead
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