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Entrepreneurs do it for money but we also do it for love.
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That means the quality and integrity of our partners and the love and respect that we have for each other are that much more important.
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We need to be prepared to build it from scratch and if we are lucky, eventually growing it to be a sustainable company.
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Therefore when we start a company, we need to be prepared to be in it for the long haul.
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I should know. I had lived through the ups and downs a few times as a struggling entrepreneur.
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No one can flip a company in a matter of months and even if our financial systems were to recover, those days would not return.
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Recommended Daily Reading: *** A Lot Can Happen In Five Years (by Fred Wilson) ***
http://www.startupforless.org/
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First-time entrepreneurs often choose between false choices, between audacity and practicality and between making meaning and making money.
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To succeed, we must figure out how to provide our constituents with what they need and what they want.
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But as the company grows and as more and more people are brought together, the only thing that everyone has in common would be money.
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Building a successful startup requires the perfect alignment of many people’s diverse interests and desires.
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So from the beginning, as an entrepreneur, we must focus entirely on making money ...
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... and when we are successful in making money, we will be making meaning as well.
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People are driven by many things: money, fame, power and destiny. An entrepreneur’s never ending job is to align moving vectors.
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So clearly helping others make meaning is an important part of our repertoire.
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Recommended Daily Reading: *** Five Startup Mistakes to Avoid (by Steve Strauss) ***
http://www.startupforless.org/
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Recommended Daily Reading: *** Be Thankful for Entrepreneurs in America (by Gary Reece) ***
http://www.startupforless.org/
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It is not true that we romanticize failure. Americana does not tolerate failure.
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Being a foreign-born naturalized American, I can say with evidence that America is unique in the World in how we deal with failure.
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It is the frontier spirit in us, that we are equal, that we live in a meritocracy, both in success and in failure.
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Indeed we have much to be thankful for.
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We just don’t overly penalize people who fail because we truly enjoy seeing the spectacle of fellow Americans rising from the ashes.
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My father has given me many advices, the best one turns out to be "don’t touch it, just let it heal."
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Move across the street, move across country. Give it time. Give it distance.
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Don't try to make it up to them and don't try to shift responsibility to make yourself feel less guilty or less embarrassed.
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Everything I need to know about bouncing back from a setback I learned from my dad who taught me how to ride a bicycle.
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Find new market opportunity. The old one is dead; no need to beat on the proverbial dead horse. It is time to move on.
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After you fail, be sure to stay away from your former colleagues and your former investors for as long as you can.
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Whatever you do, don’t make it worse. Go make new friends. Go find a new team and new investors.
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Recommended Daily Reading: *** Dealing with Post-Startup Depression (by Sean K. Murphy) ***
http://www.startupforless.org/
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