The Career Path to Becoming a Venture Capitalist or an Entrepreneur

Thursday, August 10, 2006 at 10:47am by David Askaripour in Video

Guy Kawasaki shares his thoughts:

“There are some lessons one should learn before becoming a venture capitalist or entrepreneur. One thing to avoid is Morgan Stanley disease. Investment banking isn’t the best way to learn those important lessons.”

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2 Comments

Brian Balfour

August 10th, 2006 at 4:41 pm

This is one of the best video clips I’ve seen from Guy. He hits the head on two huge issues:

Selling and Marketing your concept is the hardest part.

And you learn the most from failure.

Great find/post.

David Askaripour

August 10th, 2006 at 4:53 pm

Yeah, I absolutely love this video by Guy. It’s excellent advice and I really hope to be posting these clips on a regular basis. Glad you found it helpful!

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