Kawasaki on Why Your Startup is Dead if You Can’t Enchant

Re:Kawasaki on Why Your Startup is Dead if You Can’t Enchant by larrys on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @02:20PM (#6842433)

I agree with what you are saying 100%. Exactly what I have done in the past.

But I think that this might be harder for some people to do than others. That is to strike up a conversation with a complete stranger to gather intel. In a sense it's really social engineering. And it takes practice. Luckily there are plenty of places to stop into and to gain experience at no cost. No amount of reading (or Guy Kawasaki ismns) will get you to the same place.

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Re:Kawasaki on Why Your Startup is Dead if You Can’t Enchant by moron4hire on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @03:01PM (#6842765)

Years ago it would have been terrifying for me. I had to change.

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it." - Nelson Mandela

If a person doesn't think they can execute despite their fears, then being in business for themselves is not for them. Fear never goes away. At best it gets replaced by new fears.

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