24 Steps to a Successful Startup

This past week, a friend sent me a link to a video talking about how Roger Federer sleeps 12 hours per day. Turns out he is not the only athlete at all who does this. Lebron James, Usain Bolt, Steve Nash, Venus William are in the same boat. I know some entrepreneurs would say that “sleep is for the weak”. 

Nov 22–23 @Oxford University

Oct 18–19, 2019 @Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Teaching entrepreneurship well is really hard. I know this because when I first started teaching, I did a terrible job. As a former professional basketball player and an experienced entrepreneur, I fell back on convenient sports analogies: Work hard, be smart, stay up later, get up earlier. Be prepared.

Oct 10–11, 2019 @Inverness, Scotland

Oct 5, 2019 @Dublin, Ireland

Oct 4, 2019 @Belfast, Ireland

Oct 3, 2019 @Newport, Wales

Can entrepreneurship be taught? This question stirs quite the debate. Some will say entrepreneurs are born, not made. If I’m honest, I used to fall into this category. I believed entrepreneurship was all about hustle, tenacity and the relentless pursuit of your vision in the face and adversity and doubters...

As I run workshops for entrepreneurs, a key part of our training is that they have to focus. Entrepreneurs have to select a beachhead market and then actively deselect other markets. It is very common that students have resistance to this step from mild to actively and emotionally rejecting this concept as wrong.