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Persistence and The Notion of the Big Idea

By Trip Hawkins - Stanford
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Lecture Description

Trip Hawkins, chairman and CEO of Digital Chocolate, believes that persistence is a very important quality in entrepreneurs. It helps to overcome road-blocks and stick to one's beliefs no matter what others say, he adds. He talks about the notion of the big idea - doing something different than what everybody else is doing or something that nobody has thought of.

Course Index

  1. Persistence and The Notion of the Big Idea
  2. Real-world Learning
  3. Challenges for an Entrepreneur
  4. Learning from Mistakes