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The Career Path to Becoming a Venture Capitalist or an Entrepreneur

By Guy Kawasaki - Stanford
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Lecture Description

Kawasaki believes there are some lessons one should learn before becoming a venture capitalist or entrepreneur. One thing to avoid is the "Morgan Stanley disease." Investment banking isn't the best way to learn those important lessons -- instead join the sales team of a large company and learn from the bottom up.

Course Index

  1. Make Meaning in Your Company
  2. Don't Write a Mission Statement, Write a Mantra
  3. Get Up and Get Going!
  4. The New Business Model
  5. Weave a MAT and Outline Your Priorities
  6. Know Thyself and Niche Thyself
  7. Make a Great Pitch
  8. Who to Hire
  9. Lower the Barriers to Adoption
  10. Seed the Clouds and Watch the Sales Grow
  11. Be a Mensch
  12. Funding Choices
  13. How Do You Find Evangelists?
  14. How Do You Find Soul Mates?
  15. The Career Path to Becoming a Venture Capitalist or an Entrepreneur
  16. Experience Is Overrated