So you want to be an Entrepreneur Blog » Failure http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog How to decide if starting a business is really for you Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:39:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Great videos on "failing" from my friends at Stanford http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/great-videos-on-failing-from-my-friends-at-stanford/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/great-videos-on-failing-from-my-friends-at-stanford/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:47:18 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/great-videos-on-failing-from-my-friends-at-stanford/ Stanford have an amazing program every year for their students called e-week (entrepreneur) and have created some excellent resources.

One of these is a range of great videos you can find on their web site for…

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I…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-opposite-of-persistence-the-no1-trait-of-successful-entrepreneurs/feed/ 2 The Top 10 mistakes Entrepreneurs can make http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-top-10-mistakes-entrepreneurs-can-make/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-top-10-mistakes-entrepreneurs-can-make/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:00:13 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-top-10-mistakes-entrepreneurs-can-make/ 1. Getting wedded to an idea and sticking with it too long.

Don’t marry a single idea. Remember, ideas are the currency of entrepreneurs. Play with many ideas and see which ones bring money and success.

2. Trying to…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-top-10-mistakes-entrepreneurs-can-make/feed/ 0 The key to entrepreneurial success is failure http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-key-to-entrepreneurial-success-is-failure/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-key-to-entrepreneurial-success-is-failure/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:29:58 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://98.130.107.31/?p=76 succees failure The key to entrepreneurial success is failureAs you may be able to tell from the top of this blog I am a fan of Winston Churchill. He is a man who illustrates the need for perseverance more than any other and look what he achieved…

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