So you want to be an Entrepreneur Blog » Next steps (after the book) 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 The incredible value of "Mentors" http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-incredible-value-of-mentors/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-incredible-value-of-mentors/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:55:24 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-incredible-value-of-mentors/ I learned much too late about the value of mentors and seeking them out.

If I had realized this value and had the benefit of a mentor in my early entrepreneurial life I am sure I would have avoided…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/the-incredible-value-of-mentors/feed/ 0 Fu**-off Money…makes you think http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/fu-off-moneymakes-you-think/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/fu-off-moneymakes-you-think/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:26:23 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/fu-off-moneymakes-you-think/ I saw an interesting post by a bunch of hackers discussing what it would take to get out of the game or fu**-off out of it as they put it. (http://www.danielharan.com/2008/09/04/vc-part-2-fuck-off-money/)

Which startup odds do you

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“Start with the exit and work backwards” is a direct quote from one of my most respected and successful entrepreneurial friends – he has made over $100M personally.

Frankly…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/start-with-the-exit-and-work-backwards/feed/ 1 Getting off the corporate ‘hamster wheel’ (Part one) http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/getting-off-the-corporate-hamster-wheel-part-one/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/getting-off-the-corporate-hamster-wheel-part-one/#comments Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:27:43 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://98.130.107.31/?p=78 red pill1 Getting off the corporate ‘hamster wheel’ (Part one)blue pill1 Getting off the corporate ‘hamster wheel’ (Part one)Many years ago I woke up from a long sleep just like in the matrix (one of my favourite movies). I was curious, inquisitive and wanted to try something new.

I was like most corporate executives at the time,…

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]]> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/getting-off-the-corporate-hamster-wheel-part-one/feed/ 0 Hatching a new idea is only the beginning… http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/hatching-a-new-idea-is-only-the-beginning/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/hatching-a-new-idea-is-only-the-beginning/#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:00:40 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://98.130.107.31/?p=36 From a great quote in Forbes Magazine 75 years ago – just as true today!

This has to be the NO. 1 MANTRA FOR ALL SERIOUS ENTREPRENUERS – Take very good note!

Mother of invention:

"Hatching an idea is…

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