“A lot of people want to be an entrepreneur, so it's important to know that there's a lot of ways to be an entrepreneur. One of the ways is to go about and start your own business. There are also ways that you can gain experience in the context of a larger business, like raising your hand to helm a new office. As you are gaining your skills to run your own business successfully, the first way is to think about how you can do so based on where you already are.” PeopleThinkingImportantRunningOfficeEntrepreneurOwn Business Author:Alexis Maybank
“Eventually that's where you want to be really scrappy as an entrepreneur when you're first getting your business up and running: hiring the right people, partnering the right way, getting feedback on what you're doing.” PeopleRunningEntrepreneurFeedbackHiring Author:Alexis Maybank
“As an entrepreneur you are often failing as much as you are succeeding. You are falling on your face as much as you are stepping up and moving forward. You need resilience to get up, re-gather, think of what you are going to do next, not letting that misstep pull you down. Next, you cannot be afraid of looking stupid or not being perfect. You have to be okay with sticking your neck out, being willing to fall down, and knowing that you are more measured over time about how you are getting back up.” ThinkingMovingFallPerfectFailingStupidSucceedOkayEntrepreneurResilienceMoving ForwardYour FaceFalling Down Author:Alexis Maybank
“As an individual, you know what you are good at and what you're not good at, so over time as you are hiring, you should be hiring for the skill requirements as the rule, but you should also be thinking, "What am I less good at?" and knowing you need to hire those people to create a stronger team. Different personalities are good at different things, but as a leader and and entrepreneur, it often has to start with you and building around your shortcomings.” PeopleThinkingDifferentIndividualLeaderTeamBuildingPersonalityStrongerEntrepreneurShortcomingsHiring Author:Alexis Maybank