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Startup Professionals Musings

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7 Lessons on Managing Risk From Olympic Champions

Startup Professionals Musings

Willingness to take a risk is the hallmark of a serious entrepreneur. That’s why one of the first questions that potential investors ask is “How much of your own money, and friends and family, have you put into the new business?” If you won’t risk yours, you won’t get investors to risk theirs. A while back I read the book “ When Turtles Fly ” by Nikki Stone, an Olympic champion, which explains this well.