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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. Entrepreneurs are inherently risk takers.

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To Follow On or Not to Follow On

This is going to be BIG.

I know, because those people all used to pitch me as an institutional LP back in the day. Your time as an entrepreneur is probably best spent elsewhere as well--and that's the most valuable investment of all. I think the "near miss" scenario is totally overhyped.