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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

Having street smarts with no inspirational ability to build teams can yield a great small business but will be difficult to scale into a large VC-backed business. They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. He wanted to raise angel money. Few people have it.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

[link] tenthings most business-grads are too arrogant to realize that they are selling technology, not hot air, so they need a tech team to build upon, not a product. Kellie This couldn’t have come at a better time… I’m about to step into that small business selfemployment arena. This happens a lot.