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Build Entrepreneur Credentials Early and Wisely

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Most schools have business plan competitions, and even give out seed money to winners. But these won’t help you much finding investors, key executive hires, and pitfalls to avoid in the real world. Once you graduate, you can’t take that course you need, and even the advisors are gone. Business networking is key.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

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Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. You hire them, you own them now. Hire fast, fire faster. Many times it’s less. So at any given point you are likely operating with a maximum of 9 month’s cash. Center seat.

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