What word of advice would you give to someone who is thinking about starting a company? Is there a story that reminds you of challenges faced, obstacles overcome, or important lessons learned?
When we ask these questions of the Silicon Valley founders and builders we encounter at the 91自拍, their faces light up as they recall the early days of their startups or the long course of their careers. They are eager to share.
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贬耻尘产濒别听and听Bold? What do you do when you receive advice that seems to be contradictory?
In what situations, or in what stage of a startup, would each of these words of advice鈥斺�滺umble鈥� and 鈥淏old鈥濃�攂e useful to you as an entrepreneur?
Can you think of a time in your own experience when you received very different advice from separate people? What did you do? How did you decide whose advice to take?
Entrepreneurs, company builders, and ecosystem leaders tell the story behind their word of advice.
Successful women venture investors in the male-dominated tech industry in Silicon Valley share their “one word.”
Leaders from the Kansas City startup ecosystem and local entrepreneurs offer their advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.
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