Phil Dunn
Phil helps companies companies generate leads and build business.
Help. The Pipeline 18: Gary Vaynerchuk. What drives great entrepreneurs. If any of you read one of my blog posts entitled “Six Things VCs look for in an Investment,” you may remember that the first entry on the list is “An Extraordinary Entrepreneur with Unique Insight.”
I recently watched an outstanding presentation called “How great leaders inspire action” by Simon Sinek (embedded at the bottom of this post). It inspired me to write about my own experiences as an entrepreneur that relate to his message: I meet with a lot of would-be entrepreneurs and executives that are looking to get into the world of startups. During those meetings I can often detect which people are truly cut out for this world, and those that are really looking to get in with the hopes of making some fast money. For the latter, I always tell a story about a life changing event that happened to me: