15 Years Later: Lessons Learned In Building an Entrepreneur Ecosystem

Brian shares 7 lessons learned over the course of 15 years building the Kentucky entrepreneurial community, as well as 5 misconceptions.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:38 Lesson 1: Define Your Values & Let Them Guide Your Every Move
02:06 Lesson 2: Don’t Recreate What’s Already Been Proven To Work
02:56 Lesson 3: Play The Long Game
04:35 Lesson 4: Find The Right Partners
05:25 Lesson 5: Build For The Market You Want to Serve
07:10 Lesson 6: Stick To Your Values: Game Will Recognize Game
08:02 Lesson 7: Be Entrepreneur- First
08:26 Misconception 1: Our Community Needs More Venture Capital
08:44 Misconception 2: We Need A Centralized Community: Everything Needs To Be Organized
08:59 Misconception 3: We Need A Hierarchy
09:14 Misconception 4: I Should Wait Until It’s Perfect Before I Try It
09:47 Misconception 5: We Need To Be Like Silicon Valley
10:17 Outro

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