A startup can fail but not an entrepreneur
Jason Kraus
Enabling startup breakthroughs through Prepare 4 VC | Investor in 20+ ventures through EQx Fund & Equity Venture Partners | Author of Venture Forward: Lessons from Leaders
A startup can fail, but not an entrepreneur. The entrepreneur gains new experiences for their next startup.
I posted this on twitter about a week ago and received positive responses. I wanted to share the story behind this post and my own personal experiences with entrepreneurship, the lessons I've learned. Prepare 4 VC is the second company I started after a failed attempt at an app-related business called Night Owl. I will walk you through the story of Night Owl and how the experiences with that company have enabled me to create a success business with Prepare 4 VC.
The start of Night Owl
It all started one cold winter night my senior year of college at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY (up in that cold section of New York referred to as "Upstate"). My roommates and I had been drinking in our apartment and were debating whether or not we wanted to walk downtown to the bars. It was freezing outside and snowing, so we decided that we only wanted to make the trek if we knew that enough of our friends would be there to make it worth our while. If only there was an app for that...Read More