Episode 40: The One About Entrepreneurship

Consultants Saying Things

The model entrepreneur gets up one morning with a great idea, quits their job and boldly strikes out on their own... single-handedly building a great company from nothing, attracting flocks of clients, finding happiness and peace of mind and easily striking it rich. Modern-day gold rush.

Except that's false. Like... totally false. All of it.

So many misconceptions of what entrepreneurship is about, especially among consultants who think that's a great exit strategy someday. I called up my long-time friend Adam Anderson for a chat.

Adam is the kind of cat who has started and run several of his own companies, gone from Founder to CEO a few times and helps others do the same, been entrepreneurship scholar-in-residence at two major Universities, sits on multiple startup boards, hangs out with Richard Branson and is currently trying to figure out how to make moonshine in space... among other things.

I gotta tell you, it was a fantastic conversation. I mean, this is just pure gold.

In this episode:

• What are the mistakes most consultants make when they decide to go the entrepreneur route?
• What's the reality of being the one-person show, of doing it all yourself?
• Is there an entrepreneur archetype?
• What is the role of innovation in entrepreneurship?
• What are the tools you need to have or acquire as you make the jump from full time job to going solo?
• Adam shares his journey from Employee to Consultant to Founder to CEO to CEO who helps CEO's navigate the same

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