Think with Leonard Schlesinger

10 Inspirational Moments from Len Schlesinger

1.  Entrepreneurship is a life skill and its teachable. The only way to excel at it is to practice. Tweet this

2.  If you don't take action, you'll never create the evidence that figures out what's next. Tweet this

3.  Embrace the mantra – I think, therefore, I test.  Tweet this

4. Entrepreneurship is always a group initiative – you can't do it alone.  Tweet this

5.  Focus on small wins – figure out an inexpensive way to test your idea and only focus on learning what to do next. Tweet this

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6.  Reframe your notion of failure – when things don't work, you've  learned something new.  Either pivot or iterate.

7.  The essence of entrepreneurship is driven by productive stupidity – the willingness to acknowledge what you don't know.

8.  If you can't predict the future – and increasingly you can't – take a small step as quickly as you can to control it.

9.  Don't obsess about the analytics – there's almost a 100% likelihood that your original business plan will miss the mark. 

10.  You don't need a big idea to start a business, most successful business emerge from existing ideas executed better.

Core Insight:   In extreme uncertainty, embrace to the mystery of the unknown.

Best Advice:  Desire is the drive of all creative and entrepreneurial endeavor.

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