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Messenger: Kevin O’Connor, Co-Founder of FindTheBest, former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), Co-Founder ICC (sold...

Interview: Kevin O’Connor of FindTheBest

Messenger: Kevin O’Connor, Co-Founder of FindTheBest, former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), Co-Founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). Value Prop Twitter Style: FindTheBest is: “An objective, socially curated comparison engine that allows you to find a topic, compare your options and decide what's best for you.”
As discussed in Nature Or Nurture, I believe that entrepreneurs are born rather than created by their environment. However, one’s environment clearly has an impact...

Do Not Seek Your Fortune, Create It: How The Three Little Pigs, Illiterate Miners and Pink Floyd Guided One Entrepreneur’s Journey

As discussed in Nature Or Nurture, I believe that entrepreneurs are born rather than created by their environment. However, one’s environment clearly has an impact on a person’s ultimate career path. In looking back on my childhood, three unlikely environmental influences nudged me in the direction of entrepreneurship.    

Optimistically Pessimistic: Entrepreneurs Fear Near-term Failure Yet Are Assured Of Their Long-term Success

A friend once told me about a soccer game in which the opposing team deployed a frustratingly effective strategy. Every time they scored, their Captain ran around the field yelling, “tied score, tied score!” He continued to do this, despite the fact that they were beating my friend’s team by several goals. The Captain’s message was clear, “Ignore the score and play as if we are tied. If we sustain the intensity of a tied game, we are assured victory.” Entrepreneurs should maintain a like level of enthusiasm when operating their adVentures. If you always execute as if the score were tied, irrespective of the actual numbers your adVenture is putting on the scoreboard, your chances of success will be greatly enhanced.
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