Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Leap before you look

I just interviewed Jeremy Hanks, President, Chairman, and Co-founder of DOBA, an online inventory sourcing company. I discussed with him about being an entrepreneur and the hardships of it.
The advice he gave to entrepreneurs was this:
"Go out and do it and do it now. There are two schools of though. The first one is that you graduate, get some work experience, and then be an entrepreneur. The other is that you're young and you have less to lose. That's the school of thought I subscribe to. Risks go up as you add complexities to your life."
He lectures in various forums and one of his themes is "Leap before you look." Many people have ideas but they never get them off the ground.
I just thought you might all find that interesting, seeing as how some of us are entrepreneurs and trying to make a name for ourselves as well as some Top Ramen for our bellies.