Navigating The Emotional Journey Of Entrepreneurship With Lucas Carlson
In this episode of the podcast, Lucas Carlson talks all about navigating the emotional journey of entrepreneurship and building a business as a tool for personal growth. Lessons in creativity learned from the world of computer programming
In this episode of the podcast, Lucas Carlson talks all about navigating the emotional journey of entrepreneurship and building a business as a tool for personal growth.
- Lessons in creativity learned from the world of computer programming
- The ins and outs of raising venture capital for a startup
- Living on the fringe of bankruptcy
- Overcoming fear ad learning to take the leap to do something
- Learning to deal with the voices of criticism, self doubt and fear
- How to keep going when you’re not seeing external results
- Balancing the tension of knowing when to persist and when to give up
- Putting enough of yourself into an idea to give it a chance
- Learning to put stop losses on your entrepreneurial ideas
- Separating your identity from the performance of your business
- Learning to set expectations for yourself that don’t create stress
- Why external wealth can serve as a metphor for internal wealth
- The importance being open and honest in relationships
Resources:
Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham
The Narrow Road by Felix Dennis
Luscas Calrlson is an entrepneneur who started AppFog, in 2010, raised almost $10M in venture capital, and was acquired in 2013. Before that, he was the first employee and head of engineering for 5 years at MOG (now Beats Music acquired by Apple).. He’s also the author of Finding Success in Failure: True Confessions from 10 Years of Startup Mistakes
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