147: Building people that build startups - David Brown, CEO Techstars
Growth Mindset Podcast
English - November 17, 2020 18:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MB - ★★★★ - 150 ratingsPhilosophy Society & Culture Business sam harris growth mindset psychology self-help business entrepreneurship achievement success happiness mindsets Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
David Brown
David is a serial entrepreneur who has founded three startups and been involved with two others. David is one of the original founders of Pinpoint Technologies, Inc. which is now part of ZOLL Medical Corporation and provides solutions to the emergency medical servicesmarket.
David later co-founded Techstars along with David Cohen, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. He has been an investor and advisor to Techstars since inception. In 2013, he joined Techstars in a more active role as President.
Connect with David on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dbrown/)
Twitter (https://twitter.com/dbrown)
No Vision All Drive with David Brown (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/no-vision-all-drive-david-brown/1134407791?ean=9781119632801)
Top Tip
Failure is the best teacher
The quickest road to success is to possess an attitude towards failure. In order to grow, you need failure. Understand and accept failure as a part of life.
We often experience that learning is more effective in failure than in success because failure teaches us what works and what does not. When we embrace our strengths or limitations – we become better.
People are often so afraid they’ll fail at something that they don’t try. Don’t be one of those people. Everyone has failed at something in his or her life, but not everyone tries again and again.
World hard every day to reach your goals and you will. Keep going and you will find success.
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David Brown
David is a serial entrepreneur who has founded three startups and been involved with two others. David is one of the original founders of Pinpoint Technologies, Inc. which is now part of ZOLL Medical Corporation and provides solutions to the emergency medical servicesmarket.
David later co-founded Techstars along with David Cohen, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. He has been an investor and advisor to Techstars since inception. In 2013, he joined Techstars in a more active role as President.
Connect with David on LinkedIn
Twitter
No Vision All Drive with David Brown
Top Tip
Failure is the best teacher
The quickest road to success is to possess an attitude towards failure. In order to grow, you need failure. Understand and accept failure as a part of life.
We often experience that learning is more effective in failure than in success because failure teaches us what works and what does not. When we embrace our strengths or limitations – we become better.
People are often so afraid they’ll fail at something that they don’t try. Don’t be one of those people. Everyone has failed at something in his or her life, but not everyone tries again and again.
World hard every day to reach your goals and you will. Keep going and you will find success.
Subscribe!
If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends!
Special Guest: David Brown.
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