I believe that mistakes and failures are essential to eventual success. I also believe that there are some lessons that can’t easily be taught, and need to be learned through experience. Having run my own business since college, I’ve encountered a wide variety of challenges, and have made my share of mistakes. I was also able to avoid certain pitfalls thanks to the valuable resources that can be…
5 Entrepreneurial Lessons from the Medical Field
by / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Health & Fitness• Startup Advice / October 12, 2013There’s usually a type of background that comes to mind when you picture an entrepreneur — one that involves an MBA or, at the very least, a few management classes. Well, my crash course in entrepreneurship stems far from the business school and instead is rooted in eight years working in nuclear medicine. I can see why my time in the radiology department at a hospital may seem…
The movie, “The Social Network” depicts the story of Mark Zuckerberg and the early days of Facebook. Although the movie may not be perfectly accurate from a historical perspective, it does offer a number of lessons that any young entrepreneur can learn from when launching a startup. Young CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg often operate with a trial and error mentality, which is an excellent startup strategy; however, the…
