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- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would not outlaw or eliminate private health insurance. But if we do a good enough job, with a robust public option, there really should not be as much of a need for private insurance in the market.
- Causing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an entrepreneur trying to let the American people know that it's not immigrants that are causing economic problems, it is the fact that our economy is advancing in ways that is making human labor less and less essential.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason Donald Trump was elected was that we automated away four million manufacturing jobs in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. If you look at the voter data, it shows that the higher the level of concentration of manufacturing robots in a district, the more that district voted for Trump.
- Capitalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a capitalist, and I believe that universal basic income is necessary for capitalism to continue.
- Isolation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Overnight successes are generally years in the making. And most progress is made in isolation, far from the public eye.
- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
Income taxes are very poor at generating income from automation because the gains are realized by technology companies that are experts at not paying taxes.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most Americans agree that technology is going to eliminate many more jobs than it is going to create.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
The monetary market is going to value people's time less and less as time goes on, so you need another way to structure their day that rewards them.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is push my dog off of me. He likes to sleep on top of me. I think it's because I'm warm and breathing.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wear a suit most days, in part because it's suitable for any type of meeting and in part because it takes the thought out of it.
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I need a pick-me-up, I pull up a memo file on my phone and type in three things I'm grateful for. The things I've typed on other days are still there. It's a long list. Always helps.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, women are free to start any kind of company they want. But women sometimes identify different problems than men do and start different sorts of companies as a result.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need more women solving different problems, starting companies, and creating jobs to drive our economy and society forward.
- Cake
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my experience, entrepreneurship tends to be kind of cumulative, like a layer cake. Taking some time away can make it hard to rev up.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Building a successful business requires a combination of human capital, financial resources, market opportunity, persistence, community support, and even luck.
- Dozens
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have started or run several companies and spent time with dozens of entrepreneurs over the years. Virtually none of them, in my experience, made meaningful personnel or resource-allocation decisions based on incentives or policies.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best policymakers know that in start-ups, as in politics, not everything works out exactly as planned.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was first thinking about what would become Venture for America, I was trying to figure out how to solve a problem - that our top young people were being driven to roles that did not, to me, address the needs of our time. That VFA would be a non-profit just seemed like the most efficient way to solve the problem.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's easy to see how non-profits become engrossed in catering to donors, which may or may not be the best thing at all times, while if a company is ultra-engaged with its customers, it's universally positive and helpful.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in 2001, my first start-up was mentioned in the 'New York Times' and 'USA Today.' I figured that would drive thousands of visitors to the site and tons of new business. Instead, only a handful of people visited our site, and not much business came of it at all.
- Commercial Success
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- Nov 07, 2020
People love Twinkies, and everyone knows about them, yet Hostess went bankrupt. Attention and commercial success have an uncertain relationship in business.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
You will almost always leave a professional services environment with a few noteworthy friends and relationships. These contacts can prove to be extremely valuable both personally and professionally.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the start-up setting and in most companies, the output is action-oriented. You need to be getting things done and making decisions, often with limited information.
- Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
In some environments, roles shift and change each period depending on what the company's needs are. On the other hand, many functional roles can become very repetitive if you perform similar tasks over and over again.
- Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a company is growing, then people's roles often grow and change, and opportunities abound.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People generally think of technology simply as a spur to start new businesses. But the Internet has also made it possible for more businesses to compete for any given opportunity.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Venture for ,we've worked with hundreds of aspiring young entrepreneurs who want to build businesses and change things for the better.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
In most every business, you learn by doing. The apprenticeship model is much more effective than the classroom for cultivating entrepreneurs.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every entrepreneur doesn't need to be technical - there are plenty of opportunities out there for people who aren't coders.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we create enough new companies, there will be additional opportunities for people at every rung of the educational ladder.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many of the scrappy young people I meet who are the first in their family to go to college feel that they have to bring home a steady paycheck to make their family's sacrifices worthwhile.
- Image
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- Nov 07, 2020
The image of entrepreneurship as the province of the unprivileged and un-entitled - the Horatio Alger, rags to riches myth - flies in the face of reality.
- Figuring
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- Nov 07, 2020
The vast majority of small business owners want nothing to do with figuring out a website. They are neck-deep in their business trying to keep it going.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you go deep into a problem, you'll find most all of the time that there are yet more problems to be solved from the ground up.
- Needs
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- Nov 07, 2020
Technology can create needs even as it addresses them.
- Innovation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Venture for America operates in communities that could generally use more innovation: Detroit, New Orleans, Baltimore, and other U.S. cities. So I'm obviously a big believer in innovation and progress as key drivers of economic growth and prosperity.
- Coffee
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before Starbucks, there wasn't as much of a coffeehouse routine; we generally drank really cruddy diner coffee.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
One reason why entrepreneurs are admired is that they often take on a degree of risk in launching a new business.
- Nov 07, 2020
It might be a lot easier to take risks if you're part of a group who will look out for one another.
- Executing
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- Nov 07, 2020
A company can set off in one direction, figures out that it's not the right way to go, and then go in an entirely new direction. Over time, the product or service improves, and the company gets better at executing and delivering.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like most of the venture capitalists I know; they're smart, well-intended guys who genuinely enjoy helping entrepreneurs succeed. And I love venture capital and investment capital of all categories - its economic impact is proven. The more of it the better.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I meet young people all the time who say something like, 'I want to work in venture capital.' And I can see why. Who wouldn't want to be smart, well-paid, dispense large sums of money, and tell people what to do?
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problems that you see startups tackling are dramatically different in different cities. Silicon Valley is unlikely to produce the same set of companies as New York or Cleveland because the region has a different set of strengths and defining institutions.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need people building companies all over the country to innovate in aviation, consumer products, education, health, cybersecurity, biotech, manufacturing, and everything in between.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Asking the government to fix our economy is like asking an editor to fix a movie, but in this case, the editor's not even of one mind.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is, happily, a non-redistributive approach to address income inequality - one that doesn't rely upon government. It's to grow the pie. That is, create more decent jobs that pay more.
- Diminishes
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a new company is formed, it hires people and creates jobs in its community. As it grows, people's opportunities multiply and wages rise. Inequality diminishes as more people get pulled into good jobs.
- Conditioned
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're conditioned to let businesses fail, regardless of how much we like them. We believe that if the market doesn't want that bookstore to exist, then it shouldn't exist.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
What was a profitable business in one era can become a public utility and a recognized public good in the next.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent five years running Manhattan GMAT helping young people get into business school.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our young people desperately want the chance to participate in and lead our nation's economic and cultural revival. They're up for the challenges that they're going to inherit. It only remains for us to present the path to address them.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Professional services industries like finance, consulting, and legal services are, by definition, meta-industries. That is, they serve to help large companies raise money, buy and sell each other, reorganize, implement new systems, conduct complex transactions, and so forth.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of us, and particularly young people, have a tendency to view ourselves and our natures as static: you'll choose to do something for a few years, and you'll still be the same you.
- Drain
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- Nov 07, 2020
One could argue that our national university system has become a de facto talent drain for much of the country. Many states and communities send their top students away to great schools, never to hear from them again.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, I'd study for days trying to get good grades. When I'd get an 'A,' I'd feel elation for about 30 seconds, and then a feeling of emptiness.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
After graduating from Brown, I went to law school and became a corporate lawyer in New York City.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I probably looked pretty conventionally successful as a 24-year-old getting paid $125,000 a year, plus bonus, wearing suits, and living in a Manhattan apartment. But I hated my job, I didn't admire the people I was working with, and I felt that I was becoming a smaller, less imaginative, less risk-taking, less likable version of myself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Manhattan GMAT, I had done my best to create a positive work environment and culture, and I further believed in rewarding people financially at or above the market rate for a job well done.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Organizations relying upon young, idealistic, and mission-driven people to work at below-market compensation over the long-term will burn them out and find the best people leaving over time.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Non-profits should be looking to enlist and retain the best people to aggressively solve problems, not to perform adequately and persist. We should expect people to innovate and do the highest-quality work and then reward them accordingly.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best organizations are filled with people who have a wealth of choices as to what work they choose to do. We need to give them every reason possible to solve the world's problems.
- Graduates
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- Nov 07, 2020
If your son graduates from Harvard, people will regard him as smart and highly qualified for the rest his life and give him access to opportunities. He'll be able to get any job he wants.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Very few parents keep up with who the top professors are or whose classes their kids are taking, partially because most undergraduates interact more commonly with graduate students.
- Doubtless
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- Nov 07, 2020
Online education and technology are doubtless going to change how we learn in the years ahead. Remote learning is inexpensive and brings down the cost of near-universal access.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you join a growth organization, you'll likely do different things in different roles throughout your career. It's excellent to learn and build with others. You'll meet people you want to work with.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just about any growth company is going to need smart salespeople, account and project managers, business development, marketing, operations, customer service, content creation, communications, analytics, and social media.
- Direction
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, hardworking, academically gifted young people are kind of lazy when it comes to determining direction.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to get started as a young entrepreneur - often much harder than one would ever realize.
- Creativity
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a common and persistent belief out there that entrepreneurship is about creativity - that it's about having a great idea. But it's not, really. Entrepreneurship isn't about creativity. It's about organization-building - which, in turn, is about people.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sometimes compare starting a business to having a child. You have a moment of profound inspiration, followed by months of thankless hard work and waking up in the middle of the night.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my experience, fledgling entrepreneurs focus way too much on the money - you can get most things done and figure out a lot without spending much. That said, most businesses require money to launch and get off the ground.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finding initial funds is the primary barrier most entrepreneurs face. Many people don't have three or six months' worth of savings to free themselves up to do months of unpaid legwork.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Money often moves around like a high school kid with no personality - it goes with the crowd.
- Excluded
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up a skinny Asian kid who was often ignored or picked on. It stuck with me and branded my soul. As I grew up, I tried to stick up for whoever seemed excluded or marginalized.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always believed that talking about something is not the same as doing something about it.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Starting a company is rough. It's even harder when you're young - I know this firsthand, because my first company flopped when I was 25.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020