{"id":1086,"date":"2013-03-03T10:08:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T15:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2013-03-20T22:27:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T03:27:35","slug":"bill-gross-on-denting-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/index.php\/bill-gross-on-denting-the-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gross: On Denting the Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill Gross is an entrepreneur. Not just any entrepreneur. He has been responsible for the startup of hundreds of companies… from Lotus, to “Knowledge Adventure<\/a>“, to the Idealab<\/a> incubator which spawned Google Picassa, PetSmart, amongst many, many others. Bill presented at TEDXYouth@CalTech<\/a>\u00a0in February 2013. His message was about denting the universe — Steve Jobs’ famous promise\/challenge.<\/p>\n

Bill suggests that there’s never been a better time to Dent the Universe. Now is the perfect storm of entrepreneurship. Bill’s biggest learnings:<\/p>\n

1. Test Test Test.<\/strong> (Fail early and often… the Lean Startup<\/a> principles.)<\/p>\n

2. Listen Listen Listen.<\/strong>\u00a0(Out-listen your competition. Easy to do and you can bet most your competitors aren’t doing it. See here<\/a> for more thoughts.)<\/p>\n

If you are an entrepreneur or you think that you’d like to be an entrepreneur, have a look at Bill’s 8-minute talk. It’s a good one.<\/p>\n