Clifford: Founder skills are procedurally generated by doing, not taught
Matt Clifford · 20VC: Why More People Should Be Entrepreneurs & How Do You Know When You Are Ready with Matt Clifford @ Entrepreneur First · May 11, 2016 · at 8:20
Matt Clifford, co-founder and CEO of Entrepreneur First, discusses whether entrepreneurial skill is innate or teachable.
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“I mean, we, we've often talked at Entrepreneur First about your abilities as a founder are something that you discover by being a founder. I don't think they're either latent within you at birth and you know, you just, ah, you are or you're not, nor do I believe that you can sit down in the classroom and be taught it. What I would say is that how strong your entrepreneurial skills are, how kind of strong your abilities are as a founder is, is a kind of almost, I suppose in technical terms, it's procedurally generated. It happens as a result of the actions you take by being a founder.”
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