entrepreneurship
11 statements across 10 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Oct 2, 2017 by Gary Hirshberg · across every show →
Everything said about entrepreneurship, oldest first
Oct 2, 2017 positive
Hirshberg: Hampshire College is the best training for entrepreneurs
“It turns out that it was probably the best training for an entrepreneur that there is, because this is a school- That has no credits, no requirements, no grades. You only pass, matriculate through by contracting and making progress with individual professors w…”
Dec 13, 2018 positive
Stanford's stereotypical founder culture deterred Katrina Lake from pursuing entrepreneurship
“The people who are the entrepreneur types at Stanford were very different than kind of how I saw myself, and so it took a really long time, I think, for me to realize that entrepreneurship would be a good path And I think there's a lot of other people out ther…”
Aug 5, 2019
Jun 18, 2020 negative
Aug 26, 2021 neutral
Robinson: Marginalized entrepreneurship often requires rebuilding institutions that excluded them
“You know, there's kind of like this sort of two types of entrepreneurship that, I kind of see in the black community that entrepreneurship of trying to build something that, you know, adds a new service, adds a new resource. And then the thing for oppressed pe…”
Nov 8, 2021 positive
May 26, 2022
May 26, 2022
Startup volatility often masks clinical bipolar mood swings in founders
“It's easy to explain away The mood swings you might experience as a person with bipolar disorder, if you're also an entrepreneur, as being due to the fact that you're an entrepreneur, when there's something else that you need to be dealing with as well, that i…”
May 20, 2024 positive
Feb 23, 2026 neutral
Removing financial motivation eliminates the natural milestone to stop working
“When money's not a motivation, there's no reason to stop. Like, it used to be, oh, I'll earn enough too, and then I would say, oh, now I can take a break. Now, since money's not the goal, then I don't have any natural thing to stop me from doing the next thing…”
Jun 22, 2026 negative
Starr: Modern Economy Leaves Little Room for Bootstrapped Entrepreneurs Without Wealth
“The way things are constructed now, there's very little room for entrepreneurship. Unless you have A lot of money, or your family has money. I mean, just to have an idea, and have virtually no money, it's hard, man. It's hard. It's not the same country.”