Tuesday night’s DreamIt
2010 Speaker Series event at the University City Science Center
featured an engaging, Powerpoint-free conversation with
Josh Kopelman of First Round
Capital.
The 90-minute discussion revolved around gathering feedback, making adjustments, and approaching startup challenges deliberately. Kopelman set the tone early: “One thing I know about all of your business plans, is they’re all wrong.”
By way of example, Kopelman pointed to Invite Media – another Philly startup success story, acquired by Google on June 3rd – who started as an algorithms company and through decisive, timely “pivots” evolved into an ad-buying dashboard. As an entrepreneur, he asked, do you pivot and adjust, or do you aim and stay steadfast on target?
To read the full, original article click on this link: Guest Post: Josh Kopelman advises DreamIt companies to fail early and often — Technically Philly
Author: Chris DiFonzo. Chris is actively involved with multiple startups, as CRO of newly formed VidaView Technology Group and Co-Founder and CEO of OpenDesks.com. He is friendly with the folks at First Round.
