Over the last month I’ve had the fortunate opportunity to both guest lecture in University entrepreneurship courses and keynote and Entrepreneurship Conference at Queens College. I’m also fortunate in that The MouseDriver Chronicles continues to serve as an inspiring story for students (and others) around the world who dream of someday becoming entrepreneurs. You know your book has staying power when hundreds of Universities are using the book and numerous professors have structured their entire syllabus around chapters of the book. Seriously. I’ve counted three so far. Now that’s cool. And a little bit scary.
And over the last month, I’ve found myself frequently passing along the same advice to students that I did back in 1999 when Kyle and I first took MouseDriver from a classroom at Wharton to the shelves of WalMart. Granted, advice is just advice and every situation, every idea, every individual is completely different. But I stand behind the points below, which I view as absolutely timeless if you’re starting a company while in school.
1. Take advantage of school resources: Never in your life will you have access to so many different resources that can help you validate your idea. Whether its research databases, experienced professors, wicked smart classmates, or simply the time and opportunity to work on different facets of your idea, these resources are an incredible asset and you should use to validate, refine and test your ideas. Think of the classroom as one giant research lab in which you can test different hypothesis and theories.
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