Summary

Many of us dream of going it alone one day – of shedding the 9 to 5 and trading in your cubicle for a desk in a garage. Society lionizes the likes of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, and it’s incredibly tempting to imagine what life might be like as a successful entrepreneur.

But what’s it really like to be an entrepreneur? How do you even get started? And how do you know you have a good idea in the first place?

In today’s episode, I speak with Brett Fox, a seasoned high-tech executive and entrepreneur who has made a career of launching successful businesses and turning around foundering ones. He answers all the most important questions about launching a successful startup, and shares particular insight into the importance of having a fantastic founding team, why clarity of thought is critical, and why the COVID-19 pandemic might just be the perfect time to launch a new venture.

Links and resources

• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, by Phil Knight
• How Do You Validate Your Startup Idea In One Hour – Brett’s Fox’s YouTube Channel
• www.brettjfox.com
• Learn How To Take A Punch: Building Your Startup Isn’t A Marathon, It’s A Prizefight, by Brett J. Fox
• Brett Fox’s YouTube Channel
• Brett Fox on Quora
• Brett Fox on Medium

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Credits

Main segment Music Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba featuring Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza. ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345. CC Attribution (3.0).

Intro/ Outro Music – Move Like This by spinningmerkaba featuring Texas Radio Fish, Alex Beroza, and Snowflake. ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33397. CC Attribution (3.0)

Mailbag keychee – driptrips – 120bpm – samplepack by keychee. ccmixter.org/files/keychee/32541. CC Attribution (3.0).