When we think about new ideas, we get excited about how shiny it is. But just by human as human beings, we e retend not to be risk takers. And one of the ways that we can do that is by talking about why an idea is inevitable. We sort of, in some ways, have to neutralize fear with fear.
Suneel Gupta walks through his 7 steps for becoming “backable”--worthy of others backing your ideas.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Why you don’t need charisma to be backable
2) How to make your idea stand out with an “earned secret”
3) Why you don’t want to have everything figured out
Suneel Gupta teaches Innovation at Harvard University. His bestselling book Backable is rooted in Suneel’s journey from a twice-failed entrepreneur to a leader behind two IPOs, and to being named “The New Face of Innovation” by the New York Stock Exchange. Suneel has personally backed startups including Impossible Foods, AirBnB, 23&Me, Calm, and SpaceX.