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Feel the Boot

40. How to make luck and exploit hidden business opportunities

Sep 18, 2020
14:39

Intelligence, skill, and hard work are necessary for your startup to succeed, but they are often not enough. In my experience, you need to be lucky too. In this blog, I will share some of my experiences with creating luck and opportunity to help you make and exploit them yourself.

The corpses of companies with good ideas and execution litter the entrepreneurial landscape. I know that many of my competitors were at least as smart and tireless as me. I also know just how many times luck played a pivotal role in our survival. We had many “by the skin of our teeth” escapes and miraculous opportunities that dropped in our laps. Some of these are “only over a beer” stories. But, I will tell you a few that will illustrate how you can take control of your luck to a degree. Let’s talk about how you can make your luck and exploit it when it happens.

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