The UC Berkeley Startup Competition welcomed Guy Kawasaki to the Haas School of Business in 2013. Kawasaki, former chief evangelist of Apple and co-founder of Garage Technology Ventures, explained the top ten mistakes entrepreneurs make.
Multiplying big numbers by 1% when calculating a total addressable market.
Scaling too soon.
Partnering too soon (focus on sales).
Pitching instead of prototyping.
Using too many slides and too small a font in your pitch deck.
Doing things serially.
Believing 51% ownership means you control your company.
Believing patents = defensibility.
Hiring in your own image.
Befriending your VCs.
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