Just recently, I was invited to the White House to speak with college students and aspiring entrepreneurs on the importance of mentoring.
The event was hosted by MTV, the Obama Administration and the Young Entrepreneur Council (which I am apart of.)
At the event there were a few students who were debating about dropping out of college to start their own business.
Regardless of how “sexy” dropping out sounds I couldn’t definitively recommend that it was a good fit.
After the event I talked with one of the students and shared my story.
By the end of our 5 minute chat you could see his his view had shifted.
I didn’t tell him to drop out or stay in school.
I simply told him my story with these 5 points:
- Surround yourself with rockstars and people who support you whether you are in school or out of school.
- Find a mentor (preferably a fellow rockstar) and take them to lunch or coffee at least once a month.
- Your first idea is never as awesome as you think it is. Share your idea with others and watch it transform.
- Anytime you think you know it all. You don’t.
- You don’t need funding: stop talking and build something.
Here is my story along with all the gory details:
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At a fundamental level this is all there really all there is to it…