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Powerful Startup Lessons from a Band of Misfits
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In this episode, Lisa Roberts shows us how an ice hockey team has managed to teach us a lot about entrepreneurship. She explains how things like motivation, humility and rallying around a common purpose can help entrepreneurs who are starting and growing a new business.
Key Points
*Listen to hear the story about the new NHL team the Vegas Golden Knights and why they sometimes call themselves the Golden Misfits.
*Learn why their humble beginnings and a horrific mass shooting played a big a role in the team's identity and how it helped create its common purpose and focus.
*A common purpose can help create motivation and passion among a team and help it do great things.
*Listen to hear why creating an environment of collaboration and motivation can help create a business where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
*Find out how "drinking your own Kool-Aid" can get in the way of success in business.
*Learn how storytelling helped the hockey team engage teammates and their fans and how it can help your start-up business.
*Listen for tips on developing teamwork and how going it alone for an entrepreneur can hold you back.
Resources and Links
Other episodes mentioned: To Realize Success He First Accepted Failure
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About your host, Lisa Roberts
Lisa Roberts is a business operations consultant who advises growth company entrepreneurs in successfully managing growth and the challenges they face along the way. She has over 25 years of experience in operations, finance and administration and spent several years in executive roles at a high growth company. She recognizes that there is a fine line between success and failure in a growing business and that entrepreneurs need to focus on managing finances, creating a sound operation and employ good business practices to stay on track.
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