Think Like An Investor by Craig Hunter of Bitmaker Labs (TechTO June 2015)

Think Like An Investor

Craig HunterCEO, Bitmaker Labs

@craighunter_www.bitmakerlabs.com

Navigating a career in tech

I’m not the greatest coder…

But I can help you get a job.

Your career is a series of choices.

Think like an investor.

You may not have millions, but you have your time. Invest it wisely.

Forget founding, hop on a rocketship.

– Eric Schmidt, Chairman at Google

“If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat. Just get

on.”

Be tenacious.

- Shervin Pishevar, VC at Sherpa Ventures

“The answer is always no unless you ask.”

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Be helpful.

- Chris Sacca, VC at Lowercase Capital

“Deliver value before you ask for value back.”

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Focus.

- Shervin Pishevar, VC at Sherpa Ventures

“Practice success and failure amnesia. Forget that you succeeded. Forgive and

forget that you failed. Learn from both and move on fast. Failure can be a patient teacher - it’s often a learnable event.

Success can lead to signal and pattern blindness. Don’t let success blind that state

of mind or failure bog it down.”.”

Take risks.

– Poker adage

“Scared money never wins.”

Crazy is good.

– Peter Thiel, VC at Founder’s Fund

“The best startup ideas seem at first like bad ideas.”

Get technical.

- Fred Wilson, VC at Union Square Ventures

“To all you people out there who are sitting on your big idea and just can’t figure out

how to get it built, I would suggest you build it yourself. It can be done. It is done. Every day. By someone who take the initiative to

just do it.”.”

Craig HunterCEO, Bitmaker Labs

@craighunter_www.bitmakerlabs.com

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