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I was taking the entrepreneur course from the BYUI online and realized the entrepreneur class is more about thinking and reflecting on what is other entrepreneurs did. I realized we learn from other and some people think this is cat copy. But there are some differences. The world is not made out of nothing, Science approved the matters make things and not possible build something from emptiness. So, we learn from resources and build things on the principles.

If I had a lecture like Randy Pausch did as his last lecture, I would share more optimistic things and regrets that never started earlier things. I will encourage students to try something new and start as early as possible. Learning as not merely reading or setting behind a desk in classroom. It is more about exploring, traveling, meeting new people and trying it out.

Entrepreneurship is not running a business rather creating something new and keep working on until to build something and make it run. It should benefit not only you but society and group of people.

I was thinking what can I suggest if somebody wants to become an entrepreneur. The entrepreneurship is not an idea alone. It is consisting from experience, learning and interdependence, as Steven Covey described. There is an old saying in Mongolia “one wood does not make a fire; one man does not make a family”. In entrepreneurship it demands organizing the right team and working together. The idea should be charged by knowledge and experience. Otherwise, it will be empty tank of butane gas with a drop of gas.

Reading all the stories of entrepreneurs including Steve Jobs, Tom Monaghan, Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, Charles Schwab and many other all had similar things. That is intelligence and gained some knowledge or experience somewhere. Not necessarily formal education but a great deal of combination of experience and knowledge. Not an idiot or lazy guy found among the list.

Like Jim Rohn said motivation alone is nothing, if motivate an idiot you will get motivated idiot. So, philosophy is base. You better read a lot and learn something.

My last lecture will encourage everyone to learn, learn and learn. Not just by reading, apply every time. You will fail but that is ok. Failure is part of the success. Remember Thomas Edison. He has learned 999 ways of not working the light bulb. Entrepreneurship is not a lucky draw. It is a lightening mind of idea for solution with persistence, failure and lots of hard work. Sametime it is charged by a great deal of learning. No pain no gain. Prepare to be failed and prepare to be stand up over and over. The success is somewhere nearby.

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