A Entrepreneur information: Name, Nationality, Gender, Age, Background, etc. b. Name, date of founding and brief description of the founded company. Does it still exist? c. Founding story: why this venture, why that particular time, what motivated to make the leap? Who helped in the process? What were the entrepreneur's greatest fears and desires? d. What were the most surprising things and most important lessons learned about founding and running a business? What were the greatest difficulties? How were these dealt with? e. What were the key reasons why the venture succeeded or failed? How was success measured? What did they give up or sacrifice? What could be done differently? f. How important (if at all) was the entrepreneurs' skills at building relationships (e.g. with potential customers, investors or suppliers) for the success / failure of the venture? If s/he were to give you two tips for effective relationship building skills what would it be? g. What were the most important personal lessons learned by the entrepreneur?

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A Entrepreneur information: Name, Nationality, Gender, Age, Background, etc.
b. Name, date of founding and brief description of the founded company. Does it still
exist?
c. Founding story: why this venture, why that particular time, what motivated to make
the leap? Who helped in the process? What were the entrepreneur's greatest fears and
desires?
d. What were the most surprising things and most important lessons learned about founding and running a business? What were the greatest difficulties? How were these dealt with?
e. What were the key reasons why the venture succeeded or failed? How was success
measured? What did they give up or sacrifice? What could be done differently?
f. How important (if at all) was the entrepreneurs' skills at building relationships (e.g. with potential customers, investors or suppliers) for the success / failure of the venture? If s/he were to give you two tips for effective relationship building skills
what would it be?
g. What were the most important personal lessons learned by the entrepreneur?

 

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