Great Advice for Start Ups

From San Diego Sport Innovators “Eye of the Innovator” Event
April 2, 2019
By Denise Lee Yohn

San Diego Sport Innovators “Eye of the Innovator” Event April 2, 2019 By Denise Lee Yohn
Scott Tilton
Co-Founder &
CEO of
Hookit.com
Beaver
Theodosakis
Founder of
prAna
Steve Lake
Co-Founder &
President of Sector
9 Skateboard Co.
Mitch Thrower
Founder &
Chairman of
Events.com
Bill Walton
Basketball Hall
of Famer

The worst time to
raise money is
when you need it .
Scott Tilton, Co-Founder and CEO of Hookit.com

Ask for help.
Don't ask for
money.
Mitch Thrower, Founder & Chairman of Events.com, Co-Founder Active.com,
Former President & COO of Triathlete Magazine

Steve Lake, Co-Founder & President of Sector 9 Skateboard Co.
Find comfort
in the
uncomfortable.

If you take the
customer's
perspective
on every decision,
it's usually the best
long term decision
for the brand.
Beaver Theodosakis, Founder of prAna

It takes talent to
get to top and
it takes character
to stay there.
Bill Walton, Basketball Hall of Famer and Executive Chairman of the Board, SDSI

You have to wake up
every morning ready
to battle. There will
always be someone
bigger, stronger,
faster that you, so
you have to love to
compete.

You need integrity,
motivation, and
intelligence. If
you've got any two
without the third,
you're screwed.

Everything takes
longer and costs
more than you
think.

Going up in
altitude is really
important. Get out
of the space you're
in and get a fresh
perspective.

You'll never learn
what you don't
want to know.

We learn about
what we want as
much by what we
don't want.

Don't mistake
action for traction.
(Quoting Maynard Webb, former COO of eBay)

Find in what you
love where the
money is flowing
and insert yourself
there.
Mitch Thrower, Founder & Chairman of Events.com

Create a forum
where's OK to be
super-critical of
everything.

Entrepreneurs are
athletes -- you
have to have the
endurance and
the mental and
physical stamina.

A dream without
a plan and a
deadline is little
more than a
prayer.

The learning is in
the struggle. When
things come easy,
in many cases, you
may have success
but you don't know
how you got there.

Just keep
going....no matter
what happens.

It's OK to say no.
On backing out of a deal:

Be polarizing. It's
always easier to be
loved or hated
than anywhere in
between.

Those who aren't
willing to risk going
too far will never
know how far they
can go.

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