Mark Searle and the teaching of entrepreneurship

Mark Searle became an entrepreneurship professor at UC Berkeley after a short career as a professional athlete, interrupted by multiple injuries, and many experiences building and leading companies.

In this episode we talk about the similarities in the challenges of being an elite athlete and an entrepreneur, how to teach entrepreneurs to create value and not just to getting rich and how to build ecosystems that promote entrepreneurship around the world.

I really enjoyed talking to Mark and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.

Key take aways

1. Competition, team work... Sports give a lot of great metaphors for life in general and specifically for entrepreneurship.
2. There is a difference between taking a risk and being stupid and reckless. Winners are not reckless. They understand and control the risk.
3. We can teach entrepreneurship. We must teach all the hard and soft skills required to become a successful entrepreneur.
4. I worry that we are leaving people behind while we make the world a better place
5. I worry about waste. We have to understand costs better because the costs to produce things cheaper is not included in the products.
6. The value of non-governmental currencies will be a social fact and society will have to adapt.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/msearleberkeley

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marksearle/

Website: https://innovationaccelerationgroup.com