Successful Entrepreneurship Isn't Sucking Up To VCs

Entrepreneurs are inventors and athletes in one. They are inventors because they need to see the marketplace like nobody before them has seen it, understand all the market dynamics, and invent a product or service that enhances people’s lives. They are also athletes, because once they have come up with the invention they need to work incredibly hard to turn it into reality, no matter what obstacles the business environment throws at them.