How to be The Startup Hero: A Guide and Textbook for Entrepreneurs and Aspiring Entrepreneurs

by Tim Draper

running out to save themselves. Superhero: A fantasy hero of science fiction that inspires people to be better, to achieve more and possibly to make their imaginations become reality with enough hard work and perseverance. Startup Hero: Someone with aspirations to be a superhero. Someone who is willing to take the

us that better world. That person is at the precipice of greatness. That person, with the right encouragement, might create, invent, design or build something that will change all our lives forever. That person, with the right encouragement, might overthrow a bad dictatorship, build a transformative company, or organize a novel event. That

easy to use and only focused on music files, called MP3s. It was extraordinary technology in that people could now easily download music in the form of MP3 files to their computer and store it there for future use. Teenagers and music lovers everywhere glommed on to this new service and realized that they could get all the music they wanted from each other for free. They felt that it was OK since music was often shared at dances, parties and concerts, and this was just another form

and should be enough to make sure the employee is not looking over his or her shoulder to see if the tax man or the credit card company is on his or her back, and also enough to be sure they feel treated well. I have known people who did crazy things to try to make ends meet. One friend took a second job cage fighting; another tried to sue people who she thought might pay her off to go away; yet another sold his car and computers so he couldn’t get anywhere or do any work at home. All