I learned to persist at things even when people thought they couldn’t be done; to be tenacious and to persevere while chasing an outcome; to be able to source, invent, research, manage and optimise resources and people. I learned not to feel let down by negativity, naysayers, and disbelievers. A thumb rule I came up with through this experience is that a startup entrepreneur will need to do at least ‘x’ number of unique things never done before by him or the world, before succeeding in his/her startup. That x number is his/her age when he/she starts up.
