How Successful Entrepreneurs Think | Ep. #543

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Business, Marketing, Careers

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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In episode #543, Eric and Neil discuss what makes an entrepreneur tick. Tune in to hear how you can think like a successful entrepreneur. Time-Stamped Show Notes: [00:27] Today’s Topic: How Successful Entrepreneurs Think [00:42] When Jeff Bezos started Amazon, he was 30 years old. [00:56] He was a stock trader before he quit to start Amazon. [01:12] He started with selling books and branched out from there. [02:00] People are always looking for profits, but he was unconcerned. [02:22] Jeff Bezos was able to think in the long term, which helped him achieve success. [03:06] All billionaire entrepreneurs are similar in that they are awkward, but believe they can do whatever they want. [03:55] Elon Musk made a $170 million exit from PayPal, but he still had to live with a friend, because he bet it all on his next venture. [05:02] The most common principle that you need to learn is that you’re going to make mistakes. [05:14] Successful entrepreneurs learn from mistakes. [06:52] If you can think like an entrepreneur, you’ll have a leg up on everyone else. [07:23] That’s all for today! [07:25] Go to Singlegrain.com/Giveway for a special edition of Crazy Egg, the heat mapping tool. Leave some feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with us: NeilPatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Get ready for your daily dose of marketing strategies and tactics from
0:06.8	entrepreneurs with the guile and experience to help you find success in any
0:11.4	marketing capacity. You're listening to marketing school
0:14.5	with your instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.
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0:51.3	Welcome to another episode of Marketing School.
0:55.0	I'm Eric Sue, and I'm Neil Patel.
0:57.0	And today we are going to talk about how successful entrepreneurs think.
1:01.0	So maybe Neil, we can share a couple stories about how we think certain entrepreneurs think. So maybe Neil we can share a couple stories about how we
1:03.4	think the certain entrepreneurs think and then maybe we'll come to a key
1:06.2	takeaway maybe we'll see it where we're from the same page. That be a fun
1:09.2	experiment. Go for it. You start off. So I'll start off with Jeff
1:12.3	Bezos right so Jeff Bezos, right? So Jeff
1:13.7	Bezos, when he started Amazon, he was 30 years old or 31 or so. And he had a
1:18.6	really good job. I believe he was working for either Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley.
1:24.0	Yeah, he was a stock trader and then the Hanauer brothers brought him over to Seattle
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