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5 Unwritten Rules Of Entrepreneurship That Nobody Is Talking About
According to a serial entrepreneur who mentored 100+ Silicon Valley startups
It’s not every day we meet someone whose wisdom is highly considered valuable and priceless. However, I happen to know one. A few days ago, I had the opportunity to speak with him and I considered him a mentor and advisor for the past 3 years.
He’s one of the keys behind Hikre School’s success, but also how I first thought of its idea in the first place. His very first venture was at 9 years old when he and his classmate created a newspaper magazine.
He’s Adriano Farano, a serial entrepreneur and Silicon Valley pioneer who founded the Netflix of Videojournalism, Watchup, which was then later sold to Plex.
He’s also a Knight Fellow at Stanford University, entrepreneur-in-residence, advisor, and mentor at StartX, and has mentored hundreds of students’ startups since 2013.
In our chat, I’ve managed to gather insights and lessons that he gladly shared with us. Without further ado, let’s get into them.
