What I wish I knew when I was 20
by Tina Lynn Seelig · first published 2009
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Major life transitions such as leaving the protected environment of school or starting a new career can be daunting. It is scary to face a wall of choices, knowing that no one is going to tell us whether or not we are making the right decision. There is no clearly delineated path or recipe for success. Even figuring out how and where to start can be a challenge. That is, until now.As executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Tina Seelig guides her students as they make the difficult transition from the academic environment to the professional world, providing tangible ski
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What I Wish I Knew When I was 20: http://www.amazon.ca/What-Wish-Knew-When-Was/dp/0061735191 It's a great read! It's guided my approach to life for the past couple years.
on “Ask HN: What do you wish you'd known when you were 18?” ↗> I feel as though I've invested too much time and energy to bail now. I'm currently reading through "What I wish I knew when I was 20" by Tina Seelig (more entrepreneur-y than expected, but pretty good) and this exact topic is discussed in Chapter 5. > […] “even great ideas require a tremendous amount of work to reach a successful…
on “Ask HN: I'm lost. Please help” ↗She published a book called "what I wish I knew when I was 20". If you like the story, you'd probably enjoy the book as well (the $5 funding story is in there). It's a good motivation recharger for those entrepreneurs in the thick of it - get's you pumped up to…
on “If you had 5 dollars and 2 hours, how would you make as much money as possible?” ↗Books: Crush It, Art of the Start, What I wish I knew when I was 20, Founders at Work, Reality Check, 4-Hour Work Week.
on “Ask HN: The Best Books to Keep the Entrepreneurial Mindset?” ↗In the book "What I wish I knew when I was 20", the Author brings forth a similar point, stating that doing what you love as a standalone piece of advice isn't that helpful, but a widely held conception. What she advocates is to attempt to find the…
on “Watch a VC use my name to sell a con (2011)” ↗