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School for Startups Minutes

jim@schoolforstartups.com (Jim Beach)

The short vignettes are taken from School for Startups Radio. We release a quick thought to motivate or educate you about a different facet of entrepreneurship every day.

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SFS Minute 869: Cool parties, people

School for Startups Minutes ·

2025/11/23

Number two on the list of top things to be thankful for as an entrepreneur is getting invited to cool parties, and number three is meeting incredible people. This is real. I'm not making this up. I got invited to the Star Wars world premiere and sat next to Tony Robbins. Have a great weekend.

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SFS Minute 868: You listeners

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2025/11/23

I am thankful for you, you great loyal listeners. The station is thankful also for you, listening 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and thank you to our great sponsors and advertisers. From all of us, Happy Thanksgiving to you!

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01:31

SFS Minute 867: Use your skills

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2025/11/23

Number 23 on my list is that, as an entrepreneur or business owner, you get to use everything in your basket. It's the best way to use all of the assets that you were given. Jobs just don't do that. Be an entrepreneur and use every skill set that you have. More tomorrow.

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SFS Minute 866: Lead fight against misogyny, ageism,...

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2025/11/23

Number 22 on the list. Entrepreneurs and small businesses are leading the fight against misogyny, ageism, sexism, and racism. It's a much more level playing field where consumers read reviews and check out the level of service, not personal details about the owner. It's a great way of transcending all of the isms and just making some money. I'll share more of the list tomorrow.

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SFS Minute 865: Build Something

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2025/11/23

For the beginning of this week, we should be thinking about the things that we are grateful for. There's the obvious stereotypical good health and family and friends, but let's take it a step further. What are some of the business reasons we are happy to be here in the United States? I made a list of 50. It's on the radio website. I'll share some of the preview with you in just a second. So the list, Top 50 Reasons to Be Thankful as a Business Owner or an Entrepreneur, number 12 on the list: you get

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01:31

SFS Minute 864: Rest Strategy

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2025/11/17

Rest and sleep. Successful entrepreneurs plan in their sleep time, plan in their vacation time, and they take it religiously because they understand how important rest is to success. If you don't have downtime, eventually you will crash.

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SFS Minute 863: Boring is Cool

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2025/11/17

The media loves to point to the flashy tech entrepreneurs, but in fact, most of the rich do boring things that add up slowly over time, in the paving business or the pantyhose business, things like that. Slow, boring, consistent earners over time.

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SFS Minute 862: Steal from Others

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2025/11/17

Successful serial entrepreneurs do one thing more differently than anyone else, and that is borrowing things. That's right, great entrepreneurs see business ideas all around them. They figure out how to make them a little bit better and steal the original idea. Of course, they don't steal any copyrights, trademarks, or patents. But great entrepreneurs are always looking for ideas to copy and improve. Picasso said, "Good artists copy, great artists steal."

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SFS Minute 861: Practice Rejection

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2025/11/17

Entrepreneurs embrace rejection because they learn from it. Each data point is a new way to improve and try better next time, and to persevere and fight on. Remember what Thomas Edison said about the light bulb: he had to have 1,000 rejections before one yes.

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SFS Minute 860: Obsess over Systems

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2025/11/17

I think we can all agree that successful entrepreneurs do something differently. There's just something different about their mind, their actions, their beliefs that allows them to be so very successful. This week, we're going to go through five of those things and discuss things that successful entrepreneurs do differently. You may think that successful entrepreneurs love goals. They do, but they're more obsessed with systems, both systems in their life and systems in their business. In their life,

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SFS Minute 859: Move Forward w Gratitude

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2025/11/09

When your company faces a bad situation, we've talked about accepting accountability and moving forward by showing that you've learned. There are a couple more internal steps you need to take. If someone needs to be fired, fire them quickly. If not, let them know they're not going to be fired and let the company know that too. Externally, you need to move forward with confidence and let people know, "We've learned, but we're back."

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SFS Minute 858: Learn Out Loud

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2025/11/09

The worst thing you can do when you have a corporate mistake is to pretend that it never happened or to simply ignore it. No, you must, as a good leader, look directly into the eyes of the customer and the industry and accept your bruises. In 2009, Toyota had a massive recall. They announced new safety systems and published new quality standards that helped reassure the industry and customers. They said, "Here's what we learned, and here's how we're going to do better." They changed the story from

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SFS Minute 857: Make it Right

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2025/11/09

Another thing you need to do when a company screws up, the best thing to do is make it right and to most people, that means they want their money back. If you go to a restaurant and have a bad meal, you want the meal taken off the bill and maybe a free dessert. When we take an airline trip, we expect the airline to make it right. And you know what? That wasn't standard until 2007, when JetBlue published the first Customer Bill of Rights, stating that if, for some reason, the flight messes up, they

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SFS Minute 856: Own Up Publicly

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2025/11/09

Not only do you want to get ahead of it, but you also want to own up to it publicly. And that's today's advice. When Tylenol started having bad results, they pulled the product from the shelves immediately and said, "This is our responsibility. We are going to deal with this." They saved their credibility with their response. Follow the Tylenol model: admit any problems quickly and take responsibility.

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SFS Minute 855: Admit it Fast

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2025/11/09

Every once in a while, something bad will happen at your business, and the way you respond will determine the future of that business. This week, we want to talk about what to do when there is a mistake or a problem at work. I'll tell you a story to get the ball rolling right after this. Along the time ago, I was running a program at Stanford University, we had a small fire, not that much damage. I was at the office of the person we were renting from at about 7:10. I knew they would always show up

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SFS Minute 831: 8 Hours

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2025/11/02

Sleep. There's nothing more important for your brain than sleep. Have a good day.

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SFS Minute 830: Challenge Your Opinions

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2025/11/02

The absolute best way you can challenge and push your brain is also one of the hardest things to do: challenge your opinions. That's right, take everything that you believe, including what you believe about the president, and then look at the other side. Challenge yourself to understand those ideas, too.

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SFS Minute 829: Hang Out with Kids

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2025/11/02

Generations need to hang out together. It is incredibly beneficial for both. For the elderly, it's a great way to learn new things, new societal Trends, and to get that boost of energy for the youngsters, they need a steady stream of guidance, and they learn from the Elder generation things that are cool, like history.

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SFS Minute 828: Travel

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2025/11/02

Travel, especially international travel, is one of the very best ways to expand your brain and make you think about things you've never thought about before. It's a great way to push yourself. Please, go take a trip.

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SFS Minute 827: Hobbies

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2025/11/02

My favorite word in the whole language is neuroplasticity. Let's talk about it. Neuro means brain; plasticity means it can change, it's still malleable. We can still make little, subtle differences. That's such a cool idea. We're not stuck being as stupid as I am right now; I'm not stuck like this forever. I can actually get smarter and you can, too. You can make subtle changes to your brain that will help you perform better and become smarter. One way to increase your neuroplasticity is to try new

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