Einstein said You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war which I would apply in the context of entrepreneurship You cannot simultaneously prevent and create bureaucracy and in education You cannot simultaneously make a student dependent and independent yet universities seem to try to do both. I think professors feel too much incentive to create programs, centers, and institutes to stop themselves. I’ve seen professors and administrators spend years chasing[…] Keep reading →

I got a few short clips from my presentation on entrepreneurship when I spoke at Princeton’s Elab recently. This clip shows a great nugget of how to turn cold connections into warm ones. It has more to it, but that’s the big one. I love putting it into practice.

I got a few short clips from my presentation on entrepreneurship when I spoke at Princeton’s Elab recently. Entrepreneurs need motivation more than most. You might not see revenue for a long time. Listen carefully at the very start of this clip for what I’ve found as one of the best forms of motivation: seeing and feeling the problem from the perspective of the people feeling it that you want[…] Keep reading →

I got a few short clips from my presentation on entrepreneurship when I spoke at Princeton’s Elab recently. Entrepreneurs are often so busy pitching their ideas, they miss opportunities to attract people to help them. They don’t realize their pitching is leading people to evaluate them, which tends to separate them. Here I talk about how to talk to people to Improve your project Feel vested in your success See[…] Keep reading →

I got a few short clips from my presentation on entrepreneurship when I spoke at Princeton’s Elab recently. Here I talk about creating and playing with financials as an early-stage entrepreneur. Many investors downplay early-stage financials, since every entrepreneur creates perfect ones that show tremendous growth. Creating and playing with financials is valuable! Do them when you’re starting. They force you to show your project is sustainable Before doing them,[…] Keep reading →

I’ve written before about the problems with the Myers-Briggs test. Wikipedia points to plenty of research that shows it lacks validity, utility, reliability, and that its underlying model of four dichotomies has no evidence. I’ve written about how its model that your traits on four axes stay the same independent of situation don’t help you and undermine your improvement. Some of my favorite posts show the model of what it[…] Keep reading →

Outlier Magazine’s Ever Gonzalez interviewed me recently and posted the podcast today, “Ep 331: Joshua Spodek Interview – Finding Your Hudson River” We talk about Learning entrepreneurship Learning leadership Swimming across the Hudson River Failure and learning from it My last book, ReModel (and hinting at the next one) Increasing your self-awareness through mental models Sidchas Check out the podcast here. If you prefer using Stitcher, here’s that link. If[…] Keep reading →

Below the audio from my standing-room-only talk on my entrepreneurship course at Princeton’s eLab for the Princeton Tech Meetup. Learn more about the course and register here Thank you to Venu, Chris, and Mathew for organizing, and everyone who attended for attending. Reach your potential in business and life. My courses don’t take time from the rest of life. You work with people in your life that you care about[…] Keep reading →

Here is an interview with a student who took my online entrepreneurship course, Nikita, who is an undergraduate at NYU, now working with a team of medical engineers on a medical device she created. Reach your potential in business and life. My courses don’t take time from the rest of life. You work with people in your life that you care about on projects that you care about without distracting[…] Keep reading →