Hawkins talks about how he started his first company while he was in college and the lessons he learnt from that experience. Real-world learning along with book and school type learning are instrumental in one's preparation to be an entrepreneur, he says.

1. Persistence and The Notion of the Big Idea
2. Real-world Learning
3. Challenges for an Entrepreneur
4. Learning from Mistakes

Trip Hawkins lectures on Entrepreneurship for Stanford University students, April 13, 2005. Trip Hawkins is Chairman and CEO of Digital Chocolate, a creator of innovative mobile phone applications for life, work, and play. In this Stanford lecture, he talks about persistence and the notion of the big idea and learning from mistakes.



Related Links: www.digitalchocolate.com

Last Updated: Tue, Apr 18, 2006



Course Details:

- Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Speaker Series

- Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner (ecorner)



Original Course Name: Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Speaker Series.