Frank DeGeorge is the Co-Founder & CEO of YouStake, and has been an Entrepreneur since age 16, and was also a US Army Captain. Frank has previously been a Fortune 500 team member at Merrill Lynch and MGM Resorts International. FRANK with his company YouStake is Currently at the “500 Startups Accelerator program” in San Francisco.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Father-in-law
Scott Hansbury
Mark Cuban
Warren Buffett
When business started difficulties overcame:
For this one in particular for ‘You Stake’ all the way up until January of this year. January I first started working full time only on this. So up until that point I was working at other jobs. You know we launched last year but during those 6 months I was still working as a program manager for the army…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist Book by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship) by Noam Wasserman
Favourite Quote:
“Knowledge Is Power”
Recommended Online Resources:
Others mentioned:
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
My best advice, and I have said this in other interviews and other conversations, is to surround yourself with people smarter than you…[Listen for More]
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Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Good questions outrank easy answers” Paul Samuelson
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