Jotham S Stein is the principal of the Law Offices of Jotham S. Stein P.C. He has over 20 years experience representing both high level executives and lower level employees. Jothamn is a graduate of Stanford Law, Princeton and is admitted to practice law in many states.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Entrepreneurial clients
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I was undercapitalised. I went out on my own as a lawyer… Now I have lawyers who work for me and staff… But I didn’t have anybody and I hung out my own shingle… One of the reasons I can appreciate my entrepreneurial clients when they start businesses and are always fundraising and you talk about runways – how much money they have left before they will run out of money and how they need to raise investment before that happens…. Hopefully anyway. Because my business was undercapitalised and so six months into it, I wondered if I would make it or not. Now to 5 years later I very fortunate, I did make it, things went well but I can always remember back to the six-month period when I started the business and hangout my own shingle”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Africa on a Shoestring (Lonely Planet Shoestring Guide) Book by Geoff CrowtherFavourite Quote:
“if you don’t try you will never know if you can do it”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Google LLC – is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
- Amazon is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses in e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Amazon is the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization.
- LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“if you have any leverage at all protect yourself on day one before you go into a relationship with anyone you are doing business with. If you are starting a small company with your family, you are better off you each protect yourself against each other in a very friendly way on day one. If you are going into a relationship starting a new company protect yourself from day one so that you don’t wind up being forced out when you take in investors and grow your company…”…[Listen for More]
More About Jotham S Stein:
- Law Offices of Jotham S Stein P.C
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Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” Jim Rohn
Other Quotes From the Chat with Jotham S Stein:
- “If I knew everything I knew now when I started out I would have wrote my book Negotiate Like a CEO 25 odd years ago and I would have known everything”
- “Sometimes you don’t have leverage and sometimes you have to take what you are given. So, if I had known that that would have shortcut my learning curve for sure”
- “The secrets to success… There are so many… Working well with people, being driven in what you do, seeing the environment around you and reacting to it and taking time to make sure that you have time in your life for your personal self… I think you are better off as an entrepreneur when you have some time available to relax”
- “that’s what the essence of an entrepreneur is… is you face a situation and you figure out what you want to do about it, then you try and the worst that could happen is you don’t get it right or you fail”
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