Peter Shankman is a multiple-startup founder with several successful exits under his belt. He’s a best-selling author, focusing on the customer economy. He’s the founder of Help a Reporter Out (HARO,) the world’s largest source/journalist matching tool, and he runs ShankMinds: Breakthrough, a private, online entrepreneur community with hundreds of members around the world. Peter also Faster Than Normal, a leading ADD/ADHD podcast, focusing on the benefits of being gifted with ADD/HD.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I didn’t grow up in a family of entrepreneurs, my parents were teachers and they were very supportive of me, they’ve always been very supportive of me but they just didn’t understand what entrepreneurship was so they were confused for several years and probably still are about what I do for a living and how I make money”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
They Can Kill You– but They Can’t Eat You: Lessons from the Front Book by Dawn SteelFavourite Quote:
“If you can’t change the people around you, change the people around you”
Recommended Online Resources:
The Internet
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Entrepreneurship is the equivalent of jumping off of a cliff and trying to build a parachute, a working parachute before you hit the ground, make sure you’re taking care of yourself, if you’re not taking care of yourself, you’re your longest relationship, not your business or who you’re married to, if you’re not taking care of yourself first, nothing else will ever be accomplished”…[Listen for More]
More About Peter Shankman:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Learn avidly. Question repeatedly what you have learned. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently.” Edward Cocker
Other Quotes From the Chat with Peter Shankman:
“You’ll always learn more in the streets than you will in a room but there’s nothing wrong with learning in the room as well”
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