Summary

By William Channer | 11 Dec 2011 | Length: 24 mins

Jim reveals why prototyping your own idea is essential to acquiring an understanding and making progress. He also explains that solving a real problem should be the only basis for starting a company and why searching for talented people is an invaluable endeavour.

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Advice

Start small and solve a problem that you care about personally. Revolutions are always bottom-up.

Jim McKelvey is a serial entrepreneur. He is the Co-founder of Square, a new mobile payment platform. His co-founder is Jack Dorsey, best known as the creator of Twitter. Square has notable individuals involved such as Richard Branson and Larry Summers. McKelvey's entrepreneurial journey began blowing glass as an undergraduate engineer at Washington University in 1986.

Facts

Born : 1965, St Louis, Missouri, USA

Education : Washington University and London School of Economics

Favorite Book : Good to Great by Jim Collins

Favorite Film : Airplane!

Favorite Gadget : Zyliss Garlic Press

Favorite Meal : Anna's Swedish meatballs

Favorite Music : Loud, unfashionable hair-bands

Favorite Place : Anywhere warm

Favorite Software : Hipmunk Flight Search

Favorite Website : Google Search

First Job : IBM

Role Model : My Father

Web

LinkedIn :

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Twitter :

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