We had the last class of the year-long entrepreneurship program at the
university of Arizona this week.
It was bittersweet to say goodbye to 70+ students but man I'm proud of what they accomplished.
They went from business idea to a launch-ready business in less than nine months.
Some teams walked away with $10,000 in prize money from judges who deemed their "Shark-Tank style" pitch convincing enough to fund.
And some teams are launching their business straight out of college.
We do things differently in the New Venture Development program and I've lost count how many times the students have said that they've learned more in our program than in their entire college classes combined.
But entrepreneurship isn't all about hard skills like marketing, operations and finance.
It's also about having the mindset for success.
So in our last class, I took the opportunity to impart some life lessons that I've found useful on my journey.
I talked about my failures and how they are stepping stones toward success.
I talked about my journey and the evolution of my products. How I evolved some of my products from a short 8,000 word book called Mixing Strategies to the best-selling Step By Step Mixing book you may know today.
And hopefully they found some wisdom in my way of viewing the world.
Although I didn't record the class, I thought that you might find the slides useful?
It's called "How To Program the Rest of Your Life" and you can download the slides here.
And hey, while you're here, if you haven't already, please help me understand how to help you better by filling out this quick 5-minute survey.
If you fill it out before tonight, you'll be able to download my book You Get What You Give: A Simple Story for Finding Success in the Music Business for absolutely free once you finish.
But you have to do it today because I like rewarding action-takers. Twiddling your thumbs keeps you on your couch.
Here's the link to the survey again:
https://forms.gle/rGJXyZvQKocTUw6JA
Have a great weekend,
Björgvin