Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

Entrepreneurship is a team sport!

2 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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In this short YouTube video, Nick Hutchison argues that entrepreneurship should be viewed as a team sport rather than a solitary endeavor. He introduces the term "teampreneurship" to describe entrepreneurs who rely on collaboration and collective effort. Hutchison critiques the myth of the lone, stoic entrepreneur who does everything alone, sharing that he learned this lesson later in his career. He promotes Chris Goodridge's book, "Don't Be an Entrepreneur Unless You Play a Different Way," suggesting the book could have taught him this insight earlier. To encourage engagement, Hutchison runs a giveaway: viewers who comment the type of business they would like to start are entered, and two lucky participants will receive extra copies of the book.

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Entrepreneurship is not a solo sport. It's a team sport. That's one of the lessons that I wish I learned years ago, and I probably could have learned it if Chris wrote this book earlier. Here we have Don't Be an Entrepreneur Unless You Play a Different Way by author Chris Goodridge. And so if you comment down below and tell me what business would you like to start, I'm going to pick 2 lucky winners and send them my extra copies of this book. Teampreneurship, brand new word in my vocabulary. It's somebody who looks at business as a team sport, not a solo sport. This idea of the stoic entrepreneur standing against all odds, doing everything by himself is not how it actually works in business. It took me a long time to figure that out. So like I said, if you would like a copy of this book, comment down below, tell me a business that you would like to start. You could be anywhere in the world and we're going to choose 2 people, send them a copy of this book.