You are an entrepreneur, maybe undisclosed.

[yaw]

Are entrepreneurs born or trained? I think they're not mutually exclusive. I also think good tools and a working knowledge of how to play the game is enough to cause any pundit some trouble identifying whether a successful entrepreneur was born or trained. I also think after first try, you want to do more. Success follows and all of a sudden people can explain that you were born an entrepreneur. The story is different if you failed along the way.

What I'm saying is it's not a big issue if you don't see yourself an entrepreneur. Jack Dorsey (Twitter, Square) didn't either. Larry Page (Google) too. Perhaps entrepreneur is not a self-acclaimed title—it's conferred upon. People would call you an entrepreneur if you are one. That's what I think.

Why all this blather? I see a unique opportunity for everyone of us in the upcoming Lean Startup Machine Workshop, Accra to learn and know enough to start trying out our ideas to see how far they get us. It's not enough to listen to stories of successful people. Do you realize they never tell you their secrets? Real answers to questions such as:

• Do you really need to validate your idea? How do you do that?
• In your business, what kind of metrics do you really care about? How do I identify vanity metrics and avoid them.
• What really is a minimum viable product?
• Is there a way to guarantee success or reduce the cost and impact of failure?
• etc

All we hear is variants of a mix and match of hard work and luck. But that's also the case of every other success, no? What's unique about their success we never know. And so we attend one seminar after another after another after another until they decide to chase us on Springboards. We've heard enough, we wanna feel the truth: Lean Startup Machine Workshop, Accra. We deserve more than a brag. We need direction and tools.

Sign up if you haven't already. The offer to win 2 FREE tickets ends 2pm GMT today. I'd be excited to see you!

Regards,

Yaw

[Godwin Adjaho]

Couldn't have said this better.

Coming from MEST and seeing all the ups and downs of this crazy startup culture, finding tool and techniques are truly invaluable in "short-cutting" the path to lasting success.

If you haven't signed up yet, please do.

Let's begin to change the entrepreneurial landscape in Ghana and reduce the odds against us. 

Two free tickets await you.

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