Startup Mental Game
December 10, 2009 – Ken Kay
What are the intense emotional challenges facing the entrepreneur when launching a company? From the beginning to the end of a venture, the entrepreneur must deal with emotions that he may not be prepared for. The speaker, Mr. Ken Kay will talk about:
- Entrepreneurial personalities
- Self delusion vs. startup realities
- Are you Odysseus?
- How do you handle failure?
- What if you succeed?
Speaker Profile:
Mr. Ken Kay is a serial entrepreneur with multiple successful startups under his belt including icihere.com and Ebudgets.com (the first software company to offer browser-based budgeting and financial reporting for corporations; it later sold to Microsoft). Kay is also a founder and past chairman of Jumpstart NJ Angel Network. As chairman, Kay collaborated with Princeton University to establish a variety of programs to support technological innovation at the university. Events such as the Princeton – Jumpstart Lecture Series on Technology Entrepreneurship and the Princeton Innovation Forum bring the business and university community together. Kay is now an avid angel investor.
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