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Today's Entrepreneur: Oliver Roup

No. 1 mistake: Sole founder is a mistake

Innovation series by Kristin Karaoglu
November 23, 2011 | Comments
Short URL: http://vator.tv/n/21e7

Today's Entrepreneur is Oliver Roup, founder and CEO of VigLink.

According to his VEQ Oliver is a thought leader and is good at product management and technology design.

Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey.

These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you are an entrepreneur, a serial entrepreneur, or even an aspiring entrepreneur, we'd like to hear from you.

I am a(n):

Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:

VigLink

Startups I worked for:

Echo Networks, Edusoft

If you are an entrepreneur, why?

I want to change the world.

My favorite startups:

Rapportive, Flipboard, CloudFlare

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?

The highs are high and the lows are low.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?

Sole founder is a mistake, I wouldn't do it again.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
  1. It's _all_ about the team.
  2. Secrecy is a mistake 99% of the time. 
  3. When you're not getting anything done, go for a run. (bonus)
Don't put your cellphone number on filings with the SEC
(Want to be profiled? Just fill out your Vator profile and we'll find you! Or you can email [email protected])

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