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Today's Entrepreneur: Scott Lewis

Without a team, I am nothing

Innovation series by Kristin Karaoglu
February 29, 2012 | Comments
Short URL: http://vator.tv/n/2492

Today's Entrepreneur is Scott Lewis;CEO of Question Collector. According to his VEQ Scott is a thought leader and is good at marketing 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):
First-time entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:
Question Collector

Companies I've invested in:
Catalyst Reaction

If you are an entrepreneur, why?
A unique combination of ideas found me and the market is vast and mostly untapped.

My favorite startups:
quora, empire avenue, facebook, twitter

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
Quality people are rare.
Quality people are awesome.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
i do not know

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
i must talk to more people
i must make initial contact and talk to people.
i must learn to use the phone to talk to more people

Why don't you make the prototype on your own?
Without a team, I am nothing. I have strong technical skills, but without a teammate I cannot bring them to bear and generate any momentum. Maybe I'm wrong about this, but it's been a couple years, and I think I can see my own limitations pretty clearly now.

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