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Today's Entrepreneur: Bob Rogers

No. 1 mistake: Losing focus

Innovation series by Kristin Karaoglu
April 27, 2012 | Comments
Short URL: http://vator.tv/n/263e

Today's Entrepreneur is Bob Rogers, Co-founder & COO of DealAngel. According to his VEQ Bob is good at product management, negotiation and marketing management.

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:
DealAngel, iNNtelligenz

Startups I worked for:
DealAngel, iNNtelligenz

If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I want to invent something cool.

My favorite startups:
Tango, Quora, DealAngel

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
Frustrating: moves too slowly sometimes
Rewarding: feeling like you are making the world better

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Losing focus.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
1. Keep an open mind
2. Put your ego away
3. Passion sells

(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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