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Today's Entrepreneur: Fredrick Nijm

No. 1 mistake: Waiting to long to launch their product

Innovation series by Kristin Karaoglu
July 16, 2012 | Comments
Short URL: http://vator.tv/n/2862

Today's Entrepreneur is Fredrick Nijm, CEO and co-founder of Addoway. According to his VEQ, Fredrick is good at product management and networking and team motivation.

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:
Addoway

Companies I've invested in:
Addoway

Startups I worked for:
Addoway

If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I want to change the world.

My favorite startups:
Airbnb, Addoway, Blogic

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
The ups and downs. The Ups are incredible, the bad days are incredibly bad too.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Waiting to long to launch their product. There is no such thing as perfection.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
Never give up
Never give up
Never give up

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