Grzegorz Berezowski

12 years experience in digital advertising. Co-founded and co-managed the best Polish digital advertising agency 180heartbeats+Jung v. Matt. Founder and CEO of NapoleonCat.com and Catvertiser.com - social media tools for brands. Black belt in judo.

LinkedIn: pl.linkedin.com/in/grzegorzberezowski/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/panpremier
Warsaw, Poland
Member since July 17, 2014

About

I am a(n):

Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:

CheeseCat

Companies I work or worked for:

CheeseCat

Achievements (products built, personal awards won):

Inventor of NapoleonCat.com and Catvertiser.com

If you're an entrepreneur or corporate innovator, why?

I want to build tools that help others achieve more.

My favorite startups:

Amazon

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

The most frustrating thing about innovation is the feeling you have something useful and cool but have trouble marketing it. When you finally manage to get through and find that what you've built really does help others is the most rewarding feeling you can get. Making decent money on your idea is a nice bonus.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs/innovators make?

Entrepreneurs often concentrate too much on perfecting the product/service and not on marketing/selling it to the people. Oftentimes it leads nowhere since they run out of funds and have to close the shop or others do the same thing but sell it better.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

1. Learn to say "no". Only this will allow you to focus on the core idea and make it work.
2. Market your product/idea insanely quickly, even if you're convinced it's not ready yet. You'll find people willing to give it a try anyway.
3. If you're not a natural born salesman, get one as your business partner.