Mike Chan

Mike Chan

Co-founder and CEO, Dokkit
www.mikewchan.com
Washington, District Of Columbia, United States United states
Business owner
Member since December 27, 2011
VEQ: MM-TL-NW
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I am a(n):

First-time entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:

Dokkit

Startups I worked for:

Dokkit

If you are an entrepreneur, why?

I want to build something valuable from the ground up and impact people's lives.

My favorite startups:

Dokkit (duh), Evernote, Pandora, Twitter, Uber

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

Frustrating - too much to do.
Rewarding - when you get it all done!

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?

Giving up too early.

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

1) Build a great team
2) Don't give up.
3) Test, test, test

Full bio

Mike’s expertise includes strategy, business development, mobile marketing and application design, CRM, online marketing and market research. Mike is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown where he teaches a course on digital media and was most recently Senior Director of Strategic Marketing for the Washington Capitals where he focused on revenue generation and customer engagement via digital media. He also worked at Navigant Consulting and Tefen Consulting. Mike has a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Lehigh University, an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A. from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

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