Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams.
Our newly-designed 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.
Today’s Entrepreneur is Steven Harlow, CEO and Founder of Lendsocial.
According to his VEQ Steven is a thought leader and is good at team motivation and sales management.
You are a(n):
First-time entrepreneur
Name companies you’ve founded or co-founded:
Lendsocial
Name companies you’ve invested in:
Several through public trading. These include Google, BoA, Nvidia, First Solar, and more
Name startups you worked for:
Lendsocial
If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I love eating Ramen.
List your favorite startups:
Kiva
What’s most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
The most frustrating is knowing you have a great product and wanting to speed it to market, but it’s a patient process. The most rewarding, well, that will be when I can take a step back, look at what I’ve helped create, and be satisfied.
What’s the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Giving up when the roadblocks seem to high. They aren’t, you can get around them. However, if an idea is an impossible one, you do have to know when to change it so that it becomes possible, or move on to the next.
What are the top three lessons you’ve learned as an entrepreneur?
Perseverance, The importance of networks and connections, and the importance of finding the right people to be on your team.
