Today's Entrepreneur: Jeremy Howard

No. 1 mistake: If you don't make a start, you'll never achieve it

Today's Entrepreneur is Jeremy Howard, President and Chief Scientist at Kaggle. According to his VEQ, Jeremy is a thought leader and is good at technology design and product development.

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I am a(n):
Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:
FastMail, Optimal Decisions

Startups I worked for:
Kaggle

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

My favorite startups:
Kaggle, Airbnb, Square, StackExchange

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
It's frustrating to have so many ideas but only so many hours in the day to make them happen. Can someone please invent a machine where I put my idea in one end and a startup pops out the other end?

But it's rewarding to being doing what you believe in, with people you believe in. I could never work for a big old stodgy corporate again.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Most hopeful entrepreneurs I meet haven't yet taken the first step: to actually quit their job and start following their dream. If you don't make a start, you'll never achieve it.

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

1. Listen.
2. Don't give up.
3. Never stop learning