Today's Entrepreneur: Stephen Medawar

Kevin Hsu · August 24, 2011 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/1e1e

No. 1 Lesson: Keep your eyes, your ears and your mind open.

Vator is home to entrepreneurs who innovate, create, and support products and ideas.

Our entrepreneur profiles allow members to share their interests, lessons learned, as well as insights from their startup journey.

So if you are an entrepreneur, a former entrepreneur, or even an aspiring entrepreneur, we'd like to hear from you.

Today's entrepreneur is Stephen Medawar, CEO and Founder of JobFerral.com, a website where people get paid to help their friends find jobs. JobFerral is currently in beta mode, but is accepting users via invite.

According to his entrepreneur assessment test (VEQ), Sephen is a thought leader and is good at negotating and sales.

You are a(n):

Entrepreneur

Name companies you've founded or co-founded:

CareerPaths NW, XLShirt.com (Acquired)

Name startups you worked for:

CareerPaths NW, XLShirt.com (Acquired), Microsoft :)

If you are an entrepreneur, why?

I'm bursting with ideas!

List your favorite startups:

Zaarly, Grubhub, Square, Rewardli, Angel List...

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

The most rewarding part of entrepreneurship is when a customer/user is excited about your product.

The most frustrating part of entrepreneurship is that work is always a function of time and money. Ask me what I mean sometime, I'll answer if I have time :)

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?

The number one mistake entrepreneurs make is thinking they know it all.

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

Keep your eyes, your ears and your mind open.
Take advice from anyone/everyone, but be discerning of which advice you implement.
Have fun! If it's work to you, you'll never survive the hard times.