Today's Entrepreneur: Dan Kurani

No. 1 mistake: Not finding a balance between the market and their vision

Today's Entrepreneur is Dan Kurani, Co-Founder and CEO of Thumb. According to his VEQ Dan is a  thought leader and is good at product management, technology design.

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I am a(n):
Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:
Kurani Interactive (Interactive Agency) and Thumb

Startups I worked for:
Thumb
If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I like to build things that make people happy.

My favorite startups:
Path, Zynga, and Facebook

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

Frustrating: Things play out a bit slower than anticipated

Rewarding: Seeing a user’s reaction to a new feature

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?

Not finding a balance between listening to the market and being committed to their vision. When there is an imbalance, it can result in not enough focus, too many projects, over-featuring, or inversely, a stubborn broken-clock syndrome that results in a low probability of success and the likelihood that a real consumer "need" goes unsolved.

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

1. It okay to be afraid, but you have to do it anyway
2. Rockstars are 10x+ as productive as non-rockstars
3. It’s never as big of a deal as you first might think, but you have to keep addressing each thing that way so the even the most minute details are perfect

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