James Altucher on Ideas, Investing and Entrepreneurs

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Jun 3, 2015

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James Altucher is a successful entrepreneur, investor, board member, and the writer of 11 books including the recent WSJ Bestseller, “Choose Yourself!” (foreword by Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter). He has started and sold several companies for eight figure exits. He’s on the board of a billion $ revenue company, has written for The Financial Times, The New York Observer, he’s run several hedge funds, venture capital funds, and is a successful angel investor, having invested in over 30 startups alongside Silicon Valley’s Top VC’s.

In today’s conversation Harry and James discuss how to continuously come up with great ideas, what tasks activate the ‘idea muscle’, what tactics have produced the greatest investing returns for James, what traits do great founders have, how has James’ investing strategy developed, what is the future for Uber, the scam that is University and much more…

Items Mentioned in Today’s Show:

Alternatives to College and Careers: Learn to Become an iOS Developer, Learn to Become a Web Developer

James Altucher: Choose Yourself!

Tim Ferriss: AngelList Syndicate

Shyp: The Easiest Way To Ship Your Stuff

Enjoy! All show notes, links and resources from this episode can be found at https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com and you can follow Harry and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter.

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