Stanford professor Tom Byers knows a lot about starting companies. His expertise is in high-technology ventures and serves as the faculty director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and the prestigious Mayfield Fellows Program (MFP). As an early employee of both Go Corporation and Symantec and an expert in what works and what doesn’t when trying to start a company, Byers offers the following five rules as essential for would-be Zuckerbergs:
1. Show up on time
2. Be nice to people
3. Do what you say you’ll do
4. Deliver more than you promise
5. Work with enthusiasm and passion
These five rules won’t give you all the answers for how to be a successful entrepreneur, but they are essential and elegant.
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