What is an entrepreneurial life like and how does it feel to start and run a new business?
Produced during the 2020 pandemic and delivered as a podcast, this post reflects on 30 years of work and shares my experience and take on entrepreneurial life and being an entrepreneur.
Within the recording you’ll hear views on: the personal qualities required to succeed; Why success always starts with failure; Learning how to be objective and realistic; The impact of Business on family life; And finally, surprising strategies for entrepreneurial success.
To relate practice and theory, I also recommend a few high quality reads, all of which have helped me to advance my entrepreneurial career.
Entrepreneurial life Podcast 1 – Introduction (Recorded in 2020)
For the benefit of all, you can also download a transcript of this episode.
Supporting Learning and Teaching
Since I was unable to deliver this presentation in person at York St John University in March 2020 (due to the Pandemic), it was agreed that the work would be recorded as a Podcast instead.
If you have any feedback or questions about the points made, why not leave a note below or contact me on social media? Reach me on twitter – search for ‘PeteSimVenture’, or message and connect via the Linkedin profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/petesimventure/
References
Thanks go to the following people who all research and write great stuff.
- Adapt: Why Success always starts with Failure – Tim Harford
- All in Start-up – Diana Kander
- Golden Circles – Simon Sinek
- Give and Take – Adam Grant
- Flipping Classrooms – Romano Zavaroni
Peter is one of two founding directors and also CEO at Venture Simulations Ltd (VSL). In 2006, VSL launched ‘Classic’, the start-up business simulation software that went onto win multiple awards. In 2016 the company released the on-line simulation, ‘Evolution’ and ‘Validate’. Both products help people to learn in a hands-on practical manner about the realities of start-up life. SimVenture products are now used in 40+ countries.
In addition to starting the company ‘Print Revolution’, Peter created Qa Research after graduation in 1989 and the company sold in 2024. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Entrepreneurship Blog came to life in 2010 when Peter (whilst overnighting in a Florida airport hotel) suddenly recognised the parallels between his wide and varied travels as a hitchhiker and his work as an entrepreneur.
As a result of starting and growing companies in different fields, Peter has used his experience to share thinking as an Entrepreneur in Residence at both London South Bank University and the London School of Economics.
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