The Best Time to Start a Company is When Nobody Thinks it’s Possible

Jerry Kaplan, Winster

In Brief

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders

October 1, 2003

Duration:

3 minutes

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Kaplan talks about how most people will work on an idea for a company for 2-3 years before they get the money. The best time to start a company, he notes, is when everybody thinks it is impossible.

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