{"id":435,"date":"2013-10-13T03:53:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-13T03:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nickiong.com\/wp\/?p=264"},"modified":"2021-04-13T14:35:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T14:35:07","slug":"7-entrepreneurial-lessons-from-chris-brogan-building-a-digital-presence-aoc2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickiong.com\/simplesprout\/2013\/10\/13\/7-entrepreneurial-lessons-from-chris-brogan-building-a-digital-presence-aoc2013\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Entrepreneurial Lessons from Chris Brogan: Building a Digital Presence #aoc2013"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Agents of Change Digital Marketing Conference<\/a> is an annual event put on by brilliant entrepreneur, marketer, zombie killer, and my old boss, Rich Brooks<\/a> in Portland, Maine. You can follow the conversation by searching #aoc2013 on Twitter<\/a> or Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve ever read Chris Brogan\u2019s work<\/a>, you\u2019d be amazed. If you\u2019ve ever seen him speak, you\u2019d be even more amazed. Chris is, in a word, brilliant. He\u2019s got great real world advice for entrepreneurs of all shapes and sizes and you can read snippets of that by following him on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Fall in love with not knowing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Not knowing everything or how to do something is a beautiful thing. Fall in love with what you do by taking a leap of faith, by going for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t be afraid of being dumb; being dumb just means you\u2019re willing to ask questions. You should<\/em> be afraid of being stupid; being stupid means that you think you know everything and don\u2019t end up asking any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Praise the muddy gears<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Doing what you do takes work. It takes getting dirty. It takes grinding the gears a little\u2026or maybe a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t be afraid of all that; get in there and get your hands dirty. Because when it\u2019s 10, 15, 20 years from now, you\u2019ll be glad you did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Worship obstacles and challenges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Do we like<\/em> obstacles? No. Do we like<\/em> challenges? Probably not. But here\u2019s the thing: they\u2019re going<\/em> to happen. So embrace them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a challenge head on and accomplish it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n