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by giffc 5798 days ago
The best way to learn is to do. Start by getting them out of the building, and help them understand that entrepreneurship means getting outside of your comfort zone and focusing on things people actually want.

The lean startup machine weekend just held in NYC was like a 2.5 day customer development bootcamp and it was amazing. People pitched ideas, teams formed around the best ideas, and they had to get out and learn as much as possible. The creativity behind all the different ways to test and disprove ideas, and then evolve and improve those ideas, was quite something. Reach out to Trevor Owens who organized it, because he might inspire some great ideas for you.