{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Taking the Leap","title":"Jess Mah - Entrepreneurship Lessons from a Unicorn Breeder","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8b8f3d13\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3249,"description":"Jess is the founder and executive chairman of inDinero, a business that runs thousands of companies' tax, accounting, and finance operations. She is also the Co-Founder and Chair of Astonishing Labs and founding partner of MahWay. This venture builder creates innovative, industry-changing billion-dollar businesses that improve the world. She earned her Associate of Arts from Bard College and her Bachelor's in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. She is in the Harvard Business School President’s Program and a Young President’s Organization (YPO) member. She enjoys flying her commercial multi-engine pilot's license in her spare time with an instrument rating. She started her first business in high school and was has been on the cover of Inc Magazine and was recognized on both Inc. and Forbes Magazine's \"30 under 30\" superstar entrepreneurs. Her combined companies have a value of over one billion dollars.Show Notes:Jess's entrepreneurial journey started at 13 because she knew she \"did not want to work for anyone else.\"She started a business to solve her own problem and then used it to solve others.Barnes and Noble was her first mentor as she was pulling books off the shelve to learn about business. She realized early how important it was to learn and grow and later get mentors and coaches to help her build her business.(11:45) Business got easier as it got larger and scaled. The hardships of the early days will not last forever.(14:30) Don't compare yourself to others...you are in competition with yourself. Focus on your \"next step\" and your journey!Jess likes the ratio of focusing 80% on the next 45 days, 10% on the next quarter, and 10% on the next one to five years out.(15:50) \"People consistently overestimate what they can get done in the next 30 days but underestimate what they can achieve in five to ten years.\"(17:15) Entrepreneur communities are super important to support each other on your journey.(18:45) The real challenge is our...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ulA9-gbIuCKH1J8xjNqoSs1ZHM7mfFGLEz8YkgPp7wg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ2OTQvMTY2Mzg0/MDc4OC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}