1116: What It’s Like to Teach College Students How to Write Books With Eric Koester, Manuscripts [Main T4C Episode]

Eric Koester is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and the founder of Manuscripts, a social venture, with a mission to create 10,000 new authors in the next 10 years. He is the only two-time entrepreneurship professor of the year at Georgetown University and was named 2020 National Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year for his innovative approach to authorship and book launches. Eric is also the author of two books including, Super Mentors: The Ordinary Person’s Guide to Asking Extraordinary People for Help, and The Pennymoores and the Curse Of The Invisible Quill.  He got a B.S. in Finance & Marketing from Marquette University and a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.   WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE:  Why it’s critical to your career to become a better storyteller (12:45) Why you should create a project (like writing a book) to land a great mentor and lots of other incredible opportunities  (19:50) How to aim higher, ask smaller, and do it again (21:40) How to make the most of career advice from others (28:50) Why your career journey will have multiple inflection points (43:48) Follow Andrea on LinkedIn