Skip to content
S

Aug 17, 2026 1 min

SFS Minute 1142: Borrow

from School for Startups Minutes

Welcome to the School for Startups Minute with Jim Beach. Every week, a new topic, and the topic this week is how successful entrepreneurs are different from everybody else. I've already suggested that they obsess over systems and not goals and that they embrace rejection because they learn from it. I have another thing to suggest they do differently right after this. Successful serial entrepreneurs do one thing more differently than anyone else, and that is borrowing things. That's right Great entrepreneurs see business ideas all around them. They figure out how to make them a little bit better and steal the original idea. Of course, they don't steal any copyrights, trademarks, or patents, but great entrepreneurs are always looking for ideas to copy and improve. Picasso said, "Good artists copy; great artists steal."

Episode details come from the podcast's RSS feed.

Embed this episode

Ready to play

SFS Minute 1142: Borrow

0:00 1:31

No transcript yet.

Requests help us decide what to transcribe next.

Frequently asked questions

How long is this episode of School for Startups Minutes?

This episode is 1 minute long.

When was this School for Startups Minutes episode published?

This episode was published on August 17, 2026.

Can I download this School for Startups Minutes episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.