James Currier

A lot of people are considering entrepreneurship because they want status, not because they're actually entrepreneurs.

A lot of people are considering entrepreneurship because they want status, not because they're actually entrepreneurs.

I was really an entrepreneur from the time I was born. When I was six, I started selling worms, and then I was selling seeds, and then I was selling shellfish, and then I started a T-shirt company, and I started a boxer short company. I started 18 companies before I was 18. I was struggling between the fear of having no money and the fear of living a boring life.

I was really an entrepreneur from the time I was born. When I was six, I started selling worms, and then I was selling seeds, and then I was selling shellfish, and then I started a T-shirt company, and I started a boxer short company. I started 18 companies before I was 18. I was struggling between the fear of having no money and the fear of living a boring life.

Don't become an entrepreneur if one, you haven't been an entrepreneur since you were six or 12, and it's just part of your DNA. Or you have an idea in your head that you can't not do.

Don't become an entrepreneur if one, you haven't been an entrepreneur since you were six or 12, and it's just part of your DNA. Or you have an idea in your head that you can't not do.

Here's my advice to your crowd.

Here's my advice to your crowd.

Thank you for having me.

Thank you for having me.

In a way, I didn't decide. When I was six, I started selling worms. And then I was selling seeds. And then I was selling shellfish. And then I started a t-shirt company. And I started a boxer short company. I started 18 companies before I was 18. It was a way of making money. My dad was an entrepreneur. My mom was a music teacher. We lived out in New Hampshire.

In a way, I didn't decide. When I was six, I started selling worms. And then I was selling seeds. And then I was selling shellfish. And then I started a t-shirt company. And I started a boxer short company. I started 18 companies before I was 18. It was a way of making money. My dad was an entrepreneur. My mom was a music teacher. We lived out in New Hampshire.

If I wanted money, I needed to start businesses. And so... I did that. And then when I was in college, I started the loft agency and I took a year off and started a company and then went back and finished up at Princeton and whatnot. So I was really an entrepreneur from the time I was born. I grew up in a place where you had to be an entrepreneur sort of in rural New Hampshire.

If I wanted money, I needed to start businesses. And so... I did that. And then when I was in college, I started the loft agency and I took a year off and started a company and then went back and finished up at Princeton and whatnot. So I was really an entrepreneur from the time I was born. I grew up in a place where you had to be an entrepreneur sort of in rural New Hampshire.

And so it was chosen for me. What was sad was that at Princeton, they didn't have anyone to slap me in the face and say, dude, you're an entrepreneur. Get out to California, get out to San Francisco where the entrepreneurs are. Took me 10 years from graduating from college to actually getting out here and realizing, ah, these are my people. This is where I was supposed to be the whole time.

And so it was chosen for me. What was sad was that at Princeton, they didn't have anyone to slap me in the face and say, dude, you're an entrepreneur. Get out to California, get out to San Francisco where the entrepreneurs are. Took me 10 years from graduating from college to actually getting out here and realizing, ah, these are my people. This is where I was supposed to be the whole time.

And I just hadn't known. And so right after school, I went into the normal path. I applied for an associate position at GTE, which was now part of Verizon. It was a 180,000 person company with a big headquarters in Stanford, Connecticut. And I traveled up there with my little coat and tie on the train and got a job and They gave me six different jobs over three years.

And I just hadn't known. And so right after school, I went into the normal path. I applied for an associate position at GTE, which was now part of Verizon. It was a 180,000 person company with a big headquarters in Stanford, Connecticut. And I traveled up there with my little coat and tie on the train and got a job and They gave me six different jobs over three years.

So I learned all about the corporation and all the people. And then I was just like, this is not for me. And a friend of mine had reminded me that my dream had been to go to Asia and So, yeah, he called me up one day. He had just gotten back. And I was like, I went to my boss. I'm like, I got to go to Asia. So I sailed. I took a sailboat and I sailed to Tahiti.

So I learned all about the corporation and all the people. And then I was just like, this is not for me. And a friend of mine had reminded me that my dream had been to go to Asia and So, yeah, he called me up one day. He had just gotten back. And I was like, I went to my boss. I'm like, I got to go to Asia. So I sailed. I took a sailboat and I sailed to Tahiti.