Key Takeaways First jobs can teach valuable customer-service and sales skills and how to own big mistakes.
Here’s what eight business veterans learned from their early roles and their advice for young people today.
Every entrepreneur starts somewhere — often with a first job far from the boardroom or venture capital.
From mowing lawns to selling computers, knives and more, some of the most formative early gigs are those that challenge young people to learn new skills, put their customer-service and sales abilities to the test, and give them the autonomy to make — and learn from — their own mistakes.
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This National Entrepreneurship Month, Entrepreneur heard from eight business leaders about the valuable lessons they took away from their first jobs and the best advice they’d give aspiring founders today.
1. Eric LeVine
LeVine, 56, is the Seattle, Washington-based founder and CEO of wine discovery app CellarTracker.
Image Credit: Courtesy of CellarTracker
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