Leadership Summit: Len Schlesinger

Here are my highlights from Len Schlesinger, President of Babson College:

• “Entrepreneurs actually have a low appetite for risk.”
• “Entrepreneurs actually start without a sharply defined vision.”
• “Entrepreneurs distrust reports that predict the future.”
• “Entrepreneurship is a lot more than technology-based start-ups.”
• “Large companies really don’t want entrepreneurs.”
• “None of you can ride one business model for the lifetime of your career.”
• “If you can’t predict the future, create it.”
• “Creation” = Creative-oriented action
• “What’s the point of sitting and thinking in the face of unknowability?”
• “Entrepreneurs start with the things they care about…. What do you really care about?”
• “It’s not what you’re going to do — it’s what you’re going to do next.”