Matt, from Sharkride, shares an excellent piece of advice in a comment to an earlier post:
Find a mentor! Michael Ovitz had Phil Weltman, Steven Spielberg had Steve Ross, Edgar Bronfman and Michael Eisner had Barry Diller, and Darren Star had Aaron Spelling (I worked in Hollywood for two years, after college), Warren Buffet had Benjamin Graham, Jim Collins had Peter Drucker, Henry Ford had Sidney Weinberg etc. etc.
Do you have a mentor? Anyone looking for a protoge? 
I just posted my 100th post. Nice. It’s been a fun few months.
Since my first post I’ve said that Disruptive Thoughts is a journey. It’s always going to be growing, changing and adapting. I’m not alpha, beta, or gamma. I’m me. Disruptive Thoughts is me. And the site will reflect my growth and development.
I feel like I’ve come a long way with my writing, but I also feel like there’s so much potential for short term growth and long term possibilities.
I like the course I’m on and I’ll just continue to head in the direction my compass is pointing, confident and comfortable with what’s to come. Stay tuned for some changes around here. I have a few things already planned but let me know if you have any suggestions – I’m all ears, baby.
Happy with the growth of myself and my readership, I do have one question for you guys:
How the hell did you find me? And what made you stay?
I wish I knew that you do well by doing good. That everything is about other people, if you take care of the people the work will take care of itself. That people are the key to the front door and the back door and should you ever forget to treat someone like a person sooner or later he or she will find a way to let you know.
People will forgive me my faults and cheer my strengths if I only value them their skills and their individuality. I wish I had known that from day one. I used to think it was about the work. It’s not. It’s about the people who do the work. It’s always about the people.”
Eric, another young successful guy that I’ve grown to know through blogging, has a successful career developing in Chicago. He also hosts the VentureWeek podcast, writes the Wanna Be Venture Capitalist blog, and ,it appears, has just started a message board/community site for new ventures. He’s a very cool guy and we both share an interest in microfinance.
Eric was kind enough to share his thoughts on “the biggest lesson learned after working for a few years”:
Luck is underrated. I grew up and went through my business education thinking that all I needed was my smarts and my work ethic to get me to where I wanted to go. What I’ve learned is that while smarts and hard work are very important, luck is how a lot of things happen in both life and business. With that said, I think one can do a lot to create luck for themselves. The most important thing one can do is get out there. Whether it’s writing a blog, producing a podcast, going to conferences, just get out there and meet people that share your passions. Once you meet these people, be a mensch. Then, when you’re a big tycoon, remember that at least some of your status in business (maybe even a lot of it) came from luck. It’ll keep you humble and that’s a good thing.
