Entrepreneurship 101: How many times do they have to say no?

Last night’s Entrepreneurship 101 speaker, Dr. Michael May, talked about the importance of persistence — never letting a “no” stop you. One of the webmail questioners complained about being turned down for funding numerous times and asked about when to give up.

Question of the week:
How many times have you been turned down?

We like to hear from you — to establish the MaRS record for number of times a business proposal has been turned down for funding. But there is a catch — you must have ultimately been successful, proving that persistence does indeed pay! (Multiple rejections from the same source do count).

The MaRS Persistence Award is up for grabs!

Downloads and Resources

• Class information
• Webcast
• Ent101 Facebook Group
• Presentation: “Science and Business Do Mix: The Rimon Therapeutics story”

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