What are the rules to run a business? What are the essential skills that you need to be a successful entrepreneur? Hear how Marcus Whitney went from college-dropout, waiting tables to self-taught coder, tech-entrepreneur, co-founder and venture capitalist. Marcus Whitney is CEO of Health:Further, a strategic advisory firm working with leading healthcare organizations to navigate disruptive change; as well as Founding Partner of Jumpstart Health Investors, the most active venture capital firm in America focused on innovative, healthcare companies with a portfolio of over 100 companies. Check Marcus out here: https://www.instagram.com/marcuswhitney/ https://twitter.com/marcuswhitney/ https://creativepower.co/ His book: Create and Orchestrate: https://amzn.to/3aK98mq 00:00 Start 5:00 - what you will learn 9:00 - 8 core concepts* 33:00 - How do you know if you’re an entrepreneur?** 38:00 - If you could start a new business, what would it be? 41:00 - How Marcus became so analytical 49:00 - Aspiring isn’t enough** 51:00 - How to become what you want?* 58:00 - You have to have a purpose 1:05:00 - What can you do everyday to help you in business? 1:17:00 - Why is content creation so important? === 👉Subscribe: https://goo.gl/F2AEbk 👉See our Academy Channel: https://goo.gl/vB9zoP Want a deeper dive? Typography, Lettering, Sales & Marketing, Social Media and The Business of Design courses available here: https://goo.gl/bRt5qd 🎙 Futur Podcast: https://thefutur.com/podcast/ ✍️ Futur Blog: https://thefutur.com/blog/ — Love the content? Become a sustaining member for $5/mo today. https://goo.gl/nwekfL BOOKLIST – Essential Reading for Creative Professionals: https://bit.ly/biz-booklist Essential Design Books: https://bit.ly/futur-design-books Kits & Proposals: https://goo.gl/mSjuWQ Visit our website: https://www.thefutur.com FREE resources: https://goo.gl/Qh6gHr — We love getting your letters. Send it here: The Futur c/o Chris Do 1702 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA — AFFILIATE LINKS* 🙏 Support The Futur by purchasing through our affiliate links: Amazon: http://bit.ly/thefuturishere Webflow: http://bit.ly/2EbET9l Retro Supply Co.: http://bit.ly/2GW8gzR Creative Market: https://goo.gl/g4jlTE Design Cuts: http://bit.ly/2GSsAR3 ✍️ Sharpen your skills by taking a course, using our affiliate links: Skillshare: https://goo.gl/YCo2uT School of Motion: http://bit.ly/futur-som Bring Your Own Laptop Tutorials: https://byol.me/thefutur 🎧 Do you like the music? Check out the music libraries we use in our affiliate links below: Skillshare: https://skl.sh/34z8qVj Epidemic Sound: http://share.epidemicsound.com/thefutur Artlist: http://bit.ly/2uWdna7 *By making a purchase through any of our affiliate links, we receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps us on our mission to provide quality education to you. Thank you. — Host: Chris Do Content Director: Matthew Encina Producer: Mark Contreras Cinematographers/Editors: Jona Garcia Social Team: Elle Money, Alex Burlui Futur Theme Music: Adam Sanborne http://www.adamsanborne.com Typefaces: Futura, DIN, Helvetica Now, Calibre, Knockout, Champion Gothic