Serial Entrepreneur

Someone who starts multiple companies over their career, one after another, applying lessons from earlier ventures to later ones.

Why it matters

Serial founders carry hard-won experience and often a network and credibility that make the next company easier to fund and build. For first-timers, it is a reminder that founding is a skill that compounds with practice.

For example

A founder on her third startup raises faster because investors trust the scars and network she earned building the first two.

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