Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
Stanford eCorner
Joshua Hoffman (Zymergen) - Insights of an Accidental Entrepreneur
47 minutes Posted May 16, 2018 at 12:00 am.
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Joshua Hoffman, co-founder and CEO of industrial-chemicals maker Zymergen, details how his intellectual dabbling in college and the courage to work on his weaknesses prepared him to be a broadminded business leader. He urges aspiring entrepreneurs to become good storytellers and build strong teams of divergent thinkers, even if they drive you nuts. Hoffman explains why it's all worth the pain.