An Interview With Melissa Llarena

James Altucher is the author of several Wall Street Journal Best Selling books, including ‘Choose Yourself.’ There he suggests that we write 10 ideas every day to become an ideas machine. James has reinvented himself several times. His first career change was when he left his full-time role at HBO to build a tech start-up. James has co-founded 20 companies 17 of which have failed on paper yet have given him several life lessons. He is the host of widely popular podcasts The James Altucher Show and Ask Altucher. James is a venture capitalist. And these days, you can find James doing stand-up in local clubs including Stand Up NY. Listen to episode #6 especially if you’re curious about James Altucher’s thoughts on: What it took for him personally to quit HBO and work in his business full-time How to evaluate equity if you are interested in working for a start-up Whether corporate skills are REALLY needed in a start-up What kept James up at night when he was building his first business How to get started in becom