Stand Together | What Tiger Wrestling Can Teach You About Entrepreneurship @StandTogetherCC | Uploaded September 2022 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
One trait rings true for every successful person Joe Kwong, CEO of SPROKIT knows from his days working with luminaries like Pixar in entertainment: stubbornness.
Kwong compares being a successful social entrepreneur with wrestling a tiger: there’s huge challenges, difficult moments, and a real belief that you can win that carries you through. It’s that stubbornness that has Kwong and SPROKIT wrestling with one of the fiercest tigers of all: policing reform. But with stubborn ferocity, entrepreneurs can get that tiger on its back for some belly rubs.
“Yeah, you’re gonna get a little bloodied and clawed,” Kwong says, “but we’ll see who wins.”
One trait rings true for every successful person Joe Kwong, CEO of SPROKIT knows from his days working with luminaries like Pixar in entertainment: stubbornness.
Kwong compares being a successful social entrepreneur with wrestling a tiger: there’s huge challenges, difficult moments, and a real belief that you can win that carries you through. It’s that stubbornness that has Kwong and SPROKIT wrestling with one of the fiercest tigers of all: policing reform. But with stubborn ferocity, entrepreneurs can get that tiger on its back for some belly rubs.
“Yeah, you’re gonna get a little bloodied and clawed,” Kwong says, “but we’ll see who wins.”
