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I encourage my <a href="https://www.tmp.ucsb.edu/" target="_blank">UC Santa Barbara</a> entrepreneurial students to err on the side of action and to take chances. To this end, I give them extra credit if they exercise their networking skills by attending off-campus, professional events and practice their <a href="http://johngreathouse.com/forget-your-elevator-pitch-whats-your-personal-pitch/" target="_blank">Personal Pitch</a>: (i) who they are, (ii) where they are going in their life and, (iii) how they are going to get there.