Give and it will be given to you in a like manner. Even more. You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people to get what they want (Zig Ziglar). As a young entrepreneur who’s hungry for success, it’s easier to think of yourself as a go-getter. Somebody that walks through fires to acquire more. More money, especially. But the whole equation is totally messed up. An entrepreneur who gets rich in the long run [...]
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies within us while we live (Norman Cousins). On which side of these crazy excuses are you? Oh I am not educated, Oh I don't have enough money, Oh I don't have connections, Oh I am too late!!! As it stands now, an average individual has their life mapped like this: Go to school. Get good marks. Graduate and land a lousy job with a reputable company. [...]
When it comes to the laws that govern success, nothing else matters than this statement: Try and fail, but don't fail to try. These little eight words are at the heart of this blog. They mirror our ethos. You will never achieve anything amazing until the day you start trying and fail over and over and get over it to try again. And again. That guiding principle was the star that guided legendary entrepreneurs like Thomas Edison. Today we [...]
Potential is a dangerous word because when you first embark on your career in entrepreneurship, you NEED to hear it all the time. You NEED that validation from the outside world. And when you get it, it’s like swallowing a magic pill that makes all your problems go away. I’m telling you, I’ve lived through this, it means EVERYTHING to hear a customer, or an investor, or your Mama, or basically ANYONE say, in plain English, that your business [...]
How will you feel when you spend months of pain and sweat to open your business and suddenly you find out that nobody is interested into your product than what you anticipated? What will you do? Keep carrying on and hope things will get better soon as your customers will get used to you? For how long will you carry on? Many new businesses fail before they could even start because their creators failed to identify an unmet need [...]
What is the key to successful entrepreneurship? Is it Innovation? Some people believe it’s the ability to innovate. Sure, doing more with less, finding new ways of getting the job done and being generally innovative in your business will definitely help, but it’s not the deciding factor. Is it Access to money? Is it Management Skills? Is it Courage? What is it really that makes a successful entrepreneur?
