Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Out of curiosity, I often ask aspiring entrepreneurs like you, who come to me for help, what drives them to take on the workload and risk of a new startup. I ask every entrepreneur to first take a hard look inside for one or more of the following key intrinsic drivers, before they start: Satisfy a driving need to be in control of their life.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 13, 2020
The most valuable assets of a new startup are the people on the team, and the most challenging task of the entrepreneur and team leaders is to spend their leadership time and energy productively. Effective team leadership, or leadership inside the box, is really only half the challenge that every entrepreneur faces.
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Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 8, 2020
Entrepreneurs see “no risk” as meaning “no reward.” There are no guarantees in business, but it pays to learn from the experiences of entrepreneurs and business experts who have gone before you. Many entrepreneurs think they can reduce and predict risk by emulating previous winners like Google and Twitter.
Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. But from those failures come new ideas that ultimately set you apart from the rest.
Hearpreneur
MARCH 4, 2022
Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. When you're an entrepreneur, you have to make a lot of compromises.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 1, 2020
Every entrepreneur I know finds it a challenge to balance the joys of entrepreneurship against a set of frustrations they never anticipated. The norm for entrepreneurs is to be optimistic on revenue projections, and miserly on funding needs.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Small business owners and entrepreneurs are familiar with the saying, “Work hard, play hard.” I encourage you to make your 2020 mantra, “Work hard, play hard — REST hard.”. People often think taking time to rest and relax equals unproductivity, when in fact the opposite is true. Here are the five components of resting hard: 1.
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