The Dark Side Of Entrepreneurship And How To Survive It
Monday, 30 May 2011
by Tito Philips, Jnr.
For the majority of you who have gone into business nurturing only the juicy thoughts of being an entrepreneur, things are about to get very sour. I’m sorry, but there’s some really bad news I need to break to you; entrepreneurship as much as it’s celebrated also has a dark side. At least, I’ve been able to identify 8 of them Coming to terms with this dark side of entrepreneurship is what this unusual article is about.
- Published in Entrepreneurship, Start Up
SELF EMPLOYMENT: The Deadliest Business Trap Ever and How To Avoid It
Monday, 23 May 2011
by Tito Philips, Jnr.
Being self-employed [doing business] is the deadliest trap of business ever. That you are small is no excuse for wanting to be a one-man army. Someday soon, you will no longer be able to do all the things you so easily do now as a result of age, so what will become of your business then? Someday soon, your small business will outgrow your capacity to meet all your customer's increasing demand, so what will become of your business then? Then, you'll suddenly realize that all your ‘can-do-it-all-by-myself’ attitude as a self-employed entrepreneur is counterproductive. Then you will come to terms with the universal truth that one tree does not make up a forest and that one is too small a number to achieve greatness!
- Published in Start Up, Thought Bank
BUSINESS GROWTH 101: How Entrepreneurs Are Unknowingly Killing Their Business Growth
Sunday, 08 May 2011
by Tito Philips, Jnr.
BUSINESS GROWTH 101: How Entrepreneurs Are Unknowingly Killing Their Business Growth. I want to talk about the most important factor that determines either a low or high sales period of any business. That factor is YOU! You are the Driver of your business
Your business is like a car and you the owner is the driver. No matter how fast a car is manufactured to run, it can never go faster than the driver’s capacity to drive it.
- Published in Entrepreneurship, Thought Bank