Browsing: Entrepreneurship

The human side of entrepreneurship refers to those personal struggles you face as a result of your decision to become an entrepreneur. They represent the pains, challenges, experiences, sacrifices and realities that are peculiar to entrepreneurs as a result of the unusual path they have chosen.

As an entrepreneur your task is to build a business and not to do business. It is a task that demands more than one skill. Because you are building it, and not doing it like a job would imply, you are never going to succeed relying on one skill alone!

CUSTOMER ALERT: Beware Of Customers From Hell. It’s ok to let some customers go because not all customers is right for your business. The 4 Warning Signs Of Customers You MUST Avoid! The bottomline here is this, offer value to those who value your offering.

Productivity Checklist For Entrepreneurs. The very first sign of un-productivity is having more goals un-achieved. The more goals you have still hanging unfulfilled, the more unproductive you are.

The Burden Of Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is one heck of a life and only the entrepreneur knows why he has opted for such a life. Entrepreneurs have unlimited ideas, but limited funds. Entrepreneurs have unlimited work, but limited time. Entrepreneurs have unlimited market, but limited marketing. Entrepreneurs have unlimited risks, but limited guarantees. Entrepreneurs are far MORE broke than they are rich. Entrepreneurs fail several times MORE in life than the average human being!

PRICING: How To Charge Whatever You Like Without Losing The Customer. To charge whatever you like for your products/services without losing the customer is absolutely possible. You only just have to position your business as one that offers MORE to the customer than the price tag on your products/services.

The Psychology Of Business Success: How To Succeed As An Entrepreneur. Success is not only naturally desirable, but also naturally attainable. Meaning, it is within your power to desire success and also within your natural capacity to achieve it. Those who succeed in business and in life are not superhuman; they just follow 3 simple but often overlooked steps to guaranteed business success.

How To Do Business Like Jesus Christ. The 7 Business Principles Of Jesus Christ. Business lessons from the life of the greatest entrepreneur ever -Jesus Christ! WHY? Because he invented SALVATION and helped mankind solve our greatest problem ever; eternal life!
Jesus didn’t just die so you can make HEAVEN. He died so you can also reign on EARTH by building a business that matters, change the world and profit from purpose!

ATTENTION: Does Your Business Matter? Businesses that matter change the world and profit from purpose. They make their profits by making a difference. They use their bigness in the service of humanity. For service to many leads to greatness.

The 27 Irrefutable Laws Of Entrepreneurship. These are Essential business skills, qualities and mindset necessary for being your own boss. These combinations of business skills, qualities and mindset are what I collectively refer to as the 27 irrefutable laws of entrepreneurship.

The Most Important Business Question EVER For Entrepreneurs. Defining your business is the most important task all entrepreneurs need to do in order to succeed in their venture. Your business is not the product/service you offer. Your business is not the industry you are. That you sell dogs, is not your business; so do many others like you. That you make clothes, is not your business; so do many others like you. That you manage events, is not your business; so do many others like you.

Why New Year Resolutions Fail; The reason is this; New Year Resolutions are usually created with too much optimism that often makes the list overrated with unrealistic goals. Sooner or later, when the high spirit of the New Year begins to wear out, optimism begins to give way to reality. This is when you begin to lose faith in your overrated list of to-dos having realized that there’s just so much you can realistically accomplish.

Business Mastery: FAQs About Starting up A New Business. How to be your own boss. As the day goes by, more people are realizing that the allure of a secure employment is just a fantasy; one that is often short lived. The search for the next alternative which in most cases is entrepreneurship is growing rapidly.

The Anatomy Of Employment: Why Becoming Your Own Boss Is The Smartest Decision Of Your Life! There is nothing bad with being an employee per se. At some point or the other in our adult lives we would be engaged in some form of employment or the other. But here is the truth, a job or being employed is a transition. Meaning, it’s not the end, but only a means to an end.

There is an unusual way to marketing –the holistic way. To attain the significant level of success you desire in your business, marketing must be seen as one whole concept involving several key activities that must be carried out by everyone in your business beginning with you the entrepreneur. In other words, when it comes to marketing, no one is to be exempted!

All entrepreneurs create businesses.
But all entrepreneurs are not created equal.
Ever wondered what separates great entrepreneurs from mediocre ones? Ever wondered what makes entrepreneurs like Richard Branson of Virgin, Oprah Winfrey, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Sam Walton of Wal-Mart, Tony Tsei of Zappos and the legendary Steve Jobs of Apple extra-ordinary?

Uncertainty, fear and doubt remind us that past successes are no guarantee for future ones. They remind us that what got us here may not take us there. They remind us of our imperfection as mortals. We are never above mistakes. We will never have it all figured out. We will always be subject to the laws of nature. We will always be at mercy of chance. Why? Because in life, there are no guarantees, period.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the result of other people’s thinking; don’t let the noise of other people’s opinion ground out your own inner voice and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become, everything else is secondary!”
–Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011

The simple question of ‘how is wealth created?’ is answered with another question; “how do you use your spare time?” If you’re serious about creating wealth, a good place to start is by answering the above question. Being wealthy begins with watching how you spend your spare time. Knowing how to create wealth begins with knowing how to spend your spare time. You cannot be wealthy if you are not spending your spare time on activities that create wealth. The answer to the question of whether you will be financially free [wealthy] or not; is found in the use of your spare time.

Entrepreneurs are nothing other than problem solvers for humanity. Their stock in trade is creatively thinking up solutions to the problems plaguing the world. This unusual burden is the essence of entrepreneurship. To successfully carry out this task, as entrepreneurs we must first understand fully the nature of what we are up against – problems.