It's such a hard thing to
do as an entrepreneur because you don't really have the confidence in where you're going yourself.»
Just as with the previous two, the best thing you can
do as an entrepreneur is to get involved — put your money towards vendors and suppliers that use wind energy, support the industry and offer your assistance.
Relationship - building should be the most natural thing
you do as an entrepreneur.
My absolute favorite thing I get to
do as an entrepreneur and international holistic health coach is to pay it forward!
Not exact matches
But edging successfully into nearly saturated spaces,
as Uber
did with food delivery, requires
entrepreneurs to think outside the box.
As a fellow alumna of Harvard, I found it to be a fairly instructive guide on what and what not to
do to become a successful
entrepreneur.
While Levy
did achieve monetary success
as a first - time
entrepreneur, he soon realized that he loved so many other things about being an
entrepreneur.
As entrenched as the auto industry is, footholds do exist for new entrepreneurs who are niche - oriented, innovative and passionate about car
As entrenched
as the auto industry is, footholds do exist for new entrepreneurs who are niche - oriented, innovative and passionate about car
as the auto industry is, footholds
do exist for new
entrepreneurs who are niche - oriented, innovative and passionate about cars.
Silicon Valley
entrepreneur Steve Blank spoke to graduates of his realization that he wanted to
do more than just be a «cog» after leaving the military
as a youth and joining a big tech company.
And
as change agents,
entrepreneurs understand that to get their business
done, they must initiate educated changes almost immediately and roll up their sleeves.
I think that's because
entrepreneurs are obsessed with what they
do, and any inkling that things aren't going right is seen
as a sign that they're failing.
Pursuing a career
as a freelancer also offers many of the same «lifestyle benefits» that people normally associate with
entrepreneurs — from the ability to control the type of work you
do and time spent working to the potential for higher earnings and improved mental and physical health.
I don't care how many times you've been an
entrepreneur, you will always be your own longest relationship,
as well
as your most important commitment.
Everyone knows you need a business plan, yet many
entrepreneurs don't realize a marketing plan is just
as vital.
Most
entrepreneurs will appreciate that the staff are going to be
doing as much work
as them!
Tasner attributes PulpWorks» success — the company
does upward of $ 1 million annually and is profitable — to his decades of experience
as a supply - chain manager buying from
entrepreneurs like himself.
Yet,
as a small business owner or
entrepreneur, it is common to plant your seat in a chair for hours on end to
do what it takes to grow your business.
As an
entrepreneur, you have multiple responsibilities to keep you busy — distracted even — from what you should be
doing to reach your goals.
Boomers: What inspiration
do you have
as an
entrepreneur?
As technologists,
entrepreneurs sometimes get confused about what they're
doing.
Many young
entrepreneurs, and older ones
as well, are starting social ventures because money doesn't provide enough motivation.
If you are better at minimizing your risks but can still make crucial life and business changing decisions, you will
do well
as an
entrepreneur.
As an
entrepreneur in the fashion industry, I've been to networking events and gatherings where some
entrepreneurs in technology don't further conversations or ask me questions about my company because they feel that we're on different playing fields.
Just
as Lidey and Hirabayashi say that they don't want their users to feel pressure to compare themselves to other people,
entrepreneurs can often feel a similar pressure.
As I describe in my new book that comes out in January (pre-order it and you'll not only make Penguin Random House happy, you'll also be my new best friend) while we don't all have to be serial
entrepreneurs... we should all be serial achievers.
As entrepreneurs, sometimes it's wise to give pause and listen to the «echoes» in order to gain perspective on what often seem like insurmountable tasks and to -
do lists.
Experienced
entrepreneurs seem to have the same advice about employees who aren't
doing what's best for your company: get rid of them
as soon
as possible.
The acceptance of home - based businesses is on the rise, but that doesn't mean you should relax your standards
as an
entrepreneur.
So Biderman, — the self - described «King of Infidelity» — who just last year told PROFIT 500 researchers that «there's no such thing
as bad attention for our business» —
did something that would be unthinkable to most
entrepreneurs: He fired himself.
As an immigrant
entrepreneur, I didn't grow up going to Disney World.
The second thing we're going to
do is increase support for
entrepreneurs and small businesses
as they expand internationally.
Indians have
done amazingly well
as entrepreneurs in the Valley, but other groups — African Americans and women, to name two — remain largely out of sight.
Doesn't matter how many times you tell an
entrepreneur to spend investor money
as if it were their own, hard - earned cash, it rarely happen.
Debunking the Myths Many people believe they don't have the innate qualities necessary to find success
as an
entrepreneur, and that self - made millionaires are somehow «different» from them.
As an
entrepreneur who dropped out of college to pursue my passions, I can confidently say that there is no right or wrong way to
do things.
LinkedIn career expert Nicole Williams says
entrepreneurs and individuals working in new fields such
as social media or technology can especially benefit from inviting parents into their working lives,
as their parents are most often confused about what their children working in these new fields
do for a living.
As an
entrepreneur, you're all too familiar with the feeling of being stressed out, but you probably don't know the extent to which stress impacts productivity at your company.
The predominant concept known
as «interval training» used by top athletes and Olympic medalists for decades can now help busy
entrepreneurs and ordinary folk
do a lot more in less time.
Unfortunately for serial
entrepreneurs, each startup is just
as much of a grind
as the first and it doesn't get any easier at home.
As someone who is married to an
entrepreneur, I often find myself shaking my head and enjoying some of the funny things that my husband
does.
The city might be in such a state that institutions of all types feel it's necessary to throw resources at it, creating opportunities for young
entrepreneurs who won't have to compete with
as crowded a field
as they'd find in New York or Silicon Valley, but that doesn't exactly solve the problem of what to
do on a Saturday night.
As one French
entrepreneur puts it, «I'm finally
doing only the work I enjoy, but would never have launched into on my own before.»
Several high - profile
entrepreneurs, such
as Basecamp co-founder and CTO David Heinemeier Hansson, have publicly declared that they can get all the work required for their start - up to succeed
done in a moderate 40 hours a week, leaving, presumably, enough time for exercise, family, friends, and fitness (or at least more than two of those).
Like many
entrepreneurs, I wanted to
do it all myself since I didn't trust anybody to
do it
as well.
He says he owes his career
as an
entrepreneur and VC to others: «I was tricked into
doing what I'm
doing by people I fell in love with.
As an
entrepreneur, I wanted to
do something to address that need.
«
As a company, we were too idealistic and optimistic and didn't focus enough on preventing abuse or thinking through how people could use the tools our platform provides to
do harm,» Facebook said in a statement to
Entrepreneur.
As an
entrepreneur, what would you
do without your smartphone?
When trying to make your way in the world
as an emerging
entrepreneur, don't think of yourself
as the next Bill Gates — or even the next Richard Branson.
3 Things You Don't Know About Tony Hawk While Tony Hawk is widely known
as a skateboard icon and
entrepreneur, few people know the childhood passion he gave up for his sports career.