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Original by Stuart Skorman. Edited for use in this blog about emotions in Entrepreneurship. Starting a business often comes with strong emotions. Joy is often present when starting a business. Call it happiness, exhilaration, or excitement. All can be helpful, but joy shouldn’t be the base of your emotional foundation. Ultimately business decisions need to…
Entrepreneurs come from an incredibly broad range of places, cultures, religions and are obviously from either sex. As such compiling the perfect list is impossible, so this list is one perspective! I have already written extensively about the myths and top traits of the entrepreneur from my point of view, so what’s it like from…
I saw an interesting post by a bunch of hackers discussing what it would take to get out of the game or fu**-off out of it as they put it. (http://www.danielharan.com/2008/09/04/vc-part-2-fuck-off-money/) Which startup odds do you prefer? 50% odds of making $1 million20% odds of making $20 million Assume the work involved is the same,…
I always enjoy Guy Kawasaki’s blog and today he has an interesting article dear to my heart and that’s “should I leave my job” and become a solopreneur? In an useful Q&A with Pamela Skillings around her book “Escape from Corporate America” she confirms many of my own feelings about working out if you can…
Contribution. What? Yes – contribution! OK, so what does that mean…well my definition is: “Giving with no expectation of anything in return”. So how can “contribution” lead to success? I know this seems like a long shot or a disconnect, surely its all about being smart and hard working? Well that depends on what you…
Some years ago I met a very interesting person called Neil Crofts – he was a man on a mission and now he is the thought leader on authentic business. I liked him very much and since then he has had a family, written two books and started a revolution! He sent me an interesting…
One thing you should always remember before you start on the road to riches: Sacrifice = Wealth Somewhere in the hearts of all successful people is a “sliver of razored ice” (as Felix Dennis would have it) and this makes you a certain type of person – is that you? Better to choose a different…
What an interesting idea – to be rich – but what does that mean? How do you define rich? What do you do to get riches? What is the result of being rich? These are questions we should all ask if we are to set out on the entrepreneurial path (if you ask me). The…
If you haven’t thought about the WHY then you should. Many ‘younger’ people I hear talk about becoming an entrepreneur seem to heavily focus on this aspect, of getting really rich, and yet most entrepreneurs I know definitely don’t do it for the money (alone). There are many good reasons to not set out chasing…
Unless you are a serial entrepreneur it’s unlikely you will be prepared for the massive shock of starting a new business and if you knew what it was going to entail you probably wouldn’t do it! However, luckily for the commercial world, lots of people are ‘gung-ho’ enough to give it a try and if…
Not everyone wants to ‘rule the world’ and create a huge business – in fact in my experience almost all new businesses end up being small and serving the entrepreneur’s needs rather than turning into a household name. This is not lauded in the press but frankly why else have a business? It should serve…
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