by Wayne Liew on October 7, 2009
Things can be very frustrating for young entrepreneurs from time to time, especially when faced with touch challenges that always seem to have the power to crush our ideas or even our established businesses.
Some may argue that it is all about the passion that you have for your venture or business. Well, let me help you to get this out of your head. No successful entrepreneur enjoys easy days all year long.
You’ll get frustrated with things not turning out the way you expect it to turn out, you’ll get tired of doing the same thing over and over again and worse, you’ll might even feel that you are in the wrong business.
Here are some tips that I practise every day to stay committed to my ventures and to stay motivated. By motivated, I mean waking up and can’t wait to work on the tasks that I need to complete for the day.
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by Wayne Liew on June 24, 2009
The following is a guest post by Robert Tuchman, author of Young Guns: The Fearless Entrepreneur’s Guide to Chasing Your Dream and Breaking Out on Your Own. In this blog post, he details 8 steps for you to achieve entrepreneurial success.
An entrepreneur needs to be someone who can both visualize and actualize. He needs to be able to visualize something – and once he has that “something”, he needs to see exactly how to make it happen.
In order to make it happen, there are several steps that you as an entrepreneur must take on your way to entrepreneurial success. Do not just enhance what is, but advance towards what will be: keep the long term in sight.
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by Wayne Liew on March 25, 2009
Entrepreneurs and most small business owners are known for their inability to delegate and the power culture that they practice.
Many reasons such as insufficient funds during the startup stage and potential employees unwilling to take the risk of working in a startup contribute to a one man organization.
Having total control in your business is advantageous at first because it allows you to implement the ideas that you have. However, being ignorant about reasons to outsource or hire will lead to stagnant growth or even the downfall of your business in the long run.
With that, I would like to share with you the 9 Alarming Reasons to Outsource.
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by Wayne Liew on March 21, 2009
Today, on Wayne Liew Dot Com’s Entrepreneur Interviews segment, we have Jason O’Neill, founder of Pencil Bugs.
I am always pumped up whenever I am able to interview a young entrepreneur, especially one who is just 13. Jason started his Pencil Bugs business when he was 9. What were you doing when you are 9 years old?
Even though this is a short interview, Jason shared a lot of inspiring insights and food for thought that can motivate entrepreneurs as well as aspiring entrepreneurs out there. Without further ado, let me present you with Jason O’Neill, founder of Pencil Bugs.
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