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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Premature bankruptcy is a joke, no offense.
Starting out young is wonderful, starting out young makes you a shining star among the crowd and starting out young means you are reaping the advantages that the world offers much earlier. However, being a young entrepreneur can be disastrous if you don’t keep a close eye on your finances.
This week, I have decided to share 10 money tips with all young entrepreneurs reading this blog so we can stay away from the Generation Debt crowd and avoid the chances of suffering what I call the “premature bankruptcy”.
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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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Relationship building and networking are primary reasons why small business owners and entrepreneurs participate in social media. In fact, I recommend networking as an important source for motivation.
Over the past few months, I have been very active on Twitter and if you have been following my Entrepreneur Interviews segment, you will learn that I got to know most of my interviewees via Twitter (@WayneLiew).
I’m sure that if you are active on Twitter, you would have exchanged a few replies or direct messages with other Twitter users or Tweeples (technical term
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The concept of green business has been around for quite some time. Recently, there has been an increased amount of attention placed by small business owners as well as entrepreneurs to align their ventures towards a more environmental friendly one.
This week, I am glad to have Paul Smith, a green business consultant from GreenSmith Consulting, joining me on this interview segment. Paul is quite an influencer and thought leader in the field of sustainable and green business.
In this interview, Paul shared a lot of great tips on things to look out for when looking into a go green plan, why entrepreneurs and small business owners should take note of the movements in the sustainability field and some useful resources that are worth checking out.
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