A fellow entrepreneur once said to me fail often, but fail fast. The idea behind this being that we learn the most from our failures, which only make us that much more likely to succeed the next time around as entrepreneurs rarely succeed on the first try. By failing fast, you learn a lot, but also minimize your costs, time, and lost of resources in the process. Recently, Adam Savage of the popular TV show Mythbusters gave a speech on the topic of failure highlighting his (many) failures throughout his career to get to where he is today. Whether your a fan or not of the show (I am), there is no denying the success of Adam from Mythbusters. Failure is a common topic in the entrepreneur space and knowing how to work with it a crucial to any entrepreneurs’ success. Adam brings up many good points that any entrepreneur can apply to their own life and goals. See for yourself!
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Happy Monday to you! Here we are at the start of the week, but also at the end of this three part post series on entrepreneurship characteristics! Last week I wrote a second article on some of the more important characteristics an entrepreneur should aim to develop if they don’t already have them. Today, we conclude that conversation on entrepreneurship characteristics by looking at the last five major characteristics any entrepreneur should be striving for. Not only are these final 5 crucial to entrepreneurs, but also anyone who operates in the business world be it big or small business.
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Welcome to part II of this three part post series! Last week I wrote an article on some of the important characteristics an entrepreneur should aim to develop if they don’t already have them. I received a few emails asking if there were any other entrepreneurship characteristics they should be looking to achieve, which inspired me to turn my post from last week into a three part series on the topic. Today, we continue that conversation on finding your own entrepreneurship characteristics as we look at five additional equally important ones.
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Gary Vaynerchuk is an interesting recent high-profile entrepreneur. Some people seem to love him while others find is in your face personality to be a little too intense. Either way though, it doesn’t change the fact that Gary is a successful entrepreneur by any standard who was able to turn his parent’s small wine business into a multimillion dollar per year business.
As I discussed here a few weeks ago (The Entrepreneur Spotlight: Gary Vaynerchuk), Gary has since gone onto publish a book and become a motivational speaker for hopeful future entrepreneurs. In the interview below, Vaynerchuk offers some good advice to anyone looking to start their own business and provides some insight into what he feels helped to make him such a success.
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Have your own business? Wish you could save more money than you currently are? You’re not alone. Many entrepreneurs who run their own business whether it be from an office or at home, are constantly looking for ways to cut spending without hurting the business. You may be surprised to hear that this is actually easier then it seems. Today, I’m going to share my top 5 tips for saving money on your business. Not only will you save money, but you’ll be more productive too! More »
There were 672,000 new small business start-ups in 2009. Small businesses continue to grow in popularity as more people continue to turn to this career path. Events such as a slow economy, job cuts, and better benefits are just some of the reasons people have turned to small businesses for work. Wondering what types of small business did well, where the best place to start a small business is, or maybe you want to know why some businesses fail and other succeed? Well, Focus recently published a very interesting infographic answering these exact questions. Take a look! More »
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Women entrepreneurs represent about 40% of the private small business space with over $3 trillion in profits per year among them according to a recent article published at biznik. I’ve come to find entrepreneurship to be a much more level playing field when it comes to doing business than the traditional corporate setting for almost anyone regardless of background. For this reason alone it is no surprise that we continue to see more women-based entrepreneurs entering the small business market. So I figured I would take a moment to highlight 5 highly effective social networking sites geared towards women entrepreneurs. More »
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Taking a start-up business public through stock options has been the traditional approach for most entrepreneurs of the past. A entrepreneur would find a investor to fund the start-up. The entrepreneur would then have to either sell the company off or have an IPO and offer a public stock option in order to payback the investors. IPOs and the public option have taken a backseat in recent years to corporate buyouts for a variety of reasons. This shift in methods for generating financial revenues can easily be explained and with good reason. More »
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Transitioning to the job title of entrepreneur is no easy task and to obtain the title of a successful entrepreneur is often even harder. I firmly believe anyone who has the desire and determination to do so can make it down the path of entrepreneurship. That being said, I also think there are some personality traits and characteristics that can be very beneficial to possess for anyone looking to pursue such a career. What those exact characteristics are is up for debate, but I was excited when I came across a list of 10 common characteristics of people who tend to pursue entrepreneurship full time. Read on to see how you match up! More »
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Most entrepreneurs just starting out usually have a very limited budget. It’s therefore very important for new entrepreneurs to spend money as wisely as possible to get the most out of each dollar. When you are getting ready to launch a product or service to the rest of the world, you want to do so in the most efficient way possible that is going to attract the greatest number of people. Today we’re going to look at how you can use Google Adwords to do some cheap, but highly effective market testing for your next idea! More »
