[INSIGHT] As an entrepreneur. Perseverance and preparation
Persistence and preparation: why your success as an entrepreneur depends on them.
Let's say you decided to promote innovation by running your own business.
What steps need to be taken to ensure its success?
To begin with, the decision to start a business should be backed up by diligent preparation.
The launch of business should be treated as a decision to give birth to a child: first you have a moment of inspiration, but then it's months of ungrateful work and sometimes even disappointment.
In order to prepare yourself for this, start with three steps. You need to do this before you quit your main job.
- Explore your idea: Find out the size of the market, talk to potential customers, see who will be your competitors.
- Register a domain name, create your own website and get corporate e-mail accounts.
- Let your friends, colleagues and those whom you trust, get acquainted with your idea and catch fire with it,
So that you have co-founders, staff, investors and consultants.
Once you lay the foundation for preparation, you will face many obstacles that will stand in your way.
The biggest barrier for entrepreneurs is the search for seed capital. And product development is not a simple task. Even if you delegated it to someone,
Expect that it will take twice as long and will cost twice as expensive.
When faced with these problems, you must remember that success comes after a long period of failure. This can be attributed even to the world of technology, where, it would seem, hit applications emerge from nowhere and achieve tremendous success.
Instead of, to feel discouraged by the inevitable disappointments that will haunt you at the start of a business, remember the words of the founder of LindkedIn Reid Hoffman:
The path to an outstanding career is never direct
In other words, on your way there will be both pits and uplands - you must be ready for this.
Believe in yourself and never give up! Till tomorrow)
Your business consultant @dizhmurbiz