So you want to be an Entrepreneur (book related)
« Previous EntriesThe incredible value of "Mentors"
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008I learned much too late about the value of mentors and seeking them out.
If I had realized this value and had the benefit of a mentor in my early entrepreneurial life I am sure I would have avoided the very…
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Set your life goals now to make sure you know what your business needs to deliver to you!
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Jim Rohn is considered one of the wisest philosophers of our time and rightly so. His advice is a little old style for my liking but his basic ideas reveal many of the universal truths we should all learn and…
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Entrepreneurs: It’s an age thing or is it?
Friday, September 19th, 2008Many people have an issue with becoming an entrepreneur based on their age - they think they are too old or too young!
The fact is that you can become a great entrepreneur at any age - however you can be…
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Fu**-off Money…makes you think
Friday, September 5th, 2008I 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…
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Businesses don’t fail..people run out of "juice"
Thursday, September 4th, 2008I often read all the stats about business failures and they mostly seem rather lacking in enough detail for me to really believe them, much in the same way I don’t believe in people going the other way and offering…
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Be an entrepreneur, not a wannabepreneur.
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Taking The Leap- Don’t Just Be A “Wannabepreneur”
So many people I have met over the years have been ‘wannabe’s’ …they want to be this or that in their dreams or desires but never make the leap from where they are…
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Winning once is easy, doing it through adversity is the real test of an entrepreneur
Monday, July 28th, 2008Spotted this great video on failing and risk on Brad’s excellent blog and every aspiring entrepreneur should take this video to heart - they will need a ton of courage and persistence to make their life a success.
In my book “So…
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The universal power behind your success…
Saturday, June 7th, 2008Contribution.
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…
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Start with the exit and work backwards
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
What? You can’t be serious…the VCs will never buy that!
“Start with the exit and work backwards” is a direct quote from one of my most respected and successful entrepreneurial friends - he has made over $100M personally.
Frankly in the investment community…
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Why should you buy my book - so you want to be an entrepreneur?
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/buy.html
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibres connect us with our fellow-men, and along those fibres, as sympathetic friends, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects” Herman Melville.
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