Don Dalrymple April 12, 2021 It truly is a jungle out there. Regardless of your good intentions, there is much uncertainty and unknowns in the course of building businesses. I know many entrepreneurs that strictly focus on the top line and driving revenue. Sometimes, this intense focus precludes worrying about the details that might chip … Continue reading How to Protect Your Entrepreneurial Downside
Category Archives: Entrepreneur Mistakes
Top 3 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make Starting Their New Businesses
Herby Fabius March 11, 2021 I am an interviewer. I spend my days interviewing entrepreneurs and self-published authors. Over the years, I have interviewed over 600 entrepreneurs. I am naturally curious to understand why they started their businesses, what they learned on that journey, and most importantly, what were some of the mistakes they made … Continue reading Top 3 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make Starting Their New Businesses
7 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make During the Nascent Stage of their Startups
Anjan Pathak — May 20, 2020 The year 2020 marked the end of an amazing decade. A decade where we all witnessed the emergence of new businesses that changed how we humans functioned. Be it related to how we worked, how we traveled, or how we bought our daily amenities everything became interconnected and much … Continue reading 7 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make During the Nascent Stage of their Startups
How to Move Past Being a Wantrepreneur
Taylor Gordon — April 8, 2019 — April 8, 2019 A wantrepreneur is someone who wants to be an entrepreneur but they never quite get around to it. They have an idea (or ideas) and they are mesmerized by the thought of doing something innovative, but there’s a lot more thinking than actually doing. Does … Continue reading How to Move Past Being a Wantrepreneur
The Ugly Truth About Being an Entrepreneur
Larry Kim — February 12, 2019 Follow @larrykim — February 12, 2019 I’m here to give it to you straight friends: the gritty truth about being an entrepreneur. Many individuals would gladly sacrifice the 9–5 grind for a chance at becoming an entrepreneur, with the promise of becoming your own boss, developing a business of … Continue reading The Ugly Truth About Being an Entrepreneur
3 Mistakes Older Entrepreneurs Make When Planning for Retirement
Andrej Kovacevic — December 12, 2018 Follow @andrejtl — December 12, 2018 Image credit: rawpixel / Pexels Starting and operating a business isn’t the easiest path to take to success. It’s one that’s fraught with risk, particularly for the long-term financial health of the entrepreneur. For the young, it’s usually a risk worth taking. For … Continue reading 3 Mistakes Older Entrepreneurs Make When Planning for Retirement
5 Entrepreneur Mistakes You Might Not Realize You’re Making
Miranda Marquit — September 14, 2018 — September 14, 2018 Meditations / Pixabay We all make mistakes. The key is recognizing those mistakes and taking steps to learn from them — before it’s too late. But are you making entrepreneur mistakes you’re not even aware of? You might be. Before these mistakes sink your business, … Continue reading 5 Entrepreneur Mistakes You Might Not Realize You’re Making
What Does Entrepreneurial Freedom Mean to You?
John W Hayes — November 29, 2017 Follow @john_w_hayes — November 29, 2017 For many people, one of the main motivations behind starting their own business is the idea of the freedom it represents. In many ways, this is quite a bizarre concept because most of the small business owners I know are also some … Continue reading What Does Entrepreneurial Freedom Mean to You?
4 Mistakes Every Young Entrepreneur Should Avoid
George Beall — January 11, 2017 Follow @GeorgePBeall— January 11, 2017 Society hasn’t always been so supportive of entrepreneurship. It wasn’t so long ago that a kid who graduated college and decided to go into business for themselves was considered to be doing so because they couldn’t cut it in the job market by most … Continue reading 4 Mistakes Every Young Entrepreneur Should Avoid
8 Mistakes Almost Every Entrepreneur Makes
by Rahis Saifi May 26, 2016 Follow @57rahisMay 26, 2016 Entrepreneurship can (most of the time) be a rocky and uncertain road. There are thousands of decisions to be made, sometimes with very little information. Not surprisingly, there are many ways that entrepreneurs risk making costly mistakes as they attempt to grow their startups. Even … Continue reading 8 Mistakes Almost Every Entrepreneur Makes