Comments on: Are You Treating Entrepreneurship Like A Diet?

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:34:09 +0000

@ KM – I couldn’t agree more with your last point! If you work for someone else, you could get fired at any moment, with no contingency plan in place. I think that everyone should be trying to develop a business plan that can provide a secondary source of income. Even people who are comfortable with their current job can simply stash away cash made from a side business, creating a nice emergency fund.

In regards to your first point – we love information overload, but it just leads to more questions and a desire for more information. At some point you actually have to start the damn business! Reading another blog post or taking a class isn’t going to change a thing. I addressed this in my most recent post – http://bit.ly/8jJzxU

By: KM

KM — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:14:55 +0000

Excellent read really… most people I talked to think that it needs either a big idea or lots of money to start business and it can’t be more untrue. I think with most people the biggest problem is that they plan a lot rather than directly jumping into it. It is similar to learning to swim, you can’t read/plan/think too much for it without entering into the water. The other aspect I have seen with folks is they want to make business successful while working as an employee in some company… business can’t be a timepass and still succeed. BTW another point you forgot to mention is that people think “starting business is very risky”. With so many layoffs happenings, I would say working in a job is more riskier

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:02:42 +0000

@ Nate – I’d imagine the problem isn’t that you don’t have any valuable skills, but that you question or under value your abilities. I’m sure that you’ve got skills that are valuable, you just need to figure out who will pay for them! Let’s talk; I bet we can identify your skills and find a market pretty quickly!

By: KT

KT — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:22:25 +0000

Inspirational read. Nicely said, Brian!

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:52:09 +0000

Awesome post! I struggle with one of these quite a bit, the one about not having any skills that people would value. It’s really held me back a lot in the past. I think the way for me to help people right now is through my blog while I try to build up an income. Also, your section on not having enough money to start a business is dead on. The internet is so cheap so there is really no excuse when it comes to that area.

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By: tayyabr

tayyabr — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:44:09 +0000

hmmm