Entrepreneurship is not a bed of roses. It’s not easy to start a business and grow it to the point of profitability.
Entrepreneurship
Invest In Your Employees. They’ll Thank You Later
The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay.
Dear Young Entrepreneur, Here’s Why You Need A Mentor
When you make the decision to be an entrepreneur one of the first things you realise along your journey is that there are so many things that you don’t know. Here’s why you need a mentor
3 Ways To Scaling Yourself: From Founder to Leader
This post is adapted from one of the chapters of Blitzscaling written by Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh, which I recently read. Dear Startup Entrepreneur, When you start your company, unless you have the capacity to build a team and bring people on board right from the...
Behind The Scenes And Beyond The Glitz of Social Media
Dear Everyone, One thing I keep saying and will continue to say is how social media can easily distort the picture of entrepreneurship. Most of the time, we prefer to share the good stuff rather than our failures and frustrations, because good stuff makes us feel...
Don’t Forget To Be Grateful.
Dear Entrepreneur, Don't forget to be grateful. Don't forget to recognize the good times. Entrepreneurship is one heck of a roller coaster ride. One day you are happily celebrating an achievement and the next day something goes wrong and you begin to wonder what the...
Dear Aspiring Startup Entrepreneur, Dont Drop Out Of School Yet. Finish Your Degree!
Dear Entrepreneur, Please finish your degree. Don't fall for the college dropout misinterpretation. Don't drop out of school yet. The whole "You don't need a degree to be successful because Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg and now Jay Z and co dropped out of school and...
Think Seriously About The Big Picture.
Dear Entrepreneur, Don’t forget to think seriously about the big picture. Your vision; where you see your venture many years from now. It is easy to get caught up in the day to day running of your startup that you forget to give very serious thought to the big...
Why You Need Fanatical Team Members or Cofounders.
This post was inspired by Brett Fox's post Dear Entrepreneur, When you are starting out, you need a fanatical team. One key factor which determines whether your startup will succeed or fail is your team. You are either working with the right people or you aren't. When...