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3 tips for the first-time entrepreneur

10/02/2016
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Starting a business for the first time can be scary, especially for emerging entrepreneurs. There is no end to the many issues that will come up as you begin your business. However, it can be quite an exciting and rewarding experience.

Here are 3 core tips to help every first-time entrepreneur get started:

1.    Learn constantly

Entrepreneurs are problem solvers, and as such, must learn every single day. To join the ranks of successful entrepreneurs, reading is an all-important skill. Reading leads us into new ways of reasoning. It inspires and motivates us during tough times, and provides us with all the knowledge we need to become successful businessmen and women.

2.    Embrace failure

The entrepreneurial journey requires patience and persistence — and it often comes with failure. Failure is actually a very good thing. Some of the most eminent entrepreneurs in the world embraced failure to succeed. A typical example is the late Steve Jobs, creator and former Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc.

Although he is no longer with us, Steve changed the world with the products he helped create, and the lessons he conveyed along the way. One thing that really stood out about him was that, he did not allow his initial failures at Apple to define his life and entrepreneurial journey. He went on to learn from these failures, and even created more businesses. Steve, in due course, went back to help Apple be greater than ever. Embracing his failure gave him the motivation to move on and forward.

3.    Seek mentorship

Mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs and business professionals, such as lawyers and accountants, can prove to be very useful in the beginning stages of any business. The mentorship relationship is special in that the mentor becomes a part of the trusted relationship built between the two parties (mentor and entrepreneur), where discussions, knowledge, questions and answers flow back and forth. Entrepreneurs need this type of guidance while implementing the knowledge received to build their businesses sustainably.

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