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How to become an entrepreneur. 918 shares Share on Facebook Share on Twitter You don’t need qualifications, money, a planet-sized-brain or even a particularly good idea.

How to become an entrepreneur

All an entrepreneur ever does is create something that consistently makes money. Think of a company as a machine you design and build. Here’s McDonalds: Your ‘machine’ always has certain parts. If you can design, build, own and care for such a machine, you can become very rich indeed. Let’s talk about you Are you young, poor, unqualified – a student, or hating your job? Older, wiser, bit of money saved, experienced with a stable job? The most important qualities of a good entrepreneur are energy and determination. Enough preamble. The idea Please forget all of the terrible deluded nonsense you’ve heard about the value of ideas. You do need an idea of course. Original ideas are overrated. People fear setting up a business wherever there’s competition, but competition can be a good thing. Starting It’s at the start where you’re most likely to fail. Scale.

How to succeed when you have no special skills. 2.7k shares Share on Facebook Share on Twitter We’re forever being sold a lie on how to prosper in life: discover what you’re best at, work hard at it, swim in an ocean of riches and happiness.

How to succeed when you have no special skills

That works brilliantly if you were born the best at something, but for everyone else, it’s kinda soul-crushing. What if you don’t have any world class skills? What if you’re just ok at lots of things? The good news is, nearly everybody is like this, and that includes ultra-successful megastars. Bill Gates is not the best programmer in the world, nor is he the world’s greatest speaker, salesperson, visionary or accountant. Will Smith doesn’t claim to be the world’s greatest actor or musician. Most such people would have made a terrible mistake had they solely focussed on the one skill they were ‘best’ at. Even when your skills are mediocre, an astute combination of mediocrity can turn you into something priceless.

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