I recently saw a millionaire marketer’s post that said:
My friend has this great saying:
“The time you want the map … is before you enter the woods.”
The lesson is basic:
Before you embark on any journey, know in advance how to get where you want to go.
I don’t think so.
A few years ago I found a comment by a millionaire that at first I thought was a great idea, how do you define what a CEO is and does?
Not a bad question, right? Especially when it comes to being a startup.
Normally the CEO moniker, Chief Executive Officer, used in big Fortune 500 companies and even some startups that want the same prestige might work, but as a startup, it just doesn’t quite fit, do you see the same thing?
I have a friend that has a startup and she uses the CEO title on her business card and her web site. She’s a startup. But seeing it on her card it just sounds so old fashion and stuffy, as if “bestowed” by oneself for others to see how you want to project your image. But is that the true focus of a business? To make yourself look good?
Not quite.
So, here’s my attempt in our current business climate to get to the heart of what a business CEO title is about.
Here’s another short article why older entrepreneurs “do it better” than younger entrepreneurs.
Sorry to say, but I agree.
It’s not that younger workers do NOT start companies, older workers start more companies.
Here’s some valuable advice about becoming a CEO of your new company. Notice that it does not sound like a university of college level courses by some professor, but something a current CEO of a startup talks about.
On TED Talks Director on YouTube Mike Rowe goes on and reveals a very fascinating idea about today’s US culture. We have a:
“War on Work”
Those words sunk into me because of a number of factors.
But I don’t want to go into those factors until you see Mike’s 20 minute commentary. So, take a view.
One of the facts that most entrepreneurs realize is we’re about solving people’s problems. A significant point in entrepreneurship is social entrepreneurship: Helping those with simple solutions that make a BIG impact on their lives.
As I have mentioned before in another blog post regarding Startup Entrepreneur for the Poor: Liter of Light sometimes the simple solutions affect more people that complex or complicated ones.
Here is another example showing that “certificates” or “degrees” from “approved” colleges and universities may be overkill for solving problems as the principles are the same. Failing to understand how a cell phone works does not stop me from using it much like these people solving their own problems
There’s a saying: Earners are learners. As an entrepreneur you have to continually learn new things about yourself, your market, your competitor, and various others aspects of life.
Here’s a list of more books to read by Venture Capitalists and Founders of companies that affected how they see markets and starting a business that BusinessInsider.com has listed Founders And VCs Reveal 21 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read.
Here’s the list:
