Starting your own business involves taking a risk. You are about to invest time and money in a venture you are not sure will be successful.
Apart from your know-how and
your expertise, mindset and virtues play a significant part.
I
think you should start with a good amount of excitement and
enthusiasm, that is pretty obvious. Some people say that you need to
be passionate before you can begin. I am not going that far. I think
it is very well possible to start a business with more neutral
feelings. If you see an opportunity in the cleaning business, then I
can imagine that you jump on that train without having a genuine
passion for cleaning. But know this; if your competitor does have a
passion for cleaning, he might put in more work. Someone passionate
is a dangerous competitor. The time you spend on hobbies or playing
sports, your competitor is learning, reading, living his business.
A
second important virtue is patience. Starting, getting your name out,
finding clients will probably take time. Keep at it, keep working,
stay focused, and be patient.
Three-Tenacity
and four-resilience go hand in hand. Things will not entirely go
according to your business plan. You will have to adapt, adjust, try
again, and again. And all this probably without pay. Expect to be
working hundreds of hours without being rewarded instantly.
Nobody
sais starting a successful business is easy. But believe me, if you
hold on, you push through, and it works, you will reap the rewards!
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10 about the author; Erik Victor
1. is a serial
entrepreneur and started his career in Engineering
2. currently a
majority shareholder in corporations in the fields of Industrial Real
Estate, Wealth Management & Investment funds, and International
Tax Planning
3. has a passion for the dynamics of young
businesses and actively endorses several start-ups
4. is an
engaged member of several think-tanks and an international conference
speaker
5. has a business footprint in six countries
6. speaks
five languages
7. personal life - resides in Europe
8. Erik
(48) is known as a discrete and private person, a family man
9.
loves to spend his limited holidays in the mountains or at sea on his
yacht
10. Erik has no social media accounts
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