Today’s guest post is courtesy of Nicole Rodgers. I come across a lot of prospective guest posts ideas due to some services I subscribe to, but Nicole’s title here intrigued me. Which made me think it would intrigue you. Keeping an eye on trends is muy important, and Nicole’s guidance here is extremely helpful.
The successful entrepreneur watches for trends that can be utilized and worked into the business. There are a number of different areas that many indicators are saying will have a great impact on the future of business. Getting in on the ground floor can help ensure the entrepreneur grabs a part of the trend as it pushes forward.
I’m a guitar player and songwriter. Granted, I used to play and write a lot more than I do now (kids’ll do that to you, ya know?). There were spurts you could’ve even considered me a professional of some sort. Those were good times.
Like with any endeavor, self-doubt is an ever-present obstacle. As I played with bands and wrote songs, I had big dreams. But I never went long without wrestling with the idea that I just may not have what it took. Maybe my chops weren’t good enough. Maybe the songs I thought were great actually sucked. Maybe I just wouldn’t catch my break.
Self-doubt like this is inevitable.
One day, a revolutionary thought struck me. A thought that, in and of itself, had the power to conquer self-doubt in a single bound. A thought that empowered me with the spark to quit pitying myself and get back to work and dreaming.
Wanna know what it was?
You could sell 100 things for $100, or …
10 things for $1,000, or …..
Two things for $5,000, or …..
200 things for $50, or …
Four things for $2,500, ….
1,000 things for $10, or ….
10,000 things for $1, or ….
One thing for $10,000.
…. created a Facebook profile yet.
There’s someone who is completely confused by “@” and “#” symbols next to otherwise names and words.
There’s someone who doesn’t know that traditional advertising is dying.
There’s someone who’s never heard of Seth Godin.
There’s someone who has a cell phone but no texting service.
There’s someone who thinks it’s hard to accept credit cards.
There’s someone who thinks building a website costs at least $25k.
When opportunity knocks, are you fast enough and prepared to answer? Your deadlines, timelines, processes and procedures mean nothing to opportunity.
Joint ventures fail because the joint venture partners are never as powerful as a single owner.
The problem with that thinking is that it takes a heck of a lot more blood, sweat and tears to get that ground floor opportunity off the ground when you’re there in the beginning than it does later on.
Steve at StartUp Blog got me thinking with this post titled The Big Win. In his post, Steve explains how we so often count on the next big thing to get us the big win. But it never happens. In his words, “The big win is a hoax. If we want a big win, we’re better [...]
We’re all driven by the end goal of whatever projects we pour ourselves into. We invest so we have lots of money in 30 or so years. We write so people will read our thoughts and even comment. We play a game or sport so we can win at it. We go above and beyond [...]
It’s amazing how well stories and analogies teach us. Maybe that’s why Jesus often spoke in parables. This gem of a post on Start Up Blog relates growing vegetables to growing a business. The similarities are astounding. A few morsels: The market is a competitive one. We’ll need to fight off bugs, birds and insects, [...]
