Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs are people who choose to create their own businesses, rather than work for other people's. This comes with significant risk, but also entitles the entrepreneur to all the rewards of
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Greg Rogers, Founder and CEO at Rethink HQ
Great read, thank you to all who contributed thus far.
@Keith Rowley @Jef Lippiatt
My two cents worth.
One of the biggest challenges I find is that the entrepeneur/business owner doesnt really have a solid idea/vision for the outcome or result from whatever platform/tool/resource/service/software they invest in to use, even if it's free. It still has a time investment!
The other side to this is that in a lot of cases the result, whilst still short of the desired outcome, is still better than the alternative but not acknowledged or seen that way. Progress v perfection.
And of course this is simply because we are all going to have little nuances, nothing can be just right for every business.
Of everything opined i agree with the comment on Sharepoint, albeit allowing for my comments above, as a straight out vault for storing and accessing it does the job. Fails miserably with the promised extended usage within the 365 environment.
I also agree on Skype, I see Skype as MYOB once was (the market darling) and now they are the poor relation to a whole host of newcomers.
CRM wise, Salesforce will always be the domain of the enterprise level users, for SMB/SME there are far better and cost effective options.
In terms of other dislikes the upside is that there is just so much in the marketplace, so rather than those that dont work and lose time over, here are some of the ones I am finding work for me.
Teams v Slack
Dropbox or Google drive v any other
Zoom v anything
Teamviewer
Bitly
VLC
Canva
Notability
Messenger
Hubspot/Agile
Small PDF
And finally with regard to the training/user comments, doesn't matter if it's a tool/software/app/service, right through to people in roles, if there is no training and therefore poor take up or usage...only one person to blame...the one for whom the buck stops!
Enjoy your weekend.
Greg
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Jane Jones, Manager at SavvySME
I use Slack, Trello, ASANA, GSuite, Zoom, Calendly, Canva, Scannable (for scanning docs on mobile phone). There's so many to choose from. You just have to do a bit of testing to see which platforms you like the most. For me they have to be easy to use and not overly complicated or it goes in the too hard basket. Thanks for sharing @Rebecca Carroll-Bell @Steven Freeman @Jef Lippiatt @Jessica Osborn @Celia Harding @Christine Mendros @Melanie Gray @Yee Trinh
When you've taken the leap to start a business, when you're down, when you're busy, and when you're stressed. What was the one quote that helped you become a better entrepreneur?
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Jane Jones, Manager at SavvySME
'If opportunity doesn't knock... build a door'. I think this is what it's all about. Always looking for opportunities to connect, grow, make a difference. Love reading what inspires you @Bridget Puszka @Jill Brennan @Leisa Goddard @Maini Homer @Malcolm Dawes @Jef Lippiatt @Kathie Thomas @Phil Khor @Yee Trinh @Daniel Spark @Marcus Tjen @Jef Lippiatt @Tom Valcanis
Having the best product in the market can never provide you with enough sales, exposure and popularity unless you market that product. There are a lot of mistakes solo entrepreneurs make at the very...
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Thanks for this great article. I agree with you in people mistakenly believing in the 'magic bullet' solution that will magically turn a business into a cash producing machine. The road to business success is a road of zig zags and twirls and takes lots of mistakes. But it can be highly rewarding.
Thanks for the great article!
Small business owners need to be always learning and improving themselves. Online courses, podcasts, audio books, Ted Talk videos, Moz and Hubspot are great resources to sharpen your knowledge. Use...
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Justine Garcia, Community Manager at SavvySME
Thank you for the inspiring empowerment. It will definitely help small businesses. Cheers!
Achieving your best is a personal thing. In the same way that success for you really should be defined by your lifestyle, family, financial and other goals – rather than what society says success...
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Would be great to know which groups you find worthwhile.. and would be great to meet some of you as well. :)
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Brian Dorricott, Business Specialist at Meteorical
First question to ask is what sort of people do you want to meet at the event. This will give you a good indication of which events to go to. So, what are you looking for? Drinks for the evening, to learn something, to sell something?
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Entrepreneurs are people who choose to create their own businesses, rather than work for other people's. This comes with significant risk, but also entitles the entrepreneur to all the rewards of their work and ingenuity. Starting a business offers the business owner a lot of flexibility and self-determination at the cost of increased responsibility. As most new businesses fail within the first few years, entrepreneurs are typically willing to take on more risk than the average person and often end up working significantly harder than an employee - especially in those crucial early years.
Entrepreneurs do not fit neatly in any one box. They are free-thinkers and risk-takers, but beyond that their beliefs, values and personalities come in every shape and size. Often entrepreneurs create businesses that reflect their personality or life experience in areas that are of interest to them.
Anybody starting a new business without a fallback has to be willing to put their career and financial security on the line in the hopes of creating something great. For this reason, entrepreneurship requires passion and genuine interest in building a fantastic business.
There is not a simple answer to the question of what makes an entrepreneur succeed. Certainly, hard work is essential, as is a willingness to learn, to build a team and delegate responsibility. Most successful entrepreneurs are intelligent and demonstrate strong strategic thinking skills, but the role of luck cannot be understated. Many great business ideas have failed because they entered the market at the same time as a better funded competitor or they missed a crucial opportunity. Similarly, ideas that may not seem as compelling in their infant form have seen good luck in the early days that allowed them to survive until they could improve their product or service.