I've read so many inspiring successful experiences from so many people. But I think everybody has his or her own story and learned something what you will never learn in a book.
Just learning by acting.
Last week I pulled the plug out of my company.
I did everything like it should have been, but believe me, that guarantees nothing. At the beginning, everybody was excited and couldn't wait til I started my business.
It was "the gap in the market", they said. Nobody did this before! I was going to have lots of customers!
I kept my costs low, and so was the margin. I thought that I just needed that one spark... And I got it...
But no ignition.
No clients.
My supplier started moaning because I had no orders.
So I decided to perish the short pain.
What YOU can learn from my failure(s)?
- OK, we've all read at least once that we should ignore the naysayers. Well, better ignore the yaysayers, for they can harm your future as well. You better be pessimistic when you start your company.
- Face it, we are overmotivated. Everywhere you see motivation, it's quiet depressing actually. I think it's typical for Generation Y. But it hits me how unrealistic many young people are and can't deal with the failure and sadness in case they fail.
- Don't clamp to what's written in any book. Every entrepreneur has his own story. Yours will be different. The only way to learn is to act. 90% you will learn or understand by trial and error. I've failed for 3 times right now. Let's say only the last one was heading for the right direction. The first one was a sidewalk daydream. At least I evolved!
- All time classic, but hard to understand: failure is part of the deal. After suffering some good old depressing failures, you're getting quiet immune to it. I never felt sad for shutting down my last company.
- As long as you didn't receive money for your work, you're not having a company. Stop daydreaming.
Now, I started copywriting. I'm a good writer in Dutch. So far (after one week), I have one client for whom I write blog articles for. But I have to find my niche.
And I still want to do something with public speaking
Just learning by acting.
Last week I pulled the plug out of my company.
I did everything like it should have been, but believe me, that guarantees nothing. At the beginning, everybody was excited and couldn't wait til I started my business.
It was "the gap in the market", they said. Nobody did this before! I was going to have lots of customers!
I kept my costs low, and so was the margin. I thought that I just needed that one spark... And I got it...
But no ignition.
No clients.
My supplier started moaning because I had no orders.
So I decided to perish the short pain.
What YOU can learn from my failure(s)?
- OK, we've all read at least once that we should ignore the naysayers. Well, better ignore the yaysayers, for they can harm your future as well. You better be pessimistic when you start your company.
- Face it, we are overmotivated. Everywhere you see motivation, it's quiet depressing actually. I think it's typical for Generation Y. But it hits me how unrealistic many young people are and can't deal with the failure and sadness in case they fail.
- Don't clamp to what's written in any book. Every entrepreneur has his own story. Yours will be different. The only way to learn is to act. 90% you will learn or understand by trial and error. I've failed for 3 times right now. Let's say only the last one was heading for the right direction. The first one was a sidewalk daydream. At least I evolved!
- All time classic, but hard to understand: failure is part of the deal. After suffering some good old depressing failures, you're getting quiet immune to it. I never felt sad for shutting down my last company.
- As long as you didn't receive money for your work, you're not having a company. Stop daydreaming.
Now, I started copywriting. I'm a good writer in Dutch. So far (after one week), I have one client for whom I write blog articles for. But I have to find my niche.
And I still want to do something with public speaking
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