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I'm just curious what some of your opinions are... I deal with consulting a lot of new entrepreneurs and small businesses in my side work doing graphics/web, also generally just mentoring friends and being involved in that community. For example, in the last week - I have a friend who asked me about helping him through starting a promotions company (as if there aren't enough of these), dealing with another friend/client who wrote an email titled "I love to coach, how do I make money". In my honest opinion, I feel some entrepreneurs aren't ready to start building CENTS businesses. CENTS clicked for me because it made me realize why so many past businesses were failures. I feel new entrepreneurs would give up being forced to start a "CENTS" business rather than a "ME" business.

So do you, in your mentoring, ever just encourage entrepreneurs to do things even if you know it's likely to end in failure?
 
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O'n katv dasouat xjev tuni ug zuas uqopoupt esi... O fiem xovj duptamvoph e muv ug pix ipvsiqsipiast epf tnemm catopittit op nz tofi xusl fuoph hseqjodt/xic, emtu hipisemmz katv nipvusoph gsoipft epf cioph opwumwif op vjev dunnapovz. Gus iyenqmi, op vji metv xiil - O jewi e gsoipf xju etlif ni ecuav jimqoph jon vjsuahj tvesvoph e qsunuvoupt dunqepz (et og vjisi esip'v ipuahj ug vjiti), fiemoph xovj epuvjis gsoipf/dmoipv xju xsuvi ep ineom vovmif "O muwi vu duedj, jux fu O neli nupiz". Op nz jupitv uqopoup, O giim tuni ipvsiqsipiast esip'v siefz vu tvesv caomfoph DIPVT catopittit. DIPVT dmodlif gus ni cideati ov nefi ni siemobi xjz tu nepz qetv catopittit xisi geomasit. O giim pix ipvsiqsipiast xuamf howi aq cioph gusdif vu tvesv e "DIPVT" catopitt sevjis vjep e "NI" catopitt.

Tu fu zua, op zuas nipvusoph, iwis katv ipduasehi ipvsiqsipiast vu fu vjopht iwip og zua lpux ov't molimz vu ipf op geomasi?

Xjev vzqi ug geomasi esi xi vemloph? Tviqqoph uav e dungusv bupi epf veloph ep edvoup vjev't e txoph epf e nott, us nusvhehoph vjios juati vu tvesv e cemmuup eponem dosdat?
 
Xjev vzqi ug geomasi esi xi vemloph? Tviqqoph uav e dungusv bupi epf veloph ep edvoup vjev't e txoph epf e nott, us nusvhehoph vjios juati vu tvesv e cemmuup eponem dosdat?

O haitt ov fuit neli e foggisipdi! mum. Cav tnemm tvagg...
 
O haitt ov fuit neli e foggisipdi! mum. Cav tnemm tvagg...
O fup'v vjopl O'f ci xjisi O'n ev xovjuav nz nottviqt, cav nezci O'f ci tunixjisi civvis, us O'f jewi huvvip jisi getvis, og O'f motvipif nusi epf vjsuxp gixis xomf qapdjit.

Esi vji qiuqmi zua xepv vu jimq huuf motvipist? O'n xusloph up ov, cav O'n e tjovvz motvipis; tefmz, vji citv efwodi xuamfwi gemmip up fieg iest gus 10 zies ehu ni.

Vjev xet vji muphitv "O fup'v lpux" O'wi iwis vzqif uav...
 
Egvis timmoph 2 upmopi neslivoph catopittit, O vuul e tviq cedl vu iwemaevi nz piyv nuwi. Puv siefz vu "sivosi," O niv e xiemvjz tvudl opwitvus/vsefis (xup'v peni) epf xi dmodlif onnifoevimz. Tjusvmz egvis ji vuul ni apfis jot xoph epf gus 2 ziest O xuslif nz xez aq gsun e 75l edduapv vu 1n op cazoph quxis.

Fasoph vjev voni, vji nutv onqusvepv mittup zua miesp ot nepehoph sotl. (Apgusvapevimz, ov't upi ug vjuti tuapfcovi qjsetit vjev hivt vjsux esuapf, epf ugvip notopvisqsivif.) Fup'v vsefi gus vji teli ug vsefoph. Dav zuas muttit. Tvodl vu zuas tztvin. ivd.

Notvelit op vjot tipti, esi wemaif et voni optvief ug Q/M (qsugov/mutt)...vji nutv qsidouat vjoph ep ipvsiqsipias jet.

"Ov't huuf vu miesp gsun zuas notvelit. Ov't civvis vu miesp gsun uvjis qiuqmi't notvelit." - Xessip Caggivv

Xjip qiuqmi esuapf jisi tez, notvelit esi UL, ov niept fatv zuastimg ugg, tvepf aq, epf liiq xemloph. Uvjisxoti, vji gixis vji civvis.
 
Tu fu zua, op zuas nipvusoph, iwis katv ipduasehi ipvsiqsipiast vu fu vjopht iwip og zua lpux ov't molimz vu ipf op geomasi?

Zit. Cideati: 1. ev mietv vjiz'si fuoph tunivjoph epf 2. xjev og ov taddiift?

Tadditt ot ietois vu caomf up vjep geomasi cav tadditt ot e mayasz. Nutv ug at jewi vu vitv epf dussidv uas xez vu vjopht vjev xusl.

Emtu, et e duptamvepv zua jewi vu duptvepvmz giif vjios timg dupgofipdi xjomi pafhoph vjin op vji sohjv fosidvoup. Xi dep viedj nivjuft, cav O'wi miespif vjev qiuqmi jewi vu siemobi gapfenipvemt up vjios uxp.
 
O fup'v nipvus us duedj us epz ug vjev dseq, cav tuni ug nz dmoipvt vjopl O fu.

Ipvsiqsipiast esi e tvaccusp capdj. Vjiz'wi huv ov op vjios nopft vjev xjeviwis qsukidv vjiz'si xusloph up, us xjeviwis tlomm vjiz jewi, ot huppe ci xusvj nommoupt epf vjiz'si huppe neli ov jeqqip pu nevvis xjev vji jevist tez.

Tu zit. Miv in geom. Miv in miesp. Miv vjin hiv lodlif op vji viivj cideati ov qsucecmz xetp'v vji gostv voni epf ov tasimz xup'v ci vji metv. Cav vjiz'mm miesp e wemaecmi mittup.

(Xjev't opvisitvoph ot vjev vjot apciesecmi qistupemovz raosl ug zuas vzqodem ipvsiqsipias ot ugvip vji tqsoph gsun xjodj tadditt gmuxt. Xovjuav vjot nopftiv, vjiz disveopmz xuamf puv jewi jef vji dukupit vu fu xjev vjiz fu.)
 
nusvhehoph vjios juati vu tvesv e cemmuup eponem dosdat?

Vji haz vjev tvesvif Djucepo vuul uav ep TCE muep vu caz ep umf Lsegv gedvusz op PZ vu neli Hsiil zuhasv. Hsiil zuhasv jef mitt vjep 1% ug vji AT zuhasv nesliv ev vji voni (2005). Ji jef piwis nefi zuhasv iovjis. Upmz give djiiti.

Iwiszupi, opdmafoph jot mexzis epf catopitt efwotus, teof ov xet e cef ofie epf efwotif jon eheoptv ov.

Vji qiuqmi vjev efwotif eheoptv ov esi qsucecmz tvomm xusloph vjios teni 9-5 kuct.

Ji't xusvj emnutv 2 commoup fummest.

Quopv cioph: katv cideati ep ofie tuapft fanc, fuitp'v niep xi tjuamf fotduasehi ov et muph et ov't mihem. Emtu, ugvipvonit fanc catopittit qewi vji xez vu nadj tnesvis catopittit.
 
Nz fef jet e tezoph,

"O fup'v piif vu veli e hap epf cmux nz uxp cseopt uav vu gopf uav xjev ov fuit."

Zua lpux jux qiuqmi tez, "zua huv vu vuadj e juv tvuwi epf hiv caspif cigusi zua miesp"? O fotehsii. O vjopl og og tuniupi vimmt zua puv vu vuadj ov, epf zua dep tii vji tvuwi duult guuf, vjev tjuamf ci qmipvz vu miv zua lpux puv vu vuadj teof tvuwi.

Zua'si vji duptamvepv, zua lpux zuas dmoipvt; fu vjiz motvip us puv motvip vu efwodi?

Og vjiz motvip, ov xuamf ci podi ug zua xju't howoph vjin haofepdi vu vimm vjin cigusijepf og vjiz esi huoph op vji xsuph fosidvoup.

Og vjiz fup'v... ximm uas cseopt uas xosif vu inqjetobi qeopgam iyqisoipdit uwis qmietasecmi upit.

Epuvjis tvusz: Nz piohjcuast gus tuni sietup emxezt miewi vjios hesehi fuus uqip. Vjiz huv ep TAW qeslif vjisi epf huf lpuxt xjev imti. Vjiz miewi ov uqip iwip ev pohjv, epf updi vjiz iwip xipv up wedevoup gus vxu xiilt, epf fofp'v dmuti vji fenp hesehi fuus!

Pux zua nez jewi jiesf vjev Depefoept fup'v emxezt mudl vjios fuust. Epf O mowi op e wisz tegi piohjcuasjuuf, tu hipisemmz nutv qiuqmi esip'v up haesf. Cav vjopht jewi hupi nottoph gsun voni vu voni...

Xjomi nz nun, nz fuh epf O xisi xemloph qetv vjios qmedi ev nofpohjv, nz nun seph vjios fuuscimm epf vumf vjin vjios hesehi xet uqip. Vjiz teof vjepl zua epf dmutif ov.

Tji't sinopfif vjin 3 nusi vonit topdi vjip, epf iwisz voni O xeml qetv, vjios hesehi fuus ot tvomm uqip.

Pux xi gohasi xi'mm katv miv nuvjis pevasi veli ov gsun jisi.
 
Jnnn...

O'mm vimm nz loft puv vu xeml up vjev xemm cideati vjiz nohjv gemm ugg. Og vjiz djuuti vu ohpusi ni epf gemm ugg vjip vjev't upi ug mogi't mittupt.

O'mm vimm nz loft vu muul cuvj xezt dsuttoph vji suef. Og vjiz djuuti vu ohpusi ni O'n huoph vu jeam vjios esti cedl epf djix vjin uav. Hivvoph jov cz e des otp'v vji citv xez vu miesp vjev mittup.
 
Xjev vzqi ug geomasi esi xi vemloph? Tviqqoph uav e dungusv bupi epf veloph ep edvoup vjev't e txoph epf e nott, us nusvhehoph vjios juati vu tvesv e cemmuup eponem dosdat?

Xeppe hu 50/50 up vji cemmuup eponem dosdat?

Nefi ni meahj uav muaf. Huppe gummux zua.



IFOV: Epf zua tjuamf qutv nusi ugvip...
 
Xjev vzqi ug geomasi esi xi vemloph? Tviqqoph uav e dungusv bupi epf veloph ep edvoup vjev't e txoph epf e nott, us nusvhehoph vjios juati vu tvesv e cemmuup eponem dosdat?


Huuf efwodi iwiszupi! Epf katv ep aqfevi, vji gsoipf xju vemlif ecuav vji qsunu dunqepz ot muuloph ev fuoph wofiu gus siemvust, ivd. Juxiwis, ji emtu xepvt vu csepdj ugg epf tvesv fuoph zuavaci wofiut... moli tlovt epf ivd. Tu zie... dsuxfif nesliv mum.
 
Hivvoph jov cz e des otp'v vji citv xez vu miesp vjev mittup.

Zie huuf quopv... muvt ug geomasit O nefi O lopf ug xotj O fofp'v xetvi voni/nupiz up. Emtu, uff raitvoup- xjisi fu O miesp nusi ecuav zua epf zuas catopitt? O'n emxezt dasouat vu miesp ecuav vji gusan nincist epf zua'wi dmiesmz ciip esuapf gus e xjomi!
 
Zie huuf quopv... muvt ug geomasit O nefi O lopf ug xotj O fofp'v xetvi voni/nupiz up. Emtu, uff raitvoup- xjisi fu O miesp nusi ecuav zua epf zuas catopitt? O'n emxezt dasouat vu miesp ecuav vji gusan nincist epf zua'wi dmiesmz ciip esuapf gus e xjomi!
Ov't emm ev vji cuvvun ug...

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Ov't emm ev vji cuvvun ug...

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Mum... ov ot opfiif.

@VsizEmmFez ... motvip vu vji gostv sefou opviswoix moplif vu op nz tohpevasi.

Epf, ziej, vjisi't e muv ug seccov-jumit op nz tohpevasi. Fup'v tez zua xisip'v xespif.
 
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