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Many start-up's fail because they skip all of the important questions and ask instead: "What can I do that will be sure to work?" The problem, of course, is that there is no sure thing. So if you are starting out as a business owner or entrepreneur, knowing the answer to these 16 [big] questions will help position you for success...
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Get yourself a coffee!Answering these questions could change your professional life forever...
Get yourself a coffee!Answering these questions could change your professional life forever...
JeremyWaite.Wordpress.com
The 16 Most Important QuestionsThat All Start-Up EntrepreneursShould Know The Answer To...
If you're starting out as an entrepreneur or a freelancer or a project manager, the most important choice you'll make is: what to do?As in the answer to the question,"What do YOU do?"
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Who are you trying to please?
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Are you trying to make a living, make a difference, or leave a legacy?
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How will the world be different when you've succeeded?
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Is it more important to add new customers or to increase your interactions with existing ones?
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Do you want a team? How big?(I know, that's two questions).
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Would you rather have an open-ended project that's never done, or one where you hit natural end points?(How high is high enough?)
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Are you prepared to actively sell your stuff, or are you expecting that buyers will walk in the door and ask for it?
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Which?To invent a category or to be just like Bob/Sue, but better?
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If you take someone else's investment, are you prepared to sell out to pay it back?
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Are you done personally growing, or is this project going to force you to change and develop yourself?
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Choose:Teach and lead and challenge your customers, or do what they ask...
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How long can you wait before it feels as though you're succeeding?
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Is perfect important?(Do you feel the need to fail privately, not in public?)
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Do you want your customers to know each other (a tribe) or is it better they be anonymous and separate?
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How close to failure, wipe out and humiliation are you willing to fly?(And while we're on the topic, how open to criticism are you willing to be?)
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The 16 Most Important Business Questions for Start-Up's
What does busy look like?
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Sex, Brands & Rock'n'RollReleased November 2010 Twitter:Email:Blog:Website:@[email protected]://JeremyWaite.Wordpress.comwww.JeremyWaite.co.uk
Jeremy WaiteFreelance Brand Consultant, Blogger, Ex-Giraffe Keeper,Digital Curator and Author of Sex, Brands & Rock'n'Roll.
All the figures in this document were taken from theForbes.com Power List 2010 which ranks celebritiesaccording to their income, exposure in the press, tvcoverage, internet content and endorsements.
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