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Being a business owner is not for the faint of heart.
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Having a strong network of advisors, mentors, colleagues, and friends is essential for starting and growing a business.
Each relationship offers unique value, whether it's professional expertise, emotional support, or just an outside perspective. Actively build and nurture your connections.
Show up authentically, listen closely, communicate clearly, and don't be afraid of failure. Surround yourself with diverse viewpoints.
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Experienced mentors can help you avoid common pitfalls and fill knowledge gaps as a new entrepreneur. Be open-minded, ask questions, and gather advice from multiple experts.
Prioritize and synthesize the information. Find mentors with complementary skills to get guidance on legal, financial, strategic and other key issues. Understand your responsibilities in the mentoring relationship. Expect to continually evolve.
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It's natural to have fears about taking the leap into entrepreneurship. Fear can motivate preparation, but it can also paralyze action.
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You have to ensure your team feels valued, that they know their contributions are making a difference and that you care.
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Stay strategically future-focused, even before fully staffing your venture. Envision how you will segment your team into functional groups and empower leaders.
Continuously evaluate if your structure fosters growth or impedes it.
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Engage and retain talent over the long-term by fostering an inclusive, appreciative, flexible, and trusting culture. Clearly define authentic values and guard them religiously.
Make your culture more than superficial words on a wall. Enable positive change driven by employees. Ensure everyone feels valued and impactful.
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Changing habits requires an internal decision and commitment to a new path. Perseverance and focus make new habits stick. Bad habits result when we lose resolve.
To change, decisively commit to a plan and mindfully persist despite distractions or resistance.
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Sales fundamentally depends on human relationships and social skills. Passion for your product and likeability build connections. Without strong people skills, sales will always struggle.
Approach sales through a human lens first. Have convictions about the value to customers. Establish trust and rapport. Sales enables all other functions.
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In the 2022 book Broken to Better: 13 Ways Not to Fail at Life and Leadership, CEO of Branded Group Michael Kurland candidly shares every step of his own entrepreneurial odyssey—selling everything he owned, driving across the country to launch his new business, and ultimately building a purpose-driven culture that aligns purpose with profit. Along the way, Kurland distills a lifetime of experience down to its purest essence.
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