These micropreneurs,who sell&nbsp;everything from homemade fashion&nbsp;items to antiques and secondhand&nbsp;electronics,are risking very little&nbsp;other than their own time—the&nbsp;capital outlay can be as much or as&nbsp;little as they are willing to riskLarge companies&nbsp;such as Hewlett-Packard and&nbsp;Indian biotech Biocon started&nbsp;in their founders’ garages.Passion&nbsp;was key—with very limited capital,essential equipment was begged&nbsp;and borrowed;friends and family&nbsp;were used as staff;and sleep&nbsp;was sacrificed.The main resources&nbsp;were time, skill,and tenacity.

Micropreneurism

The path is not straightforward,&nbsp;however, and requires a deep&nbsp;commitment, often in the face&nbsp;of failure. As Jeff Bezos warned,&nbsp;“invention requires a long-term&nbsp;willingness to be misunderstood.” ■

Passion Is The Key!!

THE WEIGHTLESS START-UP<ul><li>Starting a business requires&nbsp;almost boundless energy,&nbsp;unwavering commitment,&nbsp;and the resilience to deal with risk.&nbsp;</li><li>But increasingly, the commercial&nbsp;potential of the Internet is allowing&nbsp;a growing number of “weightless”&nbsp;start-ups to take flight.</li><li>These&nbsp;ventures are low on financial&nbsp;resources, but high on individual&nbsp;skill and the investment of time&nbsp;to bring an idea to fruition.</li></ul>

IF YOU BELIEVE IN    SOMETHING, WORK    NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS—    

BEATING THE ODDS AT START-UP requires:<ul><li>...a good idea allied to&nbsp;a great business plan.</li><li>an entrepreneurial spirit:&nbsp;a willingness to take risks.</li><li>business acumen to&nbsp;put the plan into action.</li><li>..determination to&nbsp;deal with setbacks.</li></ul>Although Walt Disney’s maxim&nbsp;“if you can dream it, you can do it”&nbsp;holds true for some, pursuing the&nbsp;dream is risky.

IF YOU CAN DREAM IT,   YOU CAN DO IT

<ul><li>These entrepreneurs&nbsp;faced the risk of a new business&nbsp;because they deeply believed in&nbsp;something, and were driven to&nbsp;realize their dream, despite long&nbsp;hours, stress, and, often, a string&nbsp;of failures large or small. These are&nbsp;quickly forgotten when people are&nbsp;doing something they love.</li><li>Traditionally, the main barriers&nbsp;to enterprise were time and capital.</li><li>Without sufficient savings, few&nbsp;people could risk a new business&nbsp;venture in the 20th century,but&nbsp;today, starting a business is easier.</li></ul>

...if you believe in   what you’re doing,   it won’t feel   like

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