10 Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make & How to Avoid Them

"The following are the 10 Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make, however it is only a sample of the full report. In order to get the most out of this report, click the following link: Free Full Report"

 

Mistake #1: Failure to Create, Use & Update a Successful Business Plan

"Success entrepreneurs, without exception, transform their ideas into business and action plans, and then execute on those plans…Learn More"

 

Mistake #2: Failure to Raise The Necessary Capital

"Capital is the fuel that allows businesses to grow. Without capital, businesses fail. With capital, early state companies can begin to grow, and mature companies can achieve even greater scale…Learn More"

 

Mistake #3: Failure to Utilize the Core Marketing Tools to Grow Revenues

"Growing your revenues is actually pretty straightforward when you think about it. There are only four things you need to accomplish…Learn More"

 

Mistake #4: Failure to Leverage Online Technologies to Automate Your Business

"Some entrepreneurs manage to achieve success without using online technologies. But more and more, these entrepreneurs are becoming the exception…Learn More"

 

Mistake #5: Failure to Properly Plan Your Exit Strategy

"While the individual goals for each entrepreneur may vary, most sophisticated entrepreneurs share one common goal when starting a business – to eventually exit the business for a large sum of money…Learn More"

 

Mistake #6: Failure to Be as Productive as You Need to (And Can) Be

"As mentioned earlier, there is one thing that every entrepreneur has in common with the most successful entrepreneurs – they all have just 24 hours in a day that they can use…Learn More"

 

Mistake #7: Failure to Systematize Your Business

"Unsuccessful entrepreneurs act like crazy people. They really do. They are constantly in fire-fighting mode and solving the myriad of daily problems that arise…Learn More"

 

Mistake #8: Failure to Use Proper Sales & Sales Management Tactics

"Entrepreneurs must always be selling. Selling to customers, to employees, to investors, to partners, and more. Whether they have formal sales training or not, successful entrepreneurs have great sales abilities…Learn More"

 

Mistake #9: Failure to Expertly Build & Lead Your Team

"As you probably know, few successful companies have just one founder and no employees. Rather, successful companies are formed when entrepreneurs are able to expertly build and lead their teams…Learn More"

 

Mistake #10: Failure to Effectively Brainstorm, Select and Execute on New Ideas

"Entrepreneurs must always be reading, thinking and brainstorming to find new and improved products and services and ways to run their businesses…Learn More"

 

To Your Success!

Dave Lavinsky & Jay Turo

Co-Founders

Growthink, Inc. & Growthink University…Learn More (smile)

Boredom Is The Enemy: 16 MORE’s to Maximize Your Time

By: Scott Ginsberg

 

When was the last time you were bored?

Today?
Yesterday?
Last week?
Last year?

And when you were bored, what did you do?

Eat?
Watch TV?
Doodle on a piece of paper?
Spend an hour on www.boredatwork.com?

I haven't been bored since college. And you know what? I'm damn proud of that. It's consistently enabled me to accomplish more stuff, meet more cool people and have more fun.

And here's what amazes me: friends and fellow professionals often ask, 'Wow! Books, speeches, article, podcasts, blogs, traveling and marketing - where did you find the time to do all that stuff?'

Well, um, last time I checked, all of us had the same amount of time in each day, right?

Maybe it's simply because I wasn't bored.

But don't take it from me. Take it from these guys:

Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom. ~Mignon McLaughlin

The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war. ~Norman Mailer

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself. ~Jules Renard

Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face. ~Charlotte Whitton

You get the point: boredom is the enemy. Which is kind of funny considering that the world is filled with people who complain, 'Gosh, there's never enough time,' and people who complain 'Gosh, I'm always so bored??'

Therefore, consider these MORE's for eliminating boredom:

1) MORE reading
2) MORE writing
3) MORE blogging
4) MORE podcasting
5) MORE exercising
6) MORE brainstorming
7) MORE networking events
8) MORE reviewing your goals
9) MORE audio learning systems
10) MORE research on the Internet
11) MORE enhancing your creativity
12) MORE lunches with hot prospects
13) MORE reviewing old underlined books
14) MORE calling your clients to check up
15) MORE asking clients why they work with you
16) MORE calling your friends you haven't talked to in months

Think of it this way: if you're bored, maybe that means you're a boring person.

LET ME ASK YA THIS...
When was the last time you were bored?

© 2011 All Rights Reserved, HELLO, my name is Scott, LLC.

 

Scott Ginsberg is the World Record Holder of Wearing Nametags. He's the author of thirteen books, a professional speaker, award-winning blogger and the creator of NametagTV.com. His publishing and consulting company specializes in approachability, identity and execution. For more info about books, speaking engagements, customized online training programs or to Rent Scott's Brain for a one-on-one session, email scott@hellomynameisscott.com.