10 Powerful reasons why you can never start and build a successful business

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"Starting a business is like building a ship and embarking on a voyage, armed with a plan, a map and a team. You will have to sail against storms, unpredictable weather and uncertainty. If your ship sinks, it's either you quit or you swim back to shore, build a new ship and sail again. " - Ajaero Tony Martins

This article title might sound provocative or offensive but if you can keep an open mind, you will come to appreciate my point of view.

Everyday, I come across highly motivated aspiring entrepreneurs, they have been stirred in the spirit and they are rushing out to start their own business. These new entrepreneurs possess the passion, they have fire emitting from their eyes and with this iron clad zeal, they start their own business.

One thing I have come to observe is that these new entrepreneurs usually follow a similar path. A pattern that makes true the statistics that 99% of all businesses started usually fail in their first ten years.

Meeting these entrepreneurs and studying their entrepreneurial pattern made me come up with 10 strong reasons why you will never be able to start and build a successful business.

In the process of reading this article, you are bound to either criticize me or analyze my points and see reasons with me. In either way, I will advice you keep an open mind and reflect on my point of view.

Before I proceed, I want to state clearly that starting and building a successful business is not an impossibility. Rather, it is you the entrepreneur that makes it either a possibility or an impossibility. This brings me to a quote from my most respected mentor:

"There is nothing like bad business and investment opportunities, we only have bad entrepreneurs and investors." - Robert Kiyosaki

Below are 10 reasons why I say you will never be able to start and build a successful business:

1. You are afraid of failing.

When sharing my knowledge on entrepreneurship with my protégés and I mention the fear of failure, I am often met with stiff oppositions and statements such as:

"Why should I fear failure?" "I am not afraid of failing"

The fear of failure might look like a minor problem but I bet you, it is a silent reason why you and many others will never start and build a successful business. Being afraid or doubtful is not a sin. In fact, it's natural to be afraid but the problem comes when your fear overpowers your faith. I have seen individuals with the right opportunity, the right plan, tools and everything they need to get started but they just don't want to start. Why? The reason they do not start is because they are afraid of making mistakes and failing. They keep procrastinating because the fear of failure in them is stronger than their faith.

Now how do you know you are afraid of failing? If you have attended some seminars, read a lot of books on business and entrepreneurship and you have even taken a bold step to draw a plan of the business you intend starting. Deep down in you, you know you are fully prepared to launch your business, but for some reasons best known to you, you just don't to take the leap. The leap of faith into the world of business, a world of uncertainty.

If this situation best describes you, then know that you are being held back by the fear of failure. My advice to you is this; don't ever start a business if you are afraid of failing, even if it's the world's most profitable business because you will definitely fail. Statistics reveal that nine out of every ten businesses started fail in their first five years. This simply means the odd that you might fail is high and I bet you, you can never beat this odd with fear in your eyes. So until you change your mindset and develop some winning attitudes, forget about building a business.

2. You want to "Get Rich Quick."

What is your major motivation for starting a business? Why do you want to start a business? These two questions might sound casual but their answers make big differences in the life of every entrepreneur. These questions are so important that I had to write an article on my website simply to stress their importance. I have observed that 90% of entrepreneurs start their own business just to make money and get rich quick.

Your desire to get rich will not take you far enough in business. If building a successful business is your concern, then will you need a stronger fuel to power you to your desired destination. I can't tell you what that fuel is because you have to find yours. Everybody's fuel, passion, motivation or source of inspiration can never be the same. But I bet you, that fuel can never be money. It has to be something higher than money.

So if you are going to start and build a successful business, you must abandon the get rich quick concept and focus on value creation. If you solve can a problem, create value and fill a need, solution seekers or customers will find you and when they find you, the money will follow.

3. You Lack Experience.

Most new entrepreneurs basically lack experience. When it comes to running a business, experience matters a lot. After getting the right education, the next thing is to get some real life experience. Why am I emphasizing the importance of experience? I am emphasizing the importance of experience because building a business is a game of experience. A business idea will always look exciting and positive on paper but in the real world, it's filled with ups and downs. Even if your business collapses and you lose everything, your greatest asset in starting a new business is going to be your experience. It's priceless.

In the game of raising capital for your business, you will be asked this question; "what experience do you have in running a business?

If you intend to raise capital by taking your company public, you will be asked by investors; "how many companies have you taken public." All these illustrations and questions boils down to the word "Experience."

Experience in business is measured in the number of years spent running a business, the challenges you have met and surmounted, grounds you have gained and achievements you have made. Experience entails making mistakes and learning quickly from them. It is all about knowing what works and what doesn't. For instance, I can't never compare myself with entrepreneurs like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs because they have been in the game for years and have results to prove it.

So if you are really want to start and build a successful business, then you must be willing to learn and gain some real life experience. When I say learn, I don't mean going to a seminar or buying a book. It's beyond that. What I mean is you have to learn quickly from your real life mistakes. You have to start small, make every mistake possible, gain some experience, increase your business skills and confidence. If you learn from your mistakes, you won't repeat them. The mistakes will become priceless lessons and you will end up gaining some experience.

4. You are using the wrong marketing tool.

Another reason why you might not be able to build a successful business is that you are using the wrong marketing tool. I have seen entrepreneurs use their limited business capital to buy useless advertising slots from advertising agencies. Big time advert slots from advertising agencies are for big corporations with millions of dollars to spend, not for entrepreneurs with limited budget. Moreover, advertising agencies don't guarantee results, all they do is use your business capital to win themselves awards for creativity.

Real guerrilla marketing should reflect in the books. Successful marketing is measured by an increase in sales.

- Successful Marketing = Increase In Sales - Increase In Sales = Increase In Income - Increase In Income = Increase In Profit

If you want to succeed in business, you must know the difference between mass marketing and niche marketing. You must also strive to make sure that your marketing strategy produces result.

If you are in search of result producing marketing strategies, then I will recommend you read the book "Think Two Products Ahead" by Ben Mack. This book will expose you to a lot of marketing tools and strategies that big advertising agencies don't want you to know and how you can use these tools to increase your business profit. This book is a must have for result driven entrepreneurs.

5. You give up too easily.

A principle of life I have come to observe is this; in every profitable venture you engage yourself in, the pains will always come before the gains. That's why I said earlier that a business idea on paper is different from a real life business. A business idea will always look exciting and promising on paper but when you launch it, you begin to see challenges and problems you never expected.

This is the reason why I asked earlier in this article about your reason for starting a business. If your "why" is not strong enough, you will back down and quit along the way. In the process of starting and building a successful business, perseverance and persistence is very crucial. Every journey has a process and an end. If you want to build a great business that will outlive you, then you must be willing to stick to the process. That reminds me of another quote from my most respected mentor:

"In the game of building a success business and attaining financial freedom, the process is more important than the goal and this process surely has an end. If you stick to the process, you will hit the pot of gold." - Robert Kiyosaki

6. You lack focus.

"The sun rays do not burn until brought to a focus." - Anonymous

I can't remember who made this statement or where I came across it from but I really think it's the truth. Focus is fundamental to success in business. If you lack focus, then forget about starting and building a business. I have seen new entrepreneurs dream of owning multiple businesses. Now let me ask; how can you own multiple businesses when you have not been able to run one competently.

I have also seen some entrepreneurs start a business and quit after some years. Before you know it, they have started another business. These set of entrepreneurs are always looking for the new hot business opportunity of the month. The sad fact is that these entrepreneurs will spend their entire life building castles in the air. Instead of jumping from one business to another, why don't you simply focus and bring out the best in that single company of yours.

Remember, Bill Gates did not become rich by building multiple businesses; he became rich by building Microsoft. Michael Dell did not build multiple businesses; he focused on Dell Computer Corporation.

7. You have not developed an overall plan and strategy.

Sometimes, I am approached by highly motivated aspiring entrepreneurs who are getting ready to start their own business. "I am about quitting my job to start my own business, what advice do you have for me." This is often the question asked by these aspiring entrepreneurs and my reply to them is always this; "Do you have a plan?

Now I am throwing the same question at you "do you have a plan? Before ever starting a business, it is advisable you create a business plan, marketing plan and an overall strategy. I will never forget the words of my mentor to me with respect to building a business:

"A successful business is created before there is a business" - Robert Kiyosaki

"A poorly designed business will fail even if the business is profitable." - Robert Kiyosaki

Success in business starts with a plan and your overall plan or strategy must reflect three things; how to start the business, how to survive and how to grow or expand the business.

8. You have no set goals.

This is another reason why you will never be able to start and build a successful business. I hope you know that starting a business without a goal is like embarking on a journey without a destination. Why is a goal important? A goal is important because it is going to be your ultimate source of motivation and a check point for you.

Most people are lazy when it comes to goal setting and without goals, you will just be beating about the bush. If you study the life of great entrepreneurs, you will observe they are goal getters.

9. You want to do build a business alone.

If you are ever going to build a great business, then you must drop the do it yourself mentality. Whenever successful entrepreneurs are being interviewed, I always watch or listen with keen interest. While most individuals talk about doing things themselves, these great entrepreneurs always attribute their achievements and success to their business team.

If you are self centered or "I" conscious, then you will never go far in the business world. I have heard of self made millionaires but I don't think there is anything like a self made multi billionaire. Andrew Carnegie best explains it by saying "You cannot become super rich without first enriching others.

One secret to the success of most great entrepreneur is their ability to hire smart people and delegate certain tasks to these smart people. When you think of hiring smart people, think of Bill Gates and his Micro Kids.

10. You are not willing to pay the price.

"Every goal has a process and every process has a price." - Robert Kiyosaki

Finally, I don't need to write much on this because it is self explanatory. What is the price of being the best in school? My answer is long hours of study. What is the price of being the best in sports? My answer is hard preparation and constant practice. What is the price of starting and building a successful business from scratch? My answer is "I don't know."

In the process of building a business, there is definitely a huge price to pay. What this price is; I don't know. One unique thing about the business world is that the price for building a successful business never seems to be the same.

The price for success paid by Bill Gates is definitely different from the price paid by Ray Kroc or Steve Jobs.

All I can say is this; you will definitely not go far if you are not prepared to pay the price for success in business. Though everyone will not pay the same price, always bear in mind that you must pay a price and "with every price comes a great reward."

At this point, I want to thank you for reading. Before I drop my pen, I want you to always remember that starting and building a successful business is not an impossibility. Rather, it is the entrepreneur that makes it either a possibility or an impossibility.

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Unspoken truths for carrying out a successful Online business

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With the world currently steeped in an economic crisis of immense proportions the following questions become pertinent... How can we cope individually with this worldly predicament? How can we turn individually such immense negatives into positives?

While governments all round the world attempt to deal with this crisis, we must do something for ourselves both individually and collectively. And one sure way of doing so is to embark on an online business start-up. The Internet is growing every year as more and more people visit it to find information and buy goods and services. The aim of this article is to facilitate the process of starting an online business or of correcting a faltering online business.

Every day lots of people like you make the decision to start an online business, yet not everyone ends up succeeding at it. Many struggle and give up after a while, while others come through with different levels of success. The problem with starting an online business is that there is too much hype and too many lies surrounding the process.

The Internet is full of scam artists looking to make a quick bug, and it is easy to fall prey to these artists. The common tactic is to convince you that it is easy to make money on the Internet. All sorts of get-rich-quick schemes have been enacted on the Internet and these schemes are very enticing to newcomers. Who doesn't want a quick way to become rich, anyway? Isn't that the fastest way to financial freedom? However, with anything that sounds that good, there is always a catch.

The person who is promoting or selling a get-rich-quick scheme is after your money, and the idea of getting rich quick (with no effort at all) is the quickest way to persuade a newcomer to buy. This tactic only works for newcomers, and it works until the newcomer grows up to recognise that there is NO QUICK WAY to make money in this world (unless through fraud or unless you win a lottery).

The idea of getting sales by making get-rich-quick promises is a scam. It is a scam because the seller makes money by misleading the customer. The typical newcomer will move from one get-rich-quick scheme to another until he or she gets the message... that it is a fraud! The newcomer then gives up in frustration, or continues to search for the fundamental truths of online business success. If you are a newcomer and your first port of call is this article then you are a lucky newcomer. This article will get you out of the hands of the many get-rich-quick crooks that infest the Net. It will direct your efforts along the correct path to online business success, so that you don't waste your money by dealing with Internet crooks.

The Essence of Business Planning

Remember that an online business is first and foremost a business. This means that the traditional basics of achieving business success apply. For instance, it is well-known that a business that has no plan is almost certain to fail. No matter how small the business is, it still needs a plan. A business plan compels you to think before you act. It compels you to find out about your business area before you start; i.e. to research your business area or to establish its groundwork.

A business plan forces you to think hard about your competition and how you are going to beat them in the market. It forces you to establish whether your business idea is even worth pursuing. Why start a business that is going to fail? Isn't that stupidity?

A business plan forces you to establish the expected costs and revenues of your business, and hence to determine profitability. Why run a business when, at any time, you cannot tell whether or not the business is succeeding? If you don't know your costs or your revenues you cannot compare them together to tell whether your business is succeeding or failing.

An online business is no different from an offline business, when it comes to business planning! It needs a business plan! Yet, how many newcomers do we see trying to make it online without even understanding the concept of business planning? Is it then a surprise that too many fail?

A High Tech Business

The next key thing to understand about an online business is that it is a high-technology business. This point is all-too-often overlooked in all the hype or wild claims about getting rich quick on the Internet. As a high-tech business an online business is dominated by technological complexity. This complexity manifests not only in the process of web site research, design, and construction but also in the process of web site marketing (commonly called Internet marketing).

The only way to remove or hide such complexity is to use sophisticated software tools, and the more integrated the tools are the less is the technological complexity required to achieve a successful online business. The best tools integrate the entire cycle of web site research, design, and construction with the process of Internet marketing.

The end of this article refers you to the best integrated tool that the author has found for start-up and struggling online businesses. The tool integrates the entire online business building cycle and is the best tool to use for newcomers and strugglers. When newcomers have graduated into seasoned professionals (and can thus handle some amount of complexity) they can go for specialist tools that better optimise specific aspects of the online business cycle. This will lead to greater profitability, above what can be achieved with an integrated tool such as SBI!.

An Intellectual Business

The final key thing to understand about an online business is that it is an intellectually-intensive business. This means that you must be prepared to learn a great deal of new things, and you must be prepared to develop your own understanding of the new ideas. The development of your own unique understanding is paramount, as it is the basis for differentiating your business from other online businesses. Your business must be uniquely different from your competition. It must be better, or visitors will not see why they should be doing business with you. The uniqueness in your understanding of whatever you learn ultimately leads to the formulation of your unique selling proposition (USP), which is the basis for positioning your business and getting sales.

You will need to learn the fundamental online business philosophy that drives all successful online businesses. You will need to learn how to build an online business using the recommended integrated tool that does everything to handle the underlying technological complexity for you, thus simplifying your work considerably while dramatically shortening your time to success. You will need to learn practical Internet marketing skills, without necessarily being sucked into the underlying technological complexity. The recommended online business building tool handles the complexity for you.

Final Remarks

This article has discussed three fundamental truths about online business success that you must know if you don't want to fail. They are...

1. An online business must be planned. This forces you to think before you act. Without this you are almost certain to fail.

2. An online business is a high tech business. Newcomers and strugglers must use a sophisticated integrated tool to remove this complexity.

3. An online business is an intellectual business. Be prepared to learn a great deal.

This article has touched only the surface of what you need to know to start or run your online business. For more information read the following source and find out more about the recommended integrated tool mentioned above...

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In all business turnaround situations there are certain steps that are commonly taken to change the fortunes of a failing business.

The owner of a less than successful business may require professional expert help to arrest the business demise and to create value for the organization. The task of managing the required change may be beyond the owner's skill set or too much emotional sentiment may exist that may preclude the owner from taking the tough 'business saving decisions'.

Is there a standard process to be adopted in business turnarounds?

All business situations are different and, therefore, merit different approaches and emphasis on different aspects of the work. However, there are some steps that are generally considered in many successful business turnaround situations and ten of the most relevant are given below:

1. Review and Assess the Present Situation

In a business turnaround it is important to understand fully the starting position. It will be important to gather objective and anecdotal data in order to review the situation and to determine the causes, as well as to comprehend the immediate effects, of the issues impacting the business.

Management accounts, the sales order book, financial arrangements, internal controls, customer service levels, quality and leadership skills are typical areas that will require evaluation and a view taken on.

2. Develop Plans and Business Strategy

After assessing what is required to be changed for the business turnaround to be successful, it will be necessary to develop robust plans and strategy that will achieve success.

Without doubt it will be necessary to comprehensively document the actions to be taken, the timings, the financial impact of those actions and to obtain 'buy-in' from the business owner.

The benefits of writing the business plan include that of a reference against which actual results can be measured and an indication to third parties that the proposed business turnaround plan has been carefully evaluated and is a viable proposition that should be supported. This will be an important and relevant form of communication to investors, staff and others who may need to know what the businesses future plans are.

3. Communicate With Key Employees

For the business turnaround to gain momentum it will be necessary to meet with managers and key personnel. The current business affairs should be explained and the consequences of not taking corrective action should be made known. An outline of the proposed actions to be taken should also be communicated and a request for comments should be sought.

Whilst it may not be possible to answer detailed questions it will be important to elicit the concerns of this group and address them as positively as possible.

Members of this group will critical to the success of the business turnaround. They will be charged with taking the planned actions and delivering the results; consequently it will be imperative that the group act as a team and are committed to the future plans.

4. Communicate With Other Employees

It will be necessary at the earliest opportunity to meet with all employees or their union representatives, particularly if job losses are planned.

A prolonged period of uncertainty, fuelled by rumour and counter rumour, will not be beneficial to the business and whilst bad news may not be easy to deliver, the communication of it in a timely sensitive manner is desirable.

The meeting will also be the opportunity to provide an insight into the future business plans and the part the remaining employees will play.

5. Meet the Bank

The bank and other parties with a financial investment in the business should be advised of the business turnaround plans. If possible meetings should be arranged to discuss the plans and to seek assurances of continued, and maybe, more support for the business.

6. Meet Customers

Dependent upon the severity of the situation within the business it may be necessary to reassure key customers of the business turnaround plans and the benefits that will accrue for them.

This action should be considered mandatory if the cause of the business demise has been poor customer service, poor quality product or any other matter not meeting the expected/agreed customer satisfaction levels.

Begging for a second, third or even fourth chance to 'get things right' may be embarrassing but remember: no customers - no business. Learn from past mistakes, do not promise what cannot be delivered and ensure internal systems, processes and communication channels are raised to a standard that will seamlessly allow business to be conducted in a timely and efficient manner.

7. Meet Suppliers

If the business has failed to settle payable accounts on time, even the murmur of business turnaround activity taking place may result in suppliers imposing draconian payment terms that may jeopardize the business turnaround recovery plan.

If support for the turnaround plan has been gained from the financial institutions and investors, it will be advisable to actively seek meetings with vendors to outline the plans and to seek their continued support.

Re-establishing trust will be critical. Negotiating new or even the continuation of existing, payment terms from a weak position will be difficult, however, all promises made should be honoured or if failure is imminent inform the vendor in advance of how any debt will be discharged.

8. Conserve Cash

Review and improve if necessary the credit management procedures. If possible negotiate extended payment terms to suppliers; examine thoroughly all unused assets of the business and liquidate if necessary.

Options that may be available include selling unused buildings, renting out spare office space, selling unused plant and office equipment, disposing of excess or redundant stocks, factor sales debt and if unavoidable make excess employees redundant.

In addition the elimination of all unnecessary overhead cost should also be actioned.

9. Implement New/Update Systems and Procedures

A thorough review of existing systems and procedures will be required to meet the goals of the business turnaround plan. Implement change if necessary; it will be noteworthy to recall that a continuation of old practices will almost certainly result in the same old results.

Positive and profitable change may be required and this should be communicated to employees, so that they understand their roles in the new business environment.

10. Monitor, Measure and Take Action

Throughout the business turnaround process, results should be regularly measured against plan and corrective actions taken if required. Key performance indicators (KPI) should be determined that will give a snapshot of the business performance and be available on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.

The KPIs should include financial and non-financial measures and reflect the important aspects of the business that will determine success or failure.

Finally it will be desirable to pro-actively communicate the turnaround progress to all interested parties - employees, customers, suppliers as well as the financial institutions.

Provided sound business management principles are employed, results measured and positive trends reported, control of the business should be re-established. However, the business turnaround work should not be considered as a one-off. The experienced gained during the turnaround process should be adopted to avoid a repetition of the earlier mistakes made.

David Willetts is a qualified accountant (FCMA) and works through DAW Consulting providing specialist financial and management support to business owners. Part time finance director, mentor, business consultant, NED and financial management consultant are typical roles undertaken to help owners take control of and plan their business whether in start up, growth or exit phase. Learn more of how DAW Consulting can help your business.

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Home Business Resource-what is needed for successful Business-to-Start

Home the company has a very important decision, and is a typical home enterprise resources must have in order to be successful. Home the company resources are resources, services and systems, you must make a home business to run smoothly; and also the other steps, you will have to be taken to make sure that you are successful with your company.

So started successfully home business, what resources and steps need to be made?

· The business plan provided for in (a) clearly. Without a business plan and then is to attain the objectives of the can get anywhere. You need to combine the business plan and how to successfully achieve the objectives.

· A good research. Regardless of the company's needs, you will need to use it must also be reported in such a way as to ensure you do not need to make. [1] [2] for me, the research carried out in such a way that the expert niche, in the future of the product or service. Business information is important for the home business resource, so you must do the necessary investigations have been well informed industry or product or service.

· A very testing regime in the Office. At the Office, it is important to home enterprise resource. You will need to remain productive from home during the working day. Therefore, you need to have a site that is all you need to run the smooth functioning of the freight transport chain; computer, printer, internet access, fax, phone, business cards and to contribute to the work environment. Suitable for table and the appropriate Office lighting is also an important resource, which is often underestimated role. You can sometimes operates many hours a day and must be provided with a comfortable work space. Reserve money towards the setting up of the working environment where you can enjoy work everyday!

· To cover the costs of the money and capital maksuvaatimuksensa, it is important to home business resource that you need. Business requires some sort of investment and you want to know how much you have, and how much of the investment and business, there is a need for a successful trade. It is therefore recommended that you start a business when you are working on, so that you have some income to live even if you are building your business further.

· The aid scheme. This can be a mentor; a person who has succeeded in a similar business or simply to family and friends. You need to have a close proximity to the people who support you and give you the support you need. You can also join the Forum people like yours with the companies, while at the same time. A good support network is a very important home enterprise resource.

· Business leads and customers are a crucial home business resource. Making and creating contacts and networking is very important to any file on your hard disk to start the construction of base-customers, before you can start your business. Start the business by giving away some of the marketing of products and services. By establishing a connection with their potential customers with construction and when you open a trust company, is easy to buy.

· Is professional! To run relating to business and customers is very important. Get ready for the ' go to when you use the nautical ' customers. Customer care and to provide all the information that they may need.

· To hire all you may need expert advice. Treat your company in a professional and if you need a lawyer or accountant, hire/outsource it. Is productivity and get experts to do what you can do effective, without leaving time to focus on your business. Do you want to do the best for your business; so if home enterprise resources to your project, you do not have, outsource them.

If you are using the above home enterprise resources to your project, the business to be successful. Although the home company may have only a small joint venture deals such as a real business and get all of the business is a successful home business resources.

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Very successful Small Business owners 5 Habits

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a business that consistently grows and another that struggles just to make ends meet? Or why a business that was started in a basement of a home can outperform some of the best-run "big" companies in sales and profits?

Two businesses, operating in the same marketing arena and selling the same products or services, can have extraordinarily different results. How can one business continually grow and prosper, while the other struggles? How can one business owner run a highly successful business while still spending a good portion of his or her time away from the business on trips and vacations with the family, and another owner work day and night only to see his business fail?

Such questions have always intrigued me. In my quest to answer them, I sought input from successful business owners. I became a student of business. I read every business book I could get my hands on. I enrolled in seminars and courses across the country. I listened to audio and videotapes of some of the greatest minds in business.

What I learned has been truly transformational. In this article, I will impart to you some of what I have learned. For the most part, there is no such thing as a successful or unsuccessful business; there are successful or unsuccessful people, entrepreneurs who run businesses. Becoming a successful entrepreneur requires a certain self-image, a certain mindset. I like to refer to this mindset as the

"5 Habits of Highly Successful Small Business Owners."

Here they are:

Habit #1: Have a clear vision of their business, and commit their vision to paper

"A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing."

Charles M Schwab, American stockbroker

The chances of your small business' success improve substantially if you have a clear vision of what you want your business to look like, and what you want it to accomplish for you in the future. Your vision is your dream for the future of your business and it should delineate the path you will take to turn that dream into reality. You need a crystal-clear vision, one that you can communicate clearly, with vitality and a strong sense of commitment. Everyone involved in your business must comprehend your vision and, even more important, must believe in its success as much as you do.

Setting direction and guiding the business toward reaching your vision will make it successful. Vision is the owner's business philosophy. It's his "double vision" - his ability to keep the business' long-term dream in mind while micro-managing the business on a day-to-day, hour-by-hour basis.

Successful entrepreneurs commit their vision to paper. In all my years in business, I have found that not doing so is the single most fatal error a business owner can make. There's a direct correlation between having a well-thought-out, written vision statement and the success of your business.

Your vision should be a written statement of what your business will be when it is complete. It is a detailed picture of the future - what your business will look like, act like, smell like, feel like, and how it will perform when it is fully developed. Some of the things your written vision statement should include are: (1) the line of business you are in, (2) your company size, (3) the markets it will serve - demographics and psychographics, (4) the number of employees you will have, (5) the number of locations that you will operate from, and (6) what competitive advantages will differentiate your business from your competitors'.

Habit #2: Put the proper systems in place

You need systems to be able to deliver a product or service in a predicable and consistent way. All successful businesses have a "how we do it here" manual, also referred to as a "policy and procedures" manual. Standardize your procedures so that everyone knows what they are and how to do them. These procedures involve production systems for your products or services, systems to deliver those products or services, systems to track new customers or clients, systems to help you keep up with your finances, systems to hire and train new employees, and the list goes on.

Look at the systems that operate within the McDonald's chain. A McDonald's in the Bronx operates exactly the same way as a McDonald's in Palm Beach. It runs just as predictably and profitably in either place. Why? Because there is absolutely no area in which procedures are not specifically spelled out through documented systems. Every procedure is outlined so clearly that anyone can be put into the system and taught to function at an extremely efficient level in a very short time.

Documented systems can make a difference to your own time, as a business owner. Without such systems in place, everything depends on you. If something happened to you, even for a short period, the entire business would be thrown into chaos. With properly documented systems of management and organization, a key employee (even you!) could leave suddenly, and the business would not suffer. You could replace the employee with minimal disruption. As new problems come up, you can adjust the systems you have in place to accommodate the needed changes.

If you set up the right systems from the start, they help run the business. You can be free to spend your time however you wish: more personal time for yourself, more time for your family, your community, and more time to enjoy a richer, more balanced life.

Habit #3: Know what they don't know and then quickly get the help to fill the void

Most small business owners don't realize that having an occupation or skill does not necessarily equate to building a successful business around it. It takes different skills to build a business. Let me give you an example. A personal friend of mine, John Chang worked as an engineer for 12 years before he started his own engineering firm. He was considered to be one of the best engineers in his firm before he went on to start his own engineering company. But John had never run a business before, and he did not have the knowledge and skill to operate his new company successfully, despite his engineering expertise. There is a lesson to be learned. The sooner you, the business owner, develop entrepreneurial skills, the sooner you will turn your expertise into business success!

You will need a number of different skills; financial, marketing, management, and customer fulfillment skills are among those required if you want your business to run like a finely tuned machine.

Can you imagine an athlete training for the Olympic competition without a coach? Of course not! Nor can you develop these skills without qualified help. A business coach will help you think in a new way, show you how to stay on track with your plans, and ultimately achieve your vision.

Habit #4: Have a mindset of preeminence

Preeminent (adj.): excelling others, outstanding.

The business owner has to have the mindset to view his business as a product - not the product or service he is producing, but his whole business as the product. It's an entirely new way of thinking, and as soon as such thinking is adopted in any business, the business begins to make massive leaps forward.

As the business owner, you have to learn how you can give your customers or clients the best possible experience; to enable others to see your business as a trusted, valued, respected, and expert advisor. This mindset can be applied to any type of business. You have the responsibility and the obligation to provide guidance and direction to your customers, and to give them the best short-term and long-term outcome.

Many times, I have seen business owners make one simple, but momentous, mistake. Instead of "falling in love" with their customers, they fall in love with the size of the company, growth of the company, number of employees, or the market share. The way to greatness today is to transfer your ultimate passion away from products and services, and toward people! By doing so you will begin to look at your business as a whole, and any interaction that the customers have with any parts of your business, as part of an overall experience. If you as the business owner are focused on making it the best, most rewarding, most fulfilling, most enjoyable experience for the customer or client, you will dominate everyone else in your business sector.

A strategy of preeminence - of excelling - along with the approach of looking at your business as a whole, is truly transforming. If this is the only idea from these 5 habits that you take to heart and adapt and implement, you will see a significant improvement in your business.

Habit #5: Work on their business, not just in it

The successful small business owner understands the real value and reward that is derived from working on the business rather then just working in the business. She understands that working on the business means viewing her business as a whole. She sees her business made up of various parts that integrate seamlessly to function as a whole.

Working on, instead of "in" the business is strategic work. It is the way businesses transform themselves from vision into reality. It requires asking strategic questions and then doing everything to find answers to those questions.

Smart entrepreneurs do the necessary strategic work, and regularly ask the following questions:

What is my market share?

Who is my ideal customer?

Where is my industry headed?

Who are my competitors?

What are my competitive advantages?

What are other successful businesses in my industry doing?

How do they market their product or service?

What are other successful businesses outside my industry doing?

What is the "experience" my customers are having with my business?

What is the "experience" customers are having at my competitor's place of business?

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." --Albert Einstein

Salim Omar, CPA is the author of the newly published book, Straight Talk About Small Business Success In New Jersey.

More free information can be accessed on his website http://www.OmarGroupCPA.com

The billionaire taught me about the successes

What a Billionaire Taught Me About Successful Businesses:
10 Lessons to Think & Act Like a Business Superstar

What you will find in this report

The sections that this paper is divided into are based on the questions my billionaire investor used to ask during various phases of our company's growth. Each question is itself based our investors experience in thousands of investments.

1. How to select the ultimate business partners

2. How to tell good ideas from bad ideas

3. How to make sure your ego doesn't destroy your business

4. How to attract and manage your financial partners

5. How to hire super stars that won't cost you an arm and a leg

6. How to raise money for your venture

7. How to build a business that generates cash without increasing costs

8. How to make sure you never confuse passion with productivity

9. How to make tough decisions and feel good about it

10. How to create a lucrative exit strategy

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How to make the most of this report

I encourage you read and absorb these ten points. Once you have read these points
I suggest you ask yourself these questions as often as possible. Also, ask yourself
these questions when you are meeting other business founders and CEO's. Evaluate
all businesses and develop a habit of asking these questions all the time.
How this story began

If you are lucky you will have mentors that have done well in their own business and
can help you navigate the path to success. If you are really lucky these people will
be in your industry and will add more than just anecdotal support for your
decisions. Then there are the extraordinarily lucky few who will have a mentor that
will change the way they think about business forever. Several years ago I came
across such a mentor. In a series of chance connections I came face-to-face with a
billionaire that was ready to share his wealth of experience. In less than 2 hours this
person was able to change almost everything I knew about business. Even the most
fundamental ideas about how I thought businesses work would be set on their head.

My partner and I had been working together in an online ad sales company that was
over capitalized and growing mostly because of the hype surrounding the Internet.
He was my boss and I was selling ad space. We quickly realized that we would be
having more fun and making loads more cash if we were running our own business
outside of the corporate clutches we were in. Once we made the decision to leave,
our education began. In a frenzied period of deal making and late nights over our
laptops we were able to attract the attention of a very wealthy investor. He invited
us to meet him and some of his lieutenants in his hotel suite with instructions to
"leave behind any business plans and bring just your heads".

Although the first meeting was no more than a couple of hours the time seemed to
accelerate past us. The meeting was basically a series of well-considered questions
aimed at my partner and me. What was surprising though was that these questions
were very simple and quite basic in nature. We had been expecting some tough
questions about corporate financing and international arbitrage; instead we were
answering questions about who we were and what we thought we did to help the
company better. Over the next few months the relationship became financial and we
struck a deal with this investor. The deal was done but the questions kept coming.

The most interesting and benign question was asked of us almost once a week on
the phone and at every face-to-face meeting. Without fail I would get a call from
our new investor that would start with the question "What do you do?" At first I
thought this was a joke and played along by describing the company and what we
did for our clients. As time drew on it occurred to me that the question was a loaded
one and that my answers were not getting to the heart of the matter. Eventually I
came around and asked our billionaire investor "You keep asking that question and I
know you are not stupid so it can't be that you don't know the answer. What's the
point of asking the question?" He chuckled as he explained, "I ask it all the time
because it's the best question to get a sense of how focused people in the business
are." My silence prompted him to continue, "You see, if someone can't answer that
question confidently and in fewer than ten words they probably don't understand
what the real value of their service or product is."

To test how true this might be trying asking yourself that question and giving the
answer in ten words or less. Do you feel clear about your response or do you feel
confused? The next time you get the opportunity to ask the question of someone
else watch carefully how he or she answers the question. Do you need to sit down
and take a break after their long-winded explanation or do you get it immediately?
It's obvious to me now that if you need a whiteboard, a PowerPoint presentation and
forty-five minutes to sell your product you're in deep trouble.

Over the period that we were in contact there were many more questions. Each
question has the ability to cut directly to the problem and make sense of complex
situations. Here is a list of the questions that kept on coming up.

1. Who will be involved?

How to decide who will be involved in your business.

There is an old Moorish adage that says you should choose your companions before
you choose your journey. Before you embark on any business journey you have to
be sure your companions are the best you can possibly choose for the path ahead.
My billionaire mentor would remind us every time we needed to recruit another
member of the team, "Ask yourself what are the reputations, integrity and potential
of the people involved? Will these people set the company up for success or failure?"

The key here is to make sure that you not only get bright people with lots of energy
and passion but also be sure to get a group that together is ten times the sum of its
parts. You might have the smartest people on your team but if there is no chemistry
between them nothing will get done correctly. I once founded a technology company
that had the best of the best from the top engineering schools in the country. Even
though we had the ultimate brain power we could find there was no passion
amongst the group to drive that brain power forward towards our goals.

2. Is this a people thing or an idea thing?

How to tell good ideas from bad ideas
Ideas are the fuel of any business. Good ideas can create empires and bad ideas can
ruin them just as fast. Knowing the difference between good ideas and bad ideas is
what allows people to move towards success. The advice we received was simple, "If
you run into problems evaluate whether they are caused by people or by the idea
that they are working towards. Good people can turn a bad idea into a good idea
but bad people almost never change bad ideas into good ideas."

Even the most well considered business ideas might turn out to be flawed but it's
easier to manage the obstacles when you have good people. Develop a sixth sense
for evaluating ideas by constantly reading and learning how good businesses
continue to remain on top. Find out from successful leaders how they "smell" the rot
in a bad idea. Very often this is something that comes with practice but you can
begin making a difference now by filtering ideas through your best people, whether
they be partner, employees or advisors.

3. Are the founders the same people that will run the company?

How to make sure your ego doesn't destroy your business

Starting a business and running a business for the long-term can be compared to
sprinters and long-distance runners. Not everybody can be an entrepreneur and a
long haul expert. Don't believe that everybody that starts a business can be a
Michael Dell or Jeff Bezos. It's very rare that the founder of a business will have the
skills to both create the business and run it once it is a mature business. If you start
a company be prepared to step down or move positions when the time is right.

It's common knowledge amongst investors and venture capitalists that most start-
ups never mature beyond the first few years because the original leadership gets in
their own way. In a recent report by Ernst & Young it was discovered that only about
57% of founders remain in the CEO position. Unfortunately many entrepreneurs are
convinced that they can do everything and are reluctant to let the reins of the
business go to someone else. In my own experience I would say that this is the
number one reason why new businesses never mature or develop beyond the first
energetic tears. "In all the years that I've been starting and funding businesses only
two founders voluntarily stood down to make way for someone who would do a
better job" was what we heard from our billionaire mentor.

4. How much money will you need before you make a profit? Oh, and you can cut
the forecast bullshit.

How to attract and manage your financial partners

If you plan to finance your company with other peoples money you had better be
very honest with them. Expectation management is the key to all successful
relationships and it's never truer than between a business owner and the investors
they bring on board. Giving your investors accurate information about finances and
important decisions is so important it might make or break your business. From the
moment you meet with your investors you will be asked questions about what you
and your future business are capable of. If you exaggerate the truth or give your
investors false information it will come back to hurt you.

Part of the communication you will have with your investors, or potential investors,
is to develop financial forecast for your business. Beware, forecasts are nothing
more than a really good guesses so be cautious when you present your plans to the
people who will finance your company. Whatever you think it will cost, double that
and you might just make it before the money runs out. Plans are good guidance but
be prepared to make changes to them and be quick to update your investors as to
those changes. When my partner and I met with our investor for the first time we
wanted desperately to impress him with our predictions of how much money we
thought we could make. He stopped us short and reminded us that "Forecasts are
nothing more than your best guess guys. Don't waste my time with guesses, let's
figure out how much money we can make right now and avoid disappointing both
sides".

5. Do you really need a chief financial officer or can you get away with a good
accountant?

How to hire super stars that won't cost you an arm and a leg

Generally, the biggest expense in a new company is the payroll. People cost money,
and without doubt, good people cost the most money. Although it is essential to
have good people don't be fooled by advanced degrees or fancy titles on your
recruit's resume. In the beginning do you really need to have the big guns doing
basic work? Wait as long as possible before adding anyone to your team.

I made this mistake on my first start-up. In an attempt to get some momentum
going in the early months I hired some heavy hitters to join the team. Our investor
was the one to bring our mistake to my attention, "These new guys are smart.
Maybe the smartest people I've met for a while but do you really need a CFO to
make 100-odd journal entries a month? Can't this wait a bit longer?" If you can
outsource non-strategic roles until there is enough justification and cash to do so
you will save yourself good money.

6. Can you raise your capital from somewhere other than venture capitalists?

How to raise money for your venture

Investors can be very important to get going but you need them like a hole in the
head. Our investor asked us early on, "Can you raise your capital from somewhere
other than venture capitalists?" This might be a paradoxical question coming from
an investor but our billionaire was sensitive to the difficulties that these
relationships cause. Investor's desire to get returns from their investment and their
blindness to subtleties can cause great tension in the company. In his words,
"Investors are driven by one thing and one thing only. Don't ever convince yourself
otherwise." If you can raise the money from friends or family, or better yet from
yourself, you will avoid having to deal with venture capitalists.

Money is a huge temptation and can make you a little crazy when you are desperate
to close a deal. Entrepreneurs that are up to their ears in debt make quick decisions
that they later regret. Ideally founders need to consider where the money will come
from before starting their business. Entrepreneurs can develop connections to
investors well before or in parallel to their start-up activities. Successful businesses
don't wait until time has run out and they are desperate.

7. How can this business be scaled?

How to build a business that generates cash without increasing costs

This is my favorite question because I'm inherently lazy. Businesses that require me
to work more as they get bigger scare me. I'm excited when I can see a company
grow without having to increase the amount of resources needed to run it. I've
heard it said that the best measure of a company's success is its ability to grow
regardless of your day-to-day presence.

E-Bay is probably the best model of a scalable business in the marketplace today.
More buyers and sellers gather every day under the same technology platform. Their
business has evolved to the point that a million more visitors won't require
significant additions to the technology. More customers and more transactions do
not necessarily mean increasing staff or infrastructure. "Build a business that
operates to generate revenues even when you are sleeping", that's pretty good
advice when you consider that you will be asleep for an average of one third of your
life.

8. What's the difference between a hobby and a business?

How to make sure you never confuse passion with productivity

The answer is simple, "A business should have more money at the end of each
month than it had at the beginning but with a hobby it's just the opposite". If you
are doing something just because you like doing it even if it's a terrible business
then eventually it'll make you miserable. The best case is to find something you are
passionate about then make sure it's a good business model too.

Too many self-help books tell us to follow our heart and our passions.
Unfortunately that confuses us into believing that our hobby can also be our
business. A good friend of mine left college with a degree in finance but was not
excited by the idea of working in the world of financial transactions. His favorite
past-time was to take overland trips in his Land Rover across African's heartland.
He decided to create a safari business and follow his heart. It turned out to be a
really tough business to run. The vehicles frequently broke down and you can't do
much marketing to wealthy overseas prospects when you are in the deepest darkest
part of the African continent. He eventually closed shop and joined an investment
firm that had a special interest in the travel industry. It was a match made in heaven
and he made a mint doing what he loves.

9. Are you wetting your bed and or are you facing facts?

How to make tough decisions and feel good about it

Business leaders and entrepreneurs have to make tough decisions. What stops
business leaders from making tough decisions is they don't want to be perceived as
nasty bosses. Tough decisions are just that - tough. Get over your ego and get used
to the idea that not every step of the way is going to be paved with roses.

In one instance, after a particularly bad month we had to come to terms with the
fact we had too many people and not enough work to justify their presence. Even
though we had delayed the decision for months we would have to let some people
go. "Ignoring these tough decisions is the same as wetting your bed and not telling
anyone" our investor said. Our delay nearly cost us the company.

10. Do you have an exit strategy?

How to create a lucrative exit strategy

Have you given enough thought as to how you will ultimately profit from your
venture? Businesses make the best returns when they are sold or go public but there
are other ways to create liquidity events. Remember too that in this day and age it's
rare for a founder or company leader to hold their lofty positions for more than a
decade. Give some consideration for yourself and for the company.

This doesn't mean you have to write yourself out of the script before you start. It
does mean that you have to plan for your future once the company is a mature
entity that can live beyond your influence.

Thank you for reading this report. These ten points have given me a great
advantage in starting and building businesses. I hope that you too will absorb these
ideas and make them your own.

Good luck with your ventures!

About the Author

Richard Banfield lives in Boston, MA with his wife and two boys. Richard is a business development specialist with a focus on growing profits for early to mid stage global technology companies. He has delivered high-level business strategy, global marketing campaigns and materials to clients in the US, UK, Europe and Africa. He has lectured on the subjects of marketing and online advertising and has authored guides to sales, account management, global business development and marketing strategy.

Contact details:
richard@freshtilledsoil.com
+1 862 221 1805
http://www.freshtilledsoil.com

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