Posts Tagged ‘Blog’
Why I Don’t Have Any Competitors (And Neither Do You!)
In my business, I have no competition.
A bold statement? Yes it is. There are certainly other business strategists, probably other coaches who specialise in idea generation and the business startup phase like I do.
But none of them is my competition.
Want to know why?
Why My First Successful Business Was Ultimately A Flop (And How To Learn From My Mistake!)
It’s time to spill the beans.
You may or may not know that when I started out on my entrepreneurial journey, I did exactly what I generally recommend people NOT to do: I quit my job with no business plan in place and no idea what business I was going to start.
I had savings to last me around a year so it wasn’t complete lunacy. I do like to take calculated risks.
I leaped before I looked
Prospecting For Gold: Is It Worth It?
As you read this, I am getting ready for a very well deserved holiday.
I say well deserved because for the last month, I have been pouring my heart and soul into building my new Business Gold training program and launching it into the world.
That’s right: I pretty much went from idea to launch in about a month.
Crazy? Maybe a little. ;) It can be better to plan things out longer term, but my holiday made for a great deadline and motivator, and I am a get-it-done-now kind of girl, anyway.
It’s been one of the most intense periods in my business so far. But was it worth it?
Building A Business With Coaching Versus Without
I launched a brand new way to work with me last week called Business Gold, and it got me thinking about why some people choose coaching and what holds others back from getting coaching when they’re starting out in a new business.
To me, coaching can make all the difference – and it has in my own business. But many people don’t see the benefits right away. They worry that they’re paying someone to tell them things they already know (or feel like they “should” be able to figure out on their own), that they won’t get their money’s worth, or that they’ll be taken for a ride by some shyster selling business growth snake oil.
In my experience, that’s just not true.
The Top 5 Mistakes People Make When Starting A Business (And How To Avoid Them)
In my line of work, I hear so many sad stories about people who have a wonderful business idea (or several!) but have been sitting on them – sometimes for years! – because they are mired in fear, indecision, or something else is holding them back.
In fact, I hear these stories so often, I can break most of them down into one of five major mistakes I see people make when starting a business: