2. What is a business? A Business is a group of people who have form a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods and/or services to consumers or other businesses. Business is people centric. Organized efficient effort.
3. Why? Reason to be? Desire Lifestyle Necessity Write down your motivations Control of your time Follow your dreams Money See Opportunity Do what you love!
5. Determination Choose to succeed. Declare it. Look in the mirror and say: “ I am in the business of __________.” or “I am a __________.” Congratulations you’re a Sole Proprietor! No additional paperwork required. “ The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.” Tommy Lasorda
6. Define the path What kind of business are you going to have? What is it going to look like? Visualize it. Are you selling a product or a service? What is the benefit / advantage you provide? Who is going to benefit? What problem does your product or service solve ? “ Little by little one walks far” Peruvian Proverb Your business plan will include these.
65. Where to Start / What to do next Startup Internal vs External Vision compared to the Market reality Maintain or Grow Plan vs Execute Steering the Ship Mile high view
68. Take Action “ The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” Mark Twain
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