If you were to go back to the beginning of your entrepreneurship journey with all of the knowledge you have today, what are five things you would do differently?
Just because you want to do business, your bills don't stop.
If you build it, people are going to buy it. You know you ain't Steve Jobs.
Your business plan is going to change as you learn.
I thought that money was going to come quickly.
I didn't factor in the fact that your clients are depleting every year.
I tried to expand too quickly.
You can only work on one project at a time.
You gotta show them what you know.
If I'm gonna fail, I'm gonna fail. Let me hurry up and fail so I can figure it out and do it again.
some people confuse luck with being good at something.
Until you're battle-tested, there's no way to prove whether you're good or lucky.
I just found out that I suck at selling.
That's a hard sale given that they started here.
A good salesperson should be able to give you that value upfront.
I would find the quickest way to hire myself.
How do I make sure that my lifestyle doesn't change as my business becomes more successful?
There's no get rich quick.
You think everything you touch turns to gold.
You have to be solving a problem. If you're not solving a problem, you will not make money.
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