365 startup tips
365 ways to Kick Start your Business
Daily tips (in no particular order) on practical and profund things you can do to make your new business a success – or reinvigorate your current one!
The magic of these tips is not in reading them but in DOING SOMETHING simple each day that will move your business forward. After all, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 365 Startup Tips is about helping you make a step each day.
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Startup Tip #33: Save time. Human and real & automation of social media don’t have to be opposites
Keeping up with the whole social media promotion merry-go-round can take a lot of time. Especially if you want to make real connections. There are some great tools that you can use to make life easier and automate some tasks. I want to use social media to be a real person and genuinely interact with ...
Startup Tip #32 – Feeling stuck? Create change to come up with new solutions
Sometimes even the best of us get stuck. It might be in something small like how to deal with the paper piling up on our desk or something big that really affects our business – like achieving product-market fit. And all of us are prone to inertia. Which means that when we get stuck, we tend to keeping spinning ...
Startup Tip #31 – Simple ways to control email and do business building tasks instead
Email can easily suck up a lot of time that needs to be spent on business building tasks. Probably 90% of time you spend on email is not crucial to building your business. It may even be holding your business back if you are prone to procrastination. (Email is a great excuse to procrastinate while ...
Startup Tip #30 – Ask for a favour & get others invested in your success
“Entrepreneurs or executives often hesitate to ask for help because they worry about being intrusive or appearing needy. The truth is that it’s innately satisfying to assist others, and most people want to help. Next time you want to make a connection with someone, ask them for a favor. Request that they serve as a ...
Startup Tip #29 – Start an exercise routine
Exercising regularly not only does wonders for your health but it also benefits your business. We all know we should do it, but here’s why: Exercise makes you more alert gives you more stamina increases your energy improves your mood helps you sleep better increases your ability to cope with stress. “I don’t know a successful entrepreneur ...
Startup Tip #28 – Persist
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always ...
Startup Tip #27 Don’t find a mentor – find a few
Instead of trying to find one mentor who can help you with everything (does such a person even exist?), find someone who is exceptional at one area you want to improve in. Ask them to teach your their strategies for handling that area. Do this with multiple people to cover all the areas you want ...
Startup Tip #26 Talk to someone new and create new opportunities
Get out and talk to someone new in your industry. All kinds of possibilities open up from these conversations. Infact, you might want to make it a habit and set a goal to meet so many new people per month. How can you start a conversation like that this week? Share in the comments… Join ...
Startup Tip #25 Get off your butt and DO SOMETHING! :-P
“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to so something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.” - Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. ...
Startup Tip #24: Can you answer the question “What do you do?”
Make sure you can answer the following questions clearly: - What do you do? - What do you stand for? - What problem are you solving? I was at a seminar a few months ago and the presenter asked 6 business people what their business did. None of them were able to answer the question ...
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