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Life is like walking a tightrope, on the one side feeling excitement, confidence and that anything is possible. On the other fear, you sense doubt and uncertainty about the future.
All that creative endeavour, long hours, energy and enthusiasm lost for one simple reason – running out of money. Manage the money and the risks effectively, and the business will not fail…
There is a revolution underway, and it is long overdue! No, not politics, lifestyle, or more accurately work-life balance, and if you want to work with the next generation of bright minds, you had better get on board! How to give yourself the best chance of success.
The decisions we make about time, both its use and our perception of its availability or otherwise, of how busy we really are, has implications in all aspects of our lives, and it is far less stressful to accept that time is limited, and focus on how we manage what we do with it. But how?
Funding any start-up generally falls on the founder, and often family and friends – and once you’ve opened the tap on personal resources, as with any project, it is extremely difficult to turn it off. So what can you do to reduce the risks?
It’s a calling, your destiny, to be your own boss, to have creative freedom, choice, setting your own objectives, building a legacy and having a positive impact on the world. It is in equal parts a hugely challenging and rewarding endeavour, and not for the feint hearted, so having made the commitment, why do so many start-ups fail?
“If I were you, I wouldn’t start from here.” I love this quote, relayed by an Irish friend of mine, despite its absurdity! What does it mean?