Some Tips for New Entrepreneurs
If I could turn back time 1 year and 3 months for an hour and give me advice to myself when I started Hypertext, this is what I have said, I hope he serves others who are interested in starting their business venture:
1. 30% of the work is to be certain you’re going to achieve.
2. … 20% of the work is really not afraid to take risky decisions.
3. Working for yourself means not having a boss, but it also means having a lot more work and can not avoid the fact that it is twelve o’clock at night and still be doing your work.
4. Organize your time in the best possible way, ie have schedules, attempting to adhere to the utmost to try to avoid the previous point (although it will be impossible.)
5. I think you go to sleep is a waste of time, but sleep, rest, in an hour of work at 4 am doing 25% of the work the equivalent time at 10 am.
6. Avoid at all costs or meetings together, are toxic, it sounds exaggerated but it is real. Manage your customers so that the exchange of information is in writing and via email, using your phone for quick communication to reach that point where you do not feel the need to see in a meeting. Use the time you spend on transport, health, sit and talk 10 minutes before the meeting and 10 minutes terlminarla to work on things in your enterprise. If you can not avoid doing it seeks a meeting via conference call or chat (where it will record everything said).
7. Never underestimate the power of social engineering. Meet many people is always good, relationships, update your knowledge constantly with what you do (a blog is perfect for that) are a magnet for new project.
8. That said: Do not treat your customers as friends and not treat your friends and clients: the people you work for good people or friends who are, are customers, give them the treatment they deserve but do not expect favors from them ( and vice versa) for that. Also your friends do not treat them as customers, do not expect to solve your problems at work because once you made them a favor. Do not keep friends just to have a solution in case you have problems.
9. Save as much as you can but do not skimp on expenses for your main tools. It is better to spend thousand dollars on a laptop to work well and quickly to buy the cheapest (to save costs) and after three months have an outdated computer that needs to be replaced.
10. Procrastination is the worst evil of a person who has no head, no excuse. If you look over 10 minutes reading The Superficial’re in trouble.
11. If someone tells you what you are doing will have no outcome is likely going in the right direction because most of the time the advice of friends / acquaintances try to be as accommodating as possible and often the new scary.