Buying products online has become second nature to us all. Gone are the days when we are restricted by opening hours, parking fees, congestion and having to be in crowded shopping centres. The online world of consuming has opened the world as a shopping marketplace,...
When you read entrepreneurial success stories, the consensus seems to be that all you need to start a business is a laptop and an internet connection. While this may be true to some extent, ordinarily you need some capital behind you to turn your ideas...
The primary goal of most new business owners is to see their fledgling venture enjoy rapid growth and recognition. Although there is no one formula to follow to catapult your enterprise to success in the first few months of years after it is launched, there...
When we’re faced with doing something that’s outside our comfort zone, whether it be making the jump into starting a business, or literally jumping out of a plane to do a sky dive, most of us have a tendency to overthink before we act. It’s a...
This is the general perception of parents who discourage their children when they want to start their own businesses. This disheartening attitude, unfortunately, has become a learnt behavior. Demoralizing and dejecting the entrepreneurial spirit is the norm in our society....
According to Forbes, the average age of starting one’s own businesses is 29 years. However, in our country, almost every entrepreneurial venture is looked at with skepticism. Maybe it is because we don’t believe in the success of such initiatives and opt for the safer...
Imagine 20 people waiting in a queue for a bus or to buy a ticket, or on a cash counter in a bank, and suddenly the last one of them, moves out, comes to the counter and says, “Keep standing there all day. I am...
All successful entrepreneurs are hardened believers in the idea they want to bring to market. They have a hands-on understanding of every aspect of their startup from the outset. They are avid learners and don’t fear making mistakes. They know of the unmet needs in the market through...
Entrepreneurship is suddenly the coolest thing around. Even children who once wanted to grow up to be engineers, doctors, pilots and policemen, now want to become entrepreneurs who can “revolutionize” the world with their “innovative” products and services. Students are “pivoting” on their homework assignments and “A/B testing”...
Time is life and vice versa. In order for us to learn how to live a good life, we must remain alive to the fact that we can die at any moment. We are, after all, mortal beings. Death is the flip side of life, and...