Entrepreneurs are a group of diligent, driven individuals that many people can look up to. But what does it take to be an entrepreneur? I will show you 3 important points of entrepreneurship to lead to success, and they are: Business strategy, learning ability, and focus.
First to check off the list, business strategy. Now, most of us have been through that hour-long wait for customer service to pick up on the other side of the phone line, and when they finally come on, they leave you hanging with a robot that doesn’t even know how to help you. So yes, I would advise you to work on customer service if you invest in it. Technology in your company is definitely a thumbs-up from many, for the speed, the efficiency, and maybe even better communication with customer demands and other businesses. Strategizing your prices can also probably keep your business in check, so bad reviews about high-pricing don’t show up on your Snapbook page or whatever you call it.
Next up, you need to be able to learn new things. Education can usually boost up this perk in being an entrepreneur, but learning also means being patient with others. If your business starts failing, you need to know how to mitigate big and small problems from it and figure out what they are. You can learn from your customers and their opinions on your product as well. Usually if you can find the select majority in your consumers, changing, keeping and creating products can be much easier. Another learning tool for this is looking at other mistakes made by different entrepreneurs, since many have probably made the gaffes you did.
Finally, focus. When taking on something like this, you need to be able to focus on many things at once, without letting something slip your mind. Even the tiniest task could put you in jeopardy, maybe even just filing a single paper. At the same time, you also need to make the workspace comfortable and fitting for your workers. When you can’t build a good relationship with your workers, and sometimes even customers, business will slow down, consumers will stop coming as often, and if it gets worse, it could mean loss of your company. But if you’re able and acquiescent to do all these things, I think you can manage this tremendously well.
If, through all of this, you are ready and fired up to start your career in business, be passionate and prepared for it! But remember the three thoughts I talked about. They are: business strategy, learning, and focus.
This seems like a Lizzie topic.