good entrepreneurs
Real Problems for Entrepreneurs When Managing Their Own Startup
By Martin at July 9, 2012 | 8:05 am | 0 Comment
People who can’t manage their own lives don’t make good entrepreneurs. Small businesses require multi-tasking, work prioritization, and decision-making, with no entourage of assistants and specialists. That’s why Fortune 500 executives usually don’t survive as startup CEOs. First you have to learn to accept total responsibility for things that happen to your more...
Key learnable skills that can improve the success and impact of every entrepreneur
By Martin at August 12, 2011 | 8:46 am | 0 Comment
Many people believe that good entrepreneurs are naturally born, rather than trained or experienced in the art of business. I believe there is a natural born component required, but often I tend to agree with Peter Drucker, who said “It’s not magic, it’s not mysterious, and it has nothing to do with genes. It’s a discipline, and like any discipline, it can be more...
List of principles that good entrepreneurs follow
By Martin at July 16, 2011 | 11:02 am | 0 Comment
If you have had some success in a business, I’m sure you bristle just like I do when someone says “You were just lucky…” I’m a strong believer that we all make our own luck, which means that the harder we work, the luckier we get. In reality, “hard work” is just a catch-all term for a list of principles that good entrepreneurs follow, allowing them to work more...