Disruptors Caffeine Cast: The TRUTHS About Entrepreneurship [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]
Anyone is an entrepreneur who has big ideas and wants to create value and drive a vision. Entrepreneurs are prepared to be creative, innovative and endure challenges to make people's lives easier, faster, better and more convenient. It’s NOT about the amount of money.
If you’re looking to start, grow and scale your business or your product or service, and want to know the truths that can help you achieve success. This episode is for you.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Rob has been an entrepreneur for 15 years. He has over 850 tenants in his letting agency, half of which are let properties that Rob or Mark own. His varies training companies earn between £15million and £19million a year in top-line revenue and he has authored/co-authored over 14 books. Rob knows what it takes to be an entrepreneur.
10 Truths of Entrepreneurship.
- It's easier than ever to be an entrepreneur. There's no friction and anyone can do it.
- An entrepreneur solves problems and takes risks in the search of profit and contribution
- If you don't risk anything, you risk everything. You need to embrace taking bigger to provide a more meaningful solution to others and reward yourself with bigger profits
- Your business has to make a profit. If it doesn't make a profit it's a hobby or a charity.
- No one works for you. Empower the people that you work with and never expect someone to do something because you're paying them. Motivate and inspire them instead.
- Do not expect any love. You as an entrepreneur need to put content out there and continuously give, give, give.
- Money comes from solving big meaningful problems and then scaling it to make a profit. Value comes from fair exchange x leverage.
- You will make mistakes over and over but you need to embrace them. If you're avoiding mistakes you avoiding success.
- Yes, you do have to work hard, but for sustained growth, you need to work smart and learn how to leverage.
- You must innovate, you must embrace change and you must be able to see the upsides in the downsides.
BEST MOMENTS
“It's not about the amount of money. The definition of an entrepreneur is someone who is prepared to take risks in the hope of profit.”
“It's the billionaires that spend all their time on their vision, planning and their strategy”
“With Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and social platforms you can market your business and your product or service for free. There are downsides to the fiberoptic world that we leave in, but basically, you can have whatever you want instantly”
“To be an entrepreneur you need to create meaningful products and solutions that help people AND be prepared to do what it takes to get there, by being a leader and a disruptor.”
“It's wise to take calculated risks. There's nothing wrong with taking risks but protecting the downside.”
“You need to be okay with meeting your own needs. It's okay to be selfish, you can't help anyone else if you can't help yourself.”
“A great entrepreneur takes all of the issues and the market changes and continuously motivates the team.”
“People don't care what you know until they know that you care”
“You have to work hard enough. not to work hard.”
[Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]
VALUABLE RESOURCES
ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors”
“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”
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