THINGS THAT ARE KEEPING YOU AWAY FROM BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR

I have talked to very many people out there and they do say that they would actually like to become entrepreneurs some day and for most of them becoming an entrepreneur will most likely remain a dream. 

This means that most of them will never become entrepreneurs simply because they will keep postponing and rescheduling their dream of starting their own business or company. 

Today, I would like to talk about some of the things that are keeping very many people away from their dream of becoming a successful entrepreneur.

1.  You claim you are too busy

For most people the idea of starting up their own business is a nightmare simply because they think and believe that they already have enough on their plate.  

Someone will tell you that they do have a family to take care of and also they do have a full time job that does not give them the time to start their own  business or venture.

 I do believe that there is always time if you are willing to create it to do the things that you do have passion for and are willing to also chase the most important goals or dreams in your life like starting up your own business. 

For example if you are interested in  writing a book, you can decide to work on that book in the evening time after work or you can decide to wake up very early in the morning and write a few pages and before you know it, you will realise that you have actually written a whole book. 

The little effort that you do apply to your dream counts each and every day. Just look at Elon Musk who is the founder of SpaceX, Solar city and Tesla. He is a full time entrepreneur and he has a family with five children to take care of. 

If he can do it and even have the time to run more than two companies at the same time, then you can also do it. One sole reason why you should work on your dream should be for the sake of your family. 

If you have ever watched a movie called the Pursuit of Happyness which is based on a true story.  Chris Garner worked hard simply because he had a child who needed a roof over his head.

2. You claim you do not have the experience

Very many people have given up on their dreams simply because they do believe that they do not have the experience or skill to run the business themselves and so they decide to walk away just like that from their dreams.

 If you truly believe that you do not have the required skills, you can learn those skills yourself. 

In this digital age, there is no hiding information and so you can use search engines like Google, Yahoo or Bing to get information about the skills that you want to learn If you are lacking programming skills to build am ecommerce platform, you  can decide to get some tutorials online and start teaching yourself how  to code. 

If you feel that you cannot learn those skills, you can hire people who have the experience and the required skills and delegate the activity to them. Take a look at Richard Branson who is the founder of 400 companies. 

Without any experience, he was able to build those companies by delegating some of the activities and trusting some people enough to know that they could deliver on the promises.

3. You claim you do not have degree

Most people believe they should first get a Masters Degree in Business Administration before they can start their own business or company. But the truth is that is not actually necessary to kick start your own venture. 

Just look at some of the most successful entrepreneurs who have changed our world like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg,  Bill Gates, they dropped out of college and were able to succeed in the world of business.  

To be successful in business, you do not have to actually have an MBA.   You just need to gain some of the required critical skills like sales and marketing, customer care and all these you can learn while on the job.

 If you want to start your dream business, just kick-start it and keep moving, you will learn the required lessons and skills along the way.

4. You claim you do not have enough capital

I have talked to very many youths in Uganda about starting a business since the unemployment levels are high and what most of them usually tell me is that they actually do not have the money or capital to start their own business venture. 

If you do not have enough capital to start your dream business, then use the little capital or money that you do have to start a small business first and when it has grown, then you can proceed and start your dream business. 

Take a look at Elon Musk who decided to start a company called ZIP2, and after he sold it he started PayPal and now he is running Space X, Solar City and Tesla using the resources that he got from the sale of his first company.

5. You fear failure

One reason why very many people fear starting up their own business or company is that they fear that they will fail in the business.

 Very many people are trapped in jobs that they actually do not like but they are there because it helps pay their bills and so they fear that if they quit and start their own businesses and the business fails, they will end up needy and nowhere to run to. 

In life almost everything is a risk and so you do not need to fear failure, you should remember that if you are not failing it means that you are not actually doing certain things or anything in your life.  

If you know a man called Bill Gates, then you should be knowing a company called Microsoft. 

Before starting Microsoft,  Bill Gates and his friend Paul Allen started a company called  Traff-o-data which actually was a failure and they decided to start another company called Microsoft which today is one of the biggest companies in the world. 

Even the successful once failed and so you should not fear failure but instead pick up the lessons and move on to your next business venture.   

I do  believe that one day you will be successful.  Good luck.