Seems Like Fun

Recently I was talking with Dr. Kevin Bond a minister from Brooklyn. He was sharing with me that the brothers in his church have a difficult time finding jobs.

He encourages them to return to school because there is funding available.

He added that some of the men want to be entrepreneurs. Without a breath he continued to say-- that they don't know what entrepreneurship is really all about! This is not any reflection on these men or others in this country who are told about entrepreneurship as it is like playing a pick-up game of basketball.

This is reason I included this picture with this post, it seems like fun, it looks

very promising, but there are so many pitfalls. Number one there is no formal

education, no mentorship that prepares us for entrepreneurship. We all are left to connect the dots if we have any hope of being successful.

It seems like fun, I want to be an entrepreneur! I want to have my own hours

and be my own boss! Do you know this entails working 12-14 hour work days,

maybe without pay. It can also take 2-5 years before you can even begin to make money. 

So it seems like fun, do you have savings, a good credit rating, a business that

already has a tribe (Seth Godin) or audience that uses your product and service?

                                                                    Photo by Julia Caesar

Does it still seem like fun? At the beginning you will also need to wear several hats. This will reflect your skill sets and personality. Are you a self-starter? Are you good with social media and a computer? Do you have a computer? How good are your writing skills. Whatever you can't do, you will need to hire someone. So does it still seem like fun.

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Entrepreneur DNA

I was reading Mark Suster's blog on Entrepreneur-DNA and decided to share my insights on the concept. In the blog Mark share insights about thirteen points that make up the DNA of an entrepreneur. Just be reminded that DNA is replicating, it continues to make of copy of itself. My experience has shown even if you work for others, you have this make-up within yourself that leans toward entrepreneurship. Your mind is more oriented toward making decisions and leading others.

One way or the other you have ideas and the willpower to make sure a project is completed. It is not just that you want a good work performance rating and you want to maintain you job. There is also some frustration there because you skill set never has an opportunity to play out in you being the boss. Many people or on the sideline, yet have such creativity. Some people have tenacity as mentioned in Mark's blog to never give up. This is very different from people that just do enough to get by, or use only the effort needed for the requirements of the job.

Today my point is simply, look within and see if you have the DNA traits of an entrepreneur.
If so then it is time to start thinking of ideas and ways to allow you, as entrepreneur to replicate into a small business.