THIS CATEGORY IS ALL ABOUT
Entrepreneurship
I have been on this entrepreneurial journey for more than twenty years.
Entrepreneurship
So you think you want to be on an entrepreneurship journey? Or perhaps you are just curious about other people who are entprenreneurs.
Entrepreneurship is made to look glamorous and yet on the whole it is not. Most people if you were to ask them, as business owners they are likely you will be living on a very tight budget, rather than driving around in a Tesla.
As they say the road to Entrepreneurship is littered with the carcasses of the ‘hopeful’. It is a lot of hard work however it can be extremely rewarding both financially and emotionally. However, neither of those things is guaranteed. You get to run your own business, and make your own rules as well as build something special from the ground up. But for every Silicon Valley success story there are thousands of people that will never be a true ‘entrepreneur’.
I have found that the best way is to learn from others. I have run many successful entrepreneurial businesses. And I have made plenty of mistakes. In these blog posts I share the ups and the downs. You may want to subscribe to my Monday Xpresso Newsletter so that you can get a weekly dose of motivation.
So let’s get started on your entrepreneurial journey. Be curious, and have fun – reading and learning about being an entrepreneur.
Different ‘Chapters’ to explore – Entrepreneurial blog posts
Shark Tank S2 Episode Eight on TEN
"Is this a dream or a nightmare?" This is what we set out to discover in this episode of Shark Tank - clearly I am incredulous about something - the joy of discovering is not lost on even battle worn one's like me. There was the inspired, the ingenious, the innocent,...
Being bowled over by the ‘Big Idea’.
Waiting, waiting – wondering ‘Is this the one?’ I’m sure every investor is the same, not just the Sharks on Shark Tank – who so publicly wait with baited breath to hear the story behind the business idea – wondering is this the next big thing. The entrepreneurs...
Shark Tank S2 Episode Seven on TEN
Your Closet - For Millennials young women who want to wear designers formal dresses (and then send them back for another one). - the allure of "no ownership" is moving beyond housing and cars and has transformed retail shopping entirely. Gone are the days where you...
Shark Tank S2 Episode Six on TEN
There is such wonderful variety in each episode of Shark Tank and episode six is true to form - Aussie innovators who bet it all to get their idea off the ground. From Road Traffic Control to the eradication of skin cancer - getting you anything anywhere within 60...
The entrepreneur’s journey Coming Up this week 6 June 2016
Sometimes I simply laugh because as I start each week with the question – "what is the one thing that I need to get done this week so that if I get it done everything will become easier?” This might seem like an easy question… however this week particularly I...
Shark Tank S2 Episode Five on TEN
Here are my notes that I took on set during the filming of Episode Five. If there is a word to describe this episode, it would be #Courage. All entrepreneurs by nature must be courageous - but may show it in different ways. All the businesses we see tonight have grand...
The entrepreneur’s journey Coming Up this week 30 May 2016
Last week was one of those incredible weeks when a plan comes together. If I was to give it a theme it would be ‘Inspired Start Ups Center Stage’. From sharing the love with Ready to Soar for Business Management students at Queenwood School to BSchools #IdeaNation...
Shark Tank S2 Episode Four on TEN
This episode of Shark Tank is a wonderful overview of the entrepreneurs journey - we often read in the press or hear all the positive stories, but there is real human cost and the toil behind them. There is no such thing as an overnight success story. Some ideas we...