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First time entrepreneur here - the mental game. The journey is long, hard and make you question yourself over and over again. The highs are highs and lows are low - keep yourself motivated and trusting in yourself is key.
Totally agree especially after covid small scale companies have to think each and every moment for next day asspects of salary , project ,rent and many more challenges.
A good team of founders, with complementary skills and expectations is a must.
Make sure to have tough conversations at the start, like how are decisions to be made, who is in charge of what, what happens when the company grows, what happens if troubles arise... If you survive the talks then you may have a good founders team. Make sure you have each others back cause it will be rewarding, but also hard. Support is needed.
I felt I was my biggest bottleneck. The possibilities of entrepreneurship is limitless but I often tried to limit it due to my limited thinking. Raising money was difficult but may be I did not try all options. But I would say raising money from bad investors ( vision not aligned) was a disappointment and waste of time.
It really depends on the business. I cofounded a real estate private equity firm and my biggest issue was capital. Raising money for the funds from investors then getting lenders to finance the acquisition of property or to take out equity if we paid all cash. Each business is different. My experience will be totally different from someone in tech, product development, etc.
Well it is pretty simple in theory: get investors together and buy well performing property and/or invest in development projects (we’re not developers ourselves—that is a totally different aspect of the business). Investors get paid distributions off the rents from property and/or proceeds from sales of property, depending on the deal. DM me if you’d like to discuss further. As a lawyer, I also put together the purchase and sale documents, leases, and fund documents.
Snowballing problems resulting from early stage quick fix decisions. Pay for the better logo/wordmark. Throw the old business cards out and start new if you have to. Bad domain names. Not thinking in systems and efficiency. Getting a big payday, thinking you've made it, only to not see receivables for 4 months. Seat of the pants management rather than processes and planning. Be prepared.
Certainly funding your business will be a critical piece and it always costs more eventually than you originally planned. Make sure you have sufficient capital or able to bring external investor/s as necessary to support your business plan.
Cofounders
Finding the right people + really leaning into the concept of “hire slow, fire fast” (much easier said than done).
Accounting, marketing, training people, corporate formation, and all the other stuff of being chief executive bottle washer.
Funding
Finding partners who I can trust and yet have value to add that compliments my own.
Proper marketing in the early stages to draw consumers in
Mentor
Every day is a new challenge. Biggest roadblocks come from employees who aren’t engaged in their work. Firing people is hard for me.
Hiring the right kind of people and trying the best to drive business forward in the cash positive state
Biggest challenge is mindset: The habits that enable a startup to be successful are the very things that later hold you back from reaching the next level.
Brand awareness, funding, and time management