If you’re a small business owner, or you’ve always dreamed of starting your own business, you’ve probably run across ads like these. Companies that “guarantee” you’ll get a grant to start your own business that never has to be paid back. Purchase their product, and they’ll give you the “secrets” to making all your money troubles go away.
Delegate. For those tasks that you have put a cross next to, consider if you can delegate them to someone else. Could you get another business to help? Could you outsource it? Do you really need to do the task anyway? Wherever possible, free up your energy to focus on those AngelList tasks that will help you achieve your goals.
We also launched a new affiliate interface, cleaned it up, made it look more like the home page so it carries a little more continuity, and launched some new features, like improved reporting as well as which also includes product level reporting and then also a new product called trial tracker.
But the training doesn’t stop once the game has started or ended. The coach supports his team and will literally scream plays at his team to make sure they are at the peak of their performance at all times. The coach is also considered part of the team and he should be because he is. This is the same kind of training you get from good Entrepreneur Development coaching. You get the preparation and support of you’re business coach and the blueprint needed to win the at the game of business.
Lisa Picarille: So, I guess now we’re going to find out what’s going on behind the legend. What makes him a legend? So, maybe you can start off by telling us how you got into this for the folks who don’t know.
Many a sales person I come across is caught up in chasing after the next sale, wasting so much time during the day instead of constantly developing and cultivating a large pipeline of prospects. I see them reading the paper, surfing the internet or standing around yackin’ about the weather and recession. These actions show laziness, lack of focus, and desire or unwillingness to venture out. In other words they aren’t hungry enough. If you work around people like this, I would recommend that you step away from the pack and make a positive change.
First, we have to explore why and how your business shifts into survival mode. Most businesses “find” themselves in survival mode because their sales unexpectedly slow or, worse yet, come to a screeching halt. Your business hasn’t changed and neither has what you’re selling, so why all of a sudden is it so difficult to sell.
If you make it without planning ahead and implementing your plans, you are probably making it on pure luck. We have all heard people state that business success is 90% luck. Well, it really does not have to be. We can choose to draft and work a plan, or we choose to leave our futures in the hand of Lady Luck.