Matt Blancarte dot Com Design – Business – Two Cents

If you haven’t read Part One, I recommend you do prior to reading ahead.

Be Ready To Work Hard

You must be prepared to work hard. I believe in working smart as well, but working at full capacity can be coupled with a great method to be a sum greater than its parts. If you think you can, you can find a job or build a business in a field that drives your desire to work hard. Finding motivation in business isn’t difficult (e.g., profits, personal finances, etc.), but enjoying the means to those ends is a crucial part of finding the energy to work hard. A feeling of great success and accomplishment coupled with a bulging pocket book is what we entrepreneurs are after, isn’t it? Setting yourself up in a field that you truly love can bring that extra 10% effort that can outdo your competition.

You Must Embrace Risk

You must…

Have you ever asked yourself what differentiates those who are successful from John Q. Middle-Class? How do the rich become rich? From personal experience, 99% of the successful people in business that I have either met or heard of seem to carry extremely similar characteristics. Is there some kind of special club going on that you haven’t been invited to? Well, yes, in a certain sense.

Believe in Yourself

Excuse me, but I must now remind you of two powerful phrases that describe this very simple concept.

• What you believe, you can achieve!
• “Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you’re right.” -Henry Ford

Unless you have been living under a rock for your entire life, you have heard these two lines. They are so simple, yet so moving. You are the only person in your life that can make choices for you. If you feel as if you are stuck in…

This is a word that all entrepreneurs are familiar with. Perseverance means being steadfast in doing something despite difficulty or delayed success. There is no elevator to success, you must take the stairs. Therefore, as entrepreneurs we must learn to persevere throughout our processes for success.

Building a Business? Listen up!

I have chosen the path that leads me to business development. I am currently in the process of building several businesses, so this first post is directly related to my entrepreneurial story.

Ideas are only ideas until you build the platform to act upon them. Startup businesses often operate at the expense of the shareholders. Watching your money go into a business that has yet to create revenue can create great amounts of stress. Obviously, the money is going to what has been perceived as a successful opportunity, but this generally can’t be guaranteed. You must be able to see the light…