like a lot of people i know im stuff to the brim with ideas, i need some guidance, a mentor, a partner, any info you have would be helpful.
I’m 24 I’ve had tons of jobs, from the military to working with animals, I’m trained in alot of things but I’m in expert in none. I started a printing business (with $0) a year ago but it’s very & small not enough to live on. I currently work 2 jobs to pay the bills aside from that business so im only off once a week. I get bored easily. I did well in college but left school to work because I had bills to pay and no direction.
heres what I know for sure :
I want to run a business, I like animals, clothing, music, traveling coming up with ideas, solving problems, inventing and most art.
any input would be helpful, if you are an entrepreneur with a success story thats fine too … please no links to mlm, 419 scams and real estate flipping.
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The best business will depend on what you want, how you define to be interesting. A person may consider a pet sitting business to be the most exciting work in the world, while another person would rather watch TV than take care of dogs.
The key is to determine what your interests are, what you want to do, what is suitable for your lifestyle and your overall goals, and what can fit with your resources.
Dan Ramsey in his book “101 Best Home Businesses” has a chapter on how to find YOUR best home business. He suggests these 10 steps:
1. List 5 things you do best
2. List how others would benefit from what you do best
3. Find out how to give people what they want
4. Learn the value of your services to others
5. Find out who else offers similar services
6. Learn from the successes of others
7. Learn from the failures of others
8. Plan your own success
9. Make low cost mistakes
10. Enjoy what you do and how you do it
It could really help you if you could talk with a small business expert or free mentors to give you ideas on how to make your dream of starting a business come true. Here are some places where you can find a mentor:
– Government Mentoring Programs such as SBDCs, which works with community colleges and local business development councils to offer mentoring programs ; or the Women’s Network for Entrepreneurial Training
– Volunteer programs such as SCORE which is composed of mostly retired executives and entrepreneurs
– Formal mentoring programs such as Athena Foundation , Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program , or The Aspen Institute MicroMentor Program
– Professional organizations such as the National Women’s Business Council
– Industry and trade associations
– Local business groups, such as the chamber of commerce
– Local chapters of business groups
Also check out SBA’s Small Business Training Network (SBTN) , which offers FREE online courses on various aspects of entrepreneurship — from general information on starting a business to writing a business plan to how to raise capital funds to identifying your target market. I highly recommend that you take a look at these free online courses — and if there is anything that you want more clarification or more information, then go for a short business course.
First, find something you really want to do, then, make sure it’s something you can make a good living doing. Do not waste your time on activities that might produce indirect results later in life. You must find something that produces money now. Don’t worry about finding some new and different or you’ll just waste time you don’t have. Look into franchise ideas, but don’t buy one. Use their ideas for yourself and do it your way. Read Guerilla Marketing to find out cheap ways to market your business. As you start making money start spending money on advertising. Start small and make your mistakes. Learn from your mistakes and keep evolving. You can’t be a successful entrepreneur unless you are the type of person who can push himself and focus on making money 24/7. Leave all of your non-profitable activities behind for now and concentrate on making dollars now.