Succeeding as a business in today’s business world is no small feat, as entrepreneurs need toovercome significant challenges from the start, such as creating a viable business model, building a strong and reliable team, standing out among your competitors, and generating enough revenue tobe sustainable.
While there is no one-size-fits-all recipe for success, having a clear road map and making sure to implement a series of critical st Succeeding as a business in today’s business world is no small feat, as entrepreneurs need to overcome significant challenges from the start, such as creating a viable business model, building a strong and reliable team, standing out among your competitors, and generating enough revenue to be sustainable.
While there is no one-size-fits-all recipe for success, having a clear roadmap and making sure toimplement a series of critical steps toward one’s business goals can have a tremendous impact on an organization’s growth and development.
Below, seven members of Young Entrepreneur Council below share some key steps you should take, including talent retention, knowledge of the market, trust in your team’s capabilities and not being afraid of failure. Here are some details.eps toward one’s business goals can have a tremendous impact on an organization’s growth and development.
Below, seven members of Young Entrepreneur Council below share some key steps you should take, including talent retention, knowledge of the market, trust in your team’s capabilities and not being afraid of failure. Here are some details.
1. Retain Your Talent
Entrepreneurs need to be catering to their employees. Any company can do sales, any company can do marketing and any company can provide quality assurance — but not all companies can maintain their talent. Talent is what separates the lead singers from the rock stars. Catering toemployees is a multi-faceted goal, involving extensive vacation time, freedom to work and earnest involvement in their growth. - Allyson Case, Integro Rehab LLC
2. Give the Market What It Needs
In order for an entrepreneur to remain competitive and achieve success in the modern businesslandscape, they must maintain a high level of curiosity, work ethic, focus and persistence. Many times, people chase what is trending, or what they think will make them rich or famous, for instance. Forget what you want and focus on connecting with something the market needs, that you love and that you can be the best at. - Dan San, Meural Inc.
3. Help Others Shine
Helping others shine leaves a bigger impact on your character than all your efforts to raise yourself up. This type of commitment to the team will not go unnoticed. Look for an opportunity to put other people in the limelight. They will drop their negativity and will look forward to working with you. This is how true leaders are shaped. - Sweta Patel, Silicon Valley Startup Marketing
4. Evolve Constantly
To achieve success in the modern business world, entrepreneurs need to constantly evolve. CDs didn't become irrelevant because the quality suffered, they became irrelevant when MP3s arrived. Blockbuster didn't become yesterday's news because their selection was down, it happened because they didn't evolve quickly enough to our on-demand culture. If you don't evolve, someone else will. - Matt Carpenter, College Funding Services (CFS), LLC
5. Don’t Be Afraid to Fail
Don't get discouraged: Keep your head up and work your butt off. If becoming an entrepreneur was easy, then everyone would do it. Making mistakes is what has made me successful. I had 10-plus businesses fail before I landed a successful one. The lessons I learned from my failures are 10 times more valuable than any book or article. - Jonathan Bast, T3 Marketing, LLC
6. Be Ready to Work With a Remote Team
Entrepreneurs need to set up their business to work in remote environments. The workforce is constantly changing, and more people are becoming location-independent. In the U.S. alone, it's estimated that 50 percent of the workforce will be working remotely by 2020. Entrepreneurs need to be prepared: People no longer desire to be tied down to an office — they want more freedom. The change is inevitable. - Jinny Oh, Wander
7. Let Your Employees Grow
For me, the most important part of any business are the employees. Allowing your employees towear multiple hats, feel engaged in business operations, and make their own decisions is a keyfactor in attracting and retaining talent in the modern world. And always be over-transparent. Remember, the employees are what make your business what it is, so don’t lose sight of this fact. - Mark Grignon, Kognitiv, Inc.
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Young Entrepreneur Council
YEC is an invite-only organization comprised of the world's most successful entrepreneurs 40 and younger.
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