| Most everyone, when asked, Wouldn't you like to have | | | | efforts. There is never enough money. Nearly half of |
| your own business?... answer automatically, Yup. But it | | | | the INC. 500 started with less than $500! Bootstrapping |
| almost never happens. The vast majority stick to their | | | | is in! |
| 9 to 5 day job and site eight real, genuine, actually | | | | 4. No Time! Another great one! Always true. Time is |
| scary reasons why they don't start their own business. | | | | not elastic. It's not your time that is holding you back, |
| The Internet and Libraries are full of books on How | | | | but what you choose to do with the time you have! A |
| To... just about any subject under the sun on starting | | | | startup business requires unusual sacrifices and |
| your own business. But, dreams are easy and change | | | | requires total commitment. Find a good time |
| is hard. The eight (8) very valid reasons why folks | | | | management system and stick to it. Plan the next day |
| don't start: (why 8? Dunno, just hit me) | | | | the night before. A good rule of thumb is, Work |
| 1. Lack Of Security! Don't kid yourself. There is no | | | | expands to fill the time alloted for it. |
| security outside of yourself. A Corporation is only a | | | | 5. My Family Doesn't Support Me! Now this is a tough |
| piece of paper. Robert T. Kiyosaki's, Rich Dad, Poor | | | | one. Nothing is worth losing your family for! Look at |
| Dad, What the Rich Teach Their Children, is a perfect | | | | compromise such that everyone benefits. Your family |
| example. Everyone has her or his place. | | | | has to be a team in this effort or no result is worth the |
| YOU make your own security under any conditions. | | | | effort! If you can convince any lender to go with you, |
| My dad used to always say that is what makes a | | | | you can convince your family! Give them a voice. |
| great horse race, a difference of opinion. | | | | 6. No Benefits! I'll have to give up my benefits! (ooh, |
| 2. They Said It Couldn't Be Done! These folks talk to | | | | give me a break!) OK, I caved in on #4 above, but |
| the self styled experts who will take every chance | | | | Benefits? C'mon! Each Entrepreneur makes his own |
| they can get to put down someone else...besides that's | | | | benefits. That is what it is all about. End of story. Can't |
| how these experts get their self-esteem!...so they say | | | | take the heat, get out of the kitchen. |
| it can't be done. One variation of this theme is, Well, if it | | | | 7. Fear! Sooner or later each of us has at least one |
| is that good, then someone else has already done it! | | | | time they are stricken with fear. Even Elleson was in |
| When we invented worldwide billing within the phone | | | | extreme fear, once, when his mom didn't come |
| itself, they said, If it's so good, someone has already | | | | home...a few hours late! Starting a business is no |
| thought of it. Electronic automated cellular programming, | | | | cakewalk, but fear can hone your edges. It can |
| Over the air programming, anti-fraud devices, each one | | | | motivate you, keep you on the right path and keep |
| we were told, Can't be done! Now my three boys | | | | your integrity in tact...until your backbone catches up! |
| have invented a technology that eliminates credit card | | | | Face Your fears. Walk into them. They are just |
| fraud, identity fraud. It's fully patented and will be ready | | | | imagined future events. Fear is an event lived twice, |
| for production by the end of the year and still people | | | | once as a fear and once in reality. Don't allow time for |
| will say today, Impossible! | | | | both. My Dad said: Don't die until you're dead! You're |
| 3. Not Enough Money! This is a great one! Actually, it | | | | really OK, just dig in. |
| applies to EVERYONE and every business, if you let it. | | | | 8. Lack Of Clear Vision! In the absence of clearly |
| It doesn't take a lot of money to start a business, just | | | | defined goals we become strangely loyal to |
| a valid market...meaning an active, rabid customer! Sell | | | | performing daily trivia and ultimately become enslaved |
| one widget, make $1. Rinse and repeat. double your | | | | by it. |