If There Wasn’t a Way Before, It Doesn’t Mean There Never Will Be

"Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, & as a result, they get better answers." ~Tony Robbins

"To succeed, one must be creative and persistent." ~John H. Johnson

When we try to make improvements or implement a new process there will be times where we discover that there are certain obstacles that legitimately prohibit us from moving forward. In many instances that can mistakenly create a perpetual roadblock where we don’t reassess the obstacles in the future. Instead we say, “Well we tried that before and it won’t work.” But in this ever changing business environment that is often not the case. I am positive that there have been a number of changes in your organization, and there’s a good chance that some of those affect those obstacles you ran into before.

Richard Branson: How to start a business with no experience

Is it a requirement to have experience of the industry in which you’re setting up a business? Not at all, argues Richard Branson, just create something different…

"Think about changes you’d like to see as a customer – even if you’ve just noticed little details that need tweaking. Those little changes may add up to a big idea that leads to a new and truly disruptive product or service. This is essentially how we, at Virgin, launched our first successful businesses," explains the Virgin Group founder in a recent blog post.

"We were very sensible when we started out, setting up connected enterprises like most other companies do. We went from running a small record shop to starting up a record label with recording studios and then added our large music megastores to our portfolio".

4 Deadly Pitfalls All Start-ups Must Avoid

Starting a new business in any field is never likely to be a walk in the park. Whatever your specific goals are there will be any number of ways in which your pursuit of success could be scuppered.

But there are also some predictable problems that all start-up operators should be looking to avoid if at all possible.

Here’s a look at 4 such pitfalls well worth having in mind if you’re embarking on a start-up journey of your own.

1. Failing to properly prepare

Quite what amounts to “properly” preparing to start a business is always going to be a matter of opinion and individual judgement but the list of companies that fail because their founders didn’t do their homework is endless.

11 Things Ultra-Productive People Do Differently

When it comes to productivity, we all face the same challenge—there are only 24 hours in a day.

Yet some people seem to have twice the time; they have an uncanny ability to get things done. Even when juggling multiple projects, they reach their goals without fail.

Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can’t afford to lose." –Thomas Edison

We all want to get more out of life. There's arguably no better way to accomplish this than by finding ways to do more with the precious time you've been given.

It feels incredible when you leave the office after an ultra-productive day. It's a workplace high that's hard to beat.

With the right approach, you can make this happen every day.

GEM - Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

El Global Entrerepeneurship Monitor (GEM) es una investigación anual que estudia la actividad las aspiraciones y actitudes de los emprendedores en más de 70 países.
El GEM es el estudio más grande sobre actividad emprendedora realizado a nivel mundial. Su objetivo es analizar la relación existente entre la actividad emprendedora y el crecimiento económico en la mayor cantidad de países posibles.

Empezó en 1999 como una asociación entre la London Business School y Babson College. El primer estudio abarcó 10 países, desde entonces más de 100 Equpos investigadores de todos los rincones del mundo han participado en el proyecto, que sigue creciendo cada año. El proyecto cuenta con un presupuesto global estimada de casi USD $ 9 millones. Participan del estudio alrededor de 500 especialistas.


GEM explora el papel de la actividad emprendedora en el crecimiento económico nacional. Para hacerlo analiza características nacionales y las características asociadas con la actividad emprendedora. Los datos recogidos son trabajados por un equipo central de expertos que garantiza su calidad y facilita las comparaciones entre países.

Mark Suster Speech at NYU

Un emprendedor puede ser empresario; ¿y viceversa?

La motivación, el capital social y la capacidad de buscar oportunidades distinguen a los innovadores que pueden ser independientes o estar al frente de una compañía. La clave para encarar proyectos sigue siendo la pasión.

Un emprendedor, con el tiempo, puede llegar a ser un empresario exitoso. Y un empresario, ¿puede perdurar como emprendedor durante su carrera? Puede que ambos términos sean un simple eufemismo, pero en el fondo encierra una característica innata del que encara permanentemente nuevos desafíos: su pasión. Eso, en muchos casos, lleva a que el capital -necesario, por cierto- pase a un segundo plano. Un emprendedor es un espejo para el trabajador, que busca captar el espíritu muchas veces idealista y soñador de esas personas que inician un negocio, con la idea que perdure en el tiempo y se convierta en una verdadera escuela de negocios, más allá de la rentabilidad.