Helping small businesses on the Sunshine Coast to fulfill their true potential
By BMN
While anyone starting a company has the odds significantly stacked against them, building several successful companies from scratch taught Fred Schebesta innumerable lessons about business. The following article gives some advice that Fred wishes someone had told him when he got started: https://www.intheblack.com/articles/2014/06/27/lessons-of-a-serial-entrepreneur
This article was suggested by our mentor Julie Piper
By BMN
What do you need to do to start a business? There are dozens of sites on the web including ours that have checklists that remind you of the many tasks you should perform to start a business. While such checklists will help you remember a lot of important steps you might otherwise overlook, they are rather impersonal To Do lists. They won’t make or break your success. What will make or break your business? The following article provides 13 important guidelines for turning your business idea into a successful business: http://www.businessknowhow.com/startup/business-success.htm
By BMN
If you’re an introvert, you probably wouldn’t say networking is one of your strong suits. Actually, you probably don’t like doing it at all. But you don’t have to be an extrovert to connect with others in your industry. In fact, you may even bring something to the table that no one else can. The following article summarises the response from 10 entrepreneurs who were asked “What’s one way to succeed at networking if I’m an introvert?”: https://www.allbusiness.com/10-ways-introverts-can-succeed-networking-105981-1.html
This article was suggested by our mentor Trevor Payne
By BMN
STARTING a small business is a dream for many Australians, but it can be daunting.
In the following article, entrepreneurs who are killing it in a range of industries share their best piece of advice for making your company a success: http://www.news.com.au/finance/small-business/21-tips-from-small-businesses-that-are-killing-it/news-story/7582925f435507501ec41f56c2bb2add
This article was suggested by our mentor Julien Cahn
By BMN
The following article, written by Scott Gerber, the founder of Sizzle It!, a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, lists 10 pieces of advice that he had been given before launching his first adventure: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/203254
This article was suggested by our mentor Julien Cahn.