The Start-Up Of You

I have studied the subject of entrepreneurship, business and management for many years. I have started and built several successful multi-million dollar companies from scratch. I have read literally hundreds of books and thousands of articles over the years, and taken a masters degree in business and administration on the

Gerber argues that anyone can become an entrepreneur and create a successful company, a departure from the conventional wisdom on the question of whether entrepreneurs are born or made. Using a frame work he calls the "Dreaming Room," Gerber identifies four dimensions of the entrepreneurial personality and recommends a pathway to conceive of and develop a small business.with focused attention and the intention of actually achieving something and understanding the market, your core customers, securing capital, preparing financials—those kinds of elements? Every one of those

In the book, “All in Startup: Launching a New Ideas When Everything is on the Line” the main character Owen Chase, the business owner of Rebicycle, attends The World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas. After talking to a successful entrepreneur, Samantha, he finally realizes his flawed business model and decided to turn things around with the help of her mentorship.

Career development is comprised of three main objectives. The first objective is to meet human resource needs in a timely manner throughout the life of the business. The second objective is to provide information about open positions and opportunity for growth to the organization’s employees. The last objective is to use existing programs to develop and manage employee careers to match organizational plans and goals.

Be that boss of your life you always wanted to be, you’re in charge. If you really want to be in charge of your own, all you have to do is ‘become’, like the caterpillar becomes a moth it’s that simple. You want to be a janitor, just become, you want to be a star, just become, you want to be a rocket scientist, just become, take charge of your life and become. One word, ‘become’ don’t wait for becoming to come to you, you’ll have to take the bull by the horns and make it happen, go to it. Become more adaptable, modified to suit the new conditions of your take charge life, you must learn to become more versatile, move from one thing to another in other words multi task. Focus on what’s more important in your life, and give it your full effort, reassess what is at the top of your list, all while being

Startup.com is a documentary film about govWorks.com, a start-up tech company that operated between May 1999 and December 2000. The company raised $60 million US dollars from various venture capitals and was thought to become a million-dollar business that will go public on the stock exchanges. Unfortunately, the company did not survive when the dot com bubble bursted. The company was founded by two best friends since high school, Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman. Their friendship also fell apart as the company came to an end. govWorks.com was acquired by a multinational corporation on New Year’s Day 2001 due to the company’s rapidly depleting cash flow and inability to get more funding.

As it relates to my chosen entrepreneur, Mark Cuban experiences the rise of new businesses on a regular basis. He is one of the main cast members on the show ‘Shark Tanks’, where a group of successful business leaders listen to new self-starters promote their ideas in hopes of a loan from one of the “sharks”. The show itself has helped inspire many American entrepreneurs to come up with new ideas.

In the short term, by managing your career, you can learn more about yourself and decide if this is the right career path for you. It allows you to learn your strengths and weaknesses, so that you can enhance or improve your skills, which will be beneficial to your job and ultimately your career. You can also, pick up on current must-have skills, such as, technical skills and higher level of communication skills. In the long term, managing your career can help set you up for either future jobs or future positions. By benchmarking where your skills are compared to the job market and others in the company you can gauge what needs to be done to compare or beat out the competition. At the end of the day it is about your progress and success so seeing where you stand will definitely help in the long

MR has unlimited access to group and individual counseling at New Beginnings. It was recommended MR visit a psychiatrist to be assessed for medication. MR does not believe he needs to be on medication, however resources were still given. MR would benefit from medication immensely. He would be able to think clearer and communicate better. It was also recommended MR attend Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings daily. After a group session at New Beginnings, all of the clients attended an NA meeting. MR stayed in at the NA meeting for two minutes and then went home. MR does not want to attend NA meetings because he believes he is getting enough help at New Beginnings. It would benefit MR to hear others stories about how drug use affected

The fifth step to thinking like a rich is by using your imagination. In order to do big things, you must think of big things. To think big, you must be able to take a vague idea, and turn it into something concrete. For a lot of people, this is a big reason why they don’t reach success. They see the goal, but they don’t have the imagination to be able to make a path on how to get there and reach their desires. A person must be able to plan their path to success, which is the sixth step. Organized planning is important to thinking big also. Hill gave four basic steps to how to best plan your path to success. First, he suggested that you that you should surround yourself with people who will give you knowledge and help you work towards your goal. The second thing he suggests is to find a job that will help you work towards your dream. In some cases, even an internship would be very

ICM met with Mr. Perkins at New Start I located at 3653 N. 15th street to follow up with him and see how he has been adjusting to the step down level of care and to assist him with scheduling an intake appointment at John F. Kennedy Behavioral Health Center to address his mental health goal. Mr. Perkins stated that he had a difficult time adjusting to the program due to the required two week observation period. Mr. Perkins informed ICM that during the two week observation period residents are only permitted to leave the facility for a maximum of four hours per day with supervision. Mr. Perkins stated that the observation period limits his freedom and he expressed a desire to have his independence back. ICM explained to Mr. Perkins that

You can be at the top of a business without the assumption you slept your way to the top.

When you come out of corporate America, you have to detox your thought process. Instead of being subordinate to the structure, you have to step up and head your own. This takes a little getting used do, but once you do, it’s like second nature. I took some professional development classes to help me get my clarity. Everyone stumbles in the beginning, but the world has a short memory. The best part, your business only goes as far as you take it, and there are so many ways to be successful once you find your groove.

Peter Thiel is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur who co-founded companies such as, Pay-Pal and Palantir. In his book Zero to One, Thiel talks about the essential steps to follow in creating a successful business. According to Thiel, in order to create a successful business the founder must create a new product that has never been done before. He talks about the horizontal and vertical process of businesses. The horizontal process focuses on the idea of doing more of what is already working. While, the vertical process focuses on a new or better way to do something. Thiel says that the vertical process is what is needed in starting a successful business. One of my favorite quotes from the book is, “Every moment in business happens

Starting a business is the latest trend. Just take a look at Instagram. Several profiles have the caption ‘Entrepreneur’. At this very moment, there is someone, somewhere working on an idea, a business plan or launching a startup. Entrepreneurship is on the rise like never before. The flexibility and independence that comes with being one’s own boss is attractive and worth taking the leap in starting a business. However, most people don’t know that being an entrepreneur is a grueling journey that can be very lonely and stressful at times. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), 50% of businesses fail during the first year. Starting a business can be a scary task, but the