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These days, there is a growing demographic of entrepreneurs getting into businesses not taken very seriously a few decades ago. This demographic is the youth ranging in age from 10 to 21 years old. Recent successes and the improvement in technologies better understood and used by these young people have led to an explosion of young entrepreneurs.
There are different expectations for both these young entrepreneurs and their guardians regarding what they should do and how they should do it with respect to their business ideas and how they should manage their lives. Below are some of the considerations that young entrepreneurs should have in mind if they want to be successful at business and still have a balanced life as much as can be expected.
- Do what you have a passion for and what you are good at
Whether you are a young entrepreneur or an older one, it is very important to have passion and be good at what you do. There is a lot of debate as to what comes before the other, being good at something versus being passionate about it, but it is all a philosophical debate akin to the famous ‘chicken and the egg’ debate.
What is most important is that you have the two things in mind and that both things are feeding off each other. To be more practical, if you love software development and have a passion for it, it is very likely that you are good at it, while in the reverse, if you discover that you are good at programming while learning it, you will most likely develop the passion for it as well.
At the end of the day, if you turn what you love into a business, you are very likely going to have a successful business.
- Make decisive decisions about what you really want
As an entrepreneur, whether young or older, you must realize that one of the things distinguishing an entrepreneur and a dreamer is being able to make decisions, and acting on the decisions. It is said that, not making a decision is also a decision albeit an unconscious one, that is why it is necessary to qualify a good entrepreneurs decisions as decisive conscious decisions.
At first, it is not so much about making the perfect decision, as it is about being able to make up your mind about a course of action within a reasonable timeframe and then acting on your decision as soon as possible if not immediately.
If you are able to do this even if your decisions are not always the best, you will very soon become a success because it is almost inevitable that you will learn how to make better decisions.
- Make the most out of your youth and don’t be afraid to do radical things
When you are young, you are in the best position to do risky business ideas because you have the luxury of time to afford to make mistakes and learn from them. With this in mind, it is best to also take advantage of your unadulterated mind to explore the limits of what you can and cannot do with regards to business.
Most adults usually have experiences that paint their decisions about what they can and cannot do and this limits their ability to try new things. However as a young entrepreneur, you have almost uninhibited tendencies which can be helpful to solve problems or challenges in life and in business. However, it is still important to consider common sense before going off the rails.
- Look for a good mentor
As a young entrepreneur, you can get an immeasurable amount of guidance and wisdom from a mentor or someone who has been successful at business.
The main benefit of having such a relationship is that you can learn from mentors’ mistakes and not have to repeat the same mistakes. Better yet, you can use what they have learned to do things better without having to spend time rediscovering the wheel, so to speak.
- Know what the standards are before seeking to change them.
As a young entrepreneur, you will most likely want to see the world only from your point of view. Whereas this can be very helpful for creative and uninhibited thinking, it can cause you to get into problems that you could have easily avoided. This reason is why it is important to know the standards of the business you are involved in.
For example, if you are going to be involved in a particular business, it is good to know who the governing bodies are, what their standards are, accounting and tax requirements, legal and administrative requirements etc.
- Be a great time manager
As a young entrepreneur, you will realize the importance of learning early enough how to manage your time well. You could do so by prioritizing the things that you feel are most important to your life and then allocate time proportionally based on how you prioritize the activities.
It goes without saying that, something will have to suffer if you decide that you want to get into business. You should therefore be ready to make the necessary sacrifices and not feel guilty about your decision.
- Make the most out of resources readily available to you
As a young person, you have the benefit of having a lot of resources around you at a very cheap, to no cost at all. It is good to realize early enough the benefits that you have and to take advantage of these benefits because before you know it, you will be paying for everything at its true value. It is therefore important to take advantage of what has been availed to you.
You should of course ensure that you use whatever has been availed to you respectfully and to remember to return the favor when you become successful.
Sharon C. Cote is a financial advisor with 9 years of experience in the business. She has written several finance articles including debt settlement reviews. Visit her blog for more information.
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