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Are you afraid of your new business idea?

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Fear – Graffiti (Photo credit: Jimee, Jackie, Tom & Asha)

I was listening to an entrepreneur talking the other day about start-up owners and other entrepreneurs sometimes being too afraid to implement their idea because of the risk that it involves. Starting anything new involves trepidation and fear that if you let it get out of hand, can block or paralyse you.

Have you had this experience before? Is there something that you may have started or come up with and then decided not to do it because you had too much fear about what would happen if you really got serious about your idea? Continue reading “Are you afraid of your new business idea?”

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No one laughs at you when you stand in line to buy a lottery ticket but if you’ve got a new idea…

People stand in a long queue on a Saturday afternoon to buy a lottery ticket. Everyone looks serious. It’s a big decision. To spend a small amount and to win untold riches. But nobody is laughing at you when you stand in that lottery ticket queue. No one is poking fun at you. No one is sneering.

In your circle of friends and family have you ever met anyone who had made a fortune from buying a lottery ticket? I don’t know about you, but I have never met anyone who has won a massive amount from the purchase of a lottery ticket. The only person that comes to mind was a hardware store owner in a coastal town where I grew up who was said to have won a lottery ticket and closed down his hardware store. Continue reading “No one laughs at you when you stand in line to buy a lottery ticket but if you’ve got a new idea…”

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Would an angel invest in your new idea?

English: Sodas and soft drinks at a Supermarket
English: Sodas and soft drinks at a Supermarket (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Reality strikes. What if my new idea for a product or service isn’t good enough? Have I come up with something that the market will want? How am I going to make this new business work?

Coming up with the spark of a new business idea is exciting. It’s when your creative juices are flowing and you are in a generative stage. For you, your new idea is going to make a big change in your life and to your bank balance. Easy Street has arrived. Continue reading “Would an angel invest in your new idea?”