The Entrepreneur’s Source Reviews – How Business Ownership Compares to Dating
The Entrepreneur’s Source Reviews – How Business Ownership Compares to Dating
As an Entrepreneur Source Coach and coauthor of the book Making the Jump Into Small Business Ownership, Jeff Levy helps individuals clarify their goals and values so they can properly evaluate self-employment career options.
As the first guest on The Entrepreneur’s Source Franchise Friday show, Levy shared his vast insight into small business ownership in today’s world and provided aspiring entrepreneurs wisdom into what it takes to become an entrepreneur through the franchise industry.
After a successful career as a corporate executive, Levy transitioned to a career as an entrepreneur coach and mentor, where he has helped more than 180 individuals begin their journey to self-employment and participated in more than a hundred franchise startups.
Levy shared his vast insight into the world of franchising and entrepreneurship with Franchise Friday host and CEO of FranchisEsource Brands International, Paul Segreto, including how people approach business ownership, and why they should consider a different point of view.
Finding your Franchise Match – How Business Ownership Compares to Dating
Most people approach a business almost like they approach finding a spouse—they expect to fall in love at first sight.
Maybe they spend time on the Internet, looking for that business that’s going to jump out of their computer screen, wrap their arms around them and say, “We’re made for each other.”
Unfortunately, it really doesn’t work that way. Just like a good marriage or relationship starts with a vision and is a lot of hard work over many years, a good business is the same way.
Through our coaching process at The Entrepreneur’s Source, we found that over 95% of the time the people who do move forward with business ownership do so with a concept or business they hadn’t thought or heard of before.
One of the biggest flaws that I have seen in entrepreneurs is ego. It’s easy to get a marriage license, tough to have a good marriage. It’s easy to get a business license, tough to build a good business.
Just because you have “president” on your card doesn’t mean anything. Just because you signed a franchise agreement and went through training doesn’t mean anything. It’s all about whether you are willing to spend a few years of your life like most people won’t so you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.
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