Are you on the fence about setting up a new business? Andra Picincu is a digital marketing consultant with over 10 years of experience. She works closely with small businesses and large organizations alike to help them grow and increase brand awareness. She holds a BA in Marketing and International Business and a BA in Psychology. Over the past decade, she has turned her passion for marketing and writing into a successful business with an international audience. Current and former clients include The HOTH, Bisnode Sverige, Nutracelle, CLICK – The Coffee Lover’s Protein Drink, InstaCuppa, Marketgoo, GoHarvey, Internet Brands, and more. In her daily life, Ms. Picincu provides digital marketing consulting and copywriting services. Her goal is to help businesses understand and reach their target audience in new, creative ways.

Don’t seek approval from your parents like most men do when it comes to their life decisions. You don’t need a nod of approval from your father to start a business or make a financial deal. Your mother shouldn’t be giving you the okay to sign off a paper contract when it comes to selling your company. Your parents don’t need to hear about your first sale. You’d be amazed at how many small things men bring up while secretly seeking the approval from others.

Often, when people are trained to be employees or self-employed, E’s and S’s on the left side of the CASHFLOW® Quadrant , they find it hard to transition to the right side of the quadrant, to become a Business Owner (B) and Investor (I). It’s usually a lack of knowledge, not passion, that prohibits people from learning how to become a business owner.

David Roy Newby choose a particular business for the wrong reasons, such as their limited experience in it, their familiarity with someone who made a lot of money in the field, or that it seems fun and prestigious. To be sure, it doesn’t hurt that you have experience in a business, but that alone doesn’t necessarily mean it is an excellent choice.

Decisive – You’ll need to develop a comfort-level with uncertainty at times. Successful entrepreneurs work at gathering as much information as possible, and then make a move. They don’t sit around being indecisive; they are decision makers and get things moving in a timely and efficient manner. The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing” says Walt Disney, co-founder of the Walt Disney Company.

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Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton