Praveen, the owner of a coffee shop had been busy all day. Being a weekend, his shop was very crowded and the customers seemed unending.
He had been on his toes since morning. Towards the evening he felt a splitting headache surfacing.
As the clock ticked away, his headache worsened.
Unable to bear it, he stepped out of the shop leaving his staff to look after the sales.
He walked across the street to the Drug store to buy himself a painkiller to relieve his headache.
He swallowed the pill and felt relieved. He knew that in a few minutes, he would feel better.
As he strolled out of the shop, he casually asked the salesgirl, “Where is Mr Dinesh, the Pharmacists? He’s not at the cash counter today!”
The girl replied, “Sir, Mr Dinesh had a splitting headache and said he was going across to your coffee shop. He said a cup of hot coffee would relieve him of his headache.”
The man’s mouth went dry and he mumbled, “Oh! I see.”
This is a typical case of looking outside ourselves for something that we have within us.
How strange, but true!
The Pharmacist relieves his headache by drinking coffee and the coffee shop owner finds relief in a pain-relieving pill!
Similarly, many of us travel across the lengths and breadths of the universe and also visit several places to find peace.
Profit and Market share alone do not qualify and quantify them for the standard that they possess from an eminent institute that they belong to, we may see many of such Entrepreneurs who have come up as business giants with Simple education or nearly insignificant qualification largely.
Does this alone justify the means? (You may have your perspective on this.)
To become an entrepreneur you need not be a graduate from a top institute. If you think so, I may also request you to think of graduate scholars from prime institutes each year vis-a-vis Entrepreneurs they become who are efficient in their Growth journey, Sustainability, and their contribution to society.
Let us see a few things that make that makes an entrepreneurial journey complete.
Zeal: Entrepreneur if you want to be, you need to start looking out for Problems around you and think of what you can do about it. You need to have the Zeal to undergo learning and gain insights with an open mind.
Brainstorming: Connect with the Field Experts, Peers, or thought leaders who can share ideas and experience for more Idea generation that can help you with solving a real-world problem, give back to Society and yet generate money.
Problem Identification: Once you have done with your brainstorming, chart down fine problems that can lead to a specific Process design that helps you in Fund generation, Market Viability (for the Product or Service), Sustainability, Executable Action Plan and Scalability in the future.
Be S.M.A.R.T: Make your business idea a SOLUTION (Product or Service) that can a MEANINGFUL contribution to the user that is ADVANTAGEOUS and can help the user with RE-ACTIONABLE support that brings in utility for the long sustainable TIMELESS duration of scalability.
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Solution – The solution that your idea provides in the form of a Product or Service shall be an affiliated component for the client’s business. E.g.: a Catalyst to the core business process
Meaningful – The Solution shall provide a meaningful improvement or benefit that can be a contributor to the client’s business. E.g.: a report that aids decision-making
Advantageous – The Solution shall provide inevitable support by its presence in the client’s business. E.g.: an integral lead-generation mechanism that stimulates further business through digital media integration
Reactionable – The Solution shall bring insights that can caution on sustainable changes that the clients’ customer makes to keep their business abreast with trends and requirements in the future. E.g.: an expected change in demand over a newly arrived model by the competitor offering
Timeless – The Solution does not become obsolete but shall adapt to the changes with time and be scalable as well. E.g.: offer upscaling or customisation based on statutory compliances and market demands.
Believe that once you have these in place, you are almost ready for the journey of Entrepreneurship.
However, there are other Challenges like Psychological Preparation and Sacrifices that you need to think of before your venture.
Best Wishes for your Entrepreneurial journey soon.
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