Most of the entrepreneurs you meet start up their businesses after having thought about them a very long time. It would be rare to find a business owner who just woke up this morning and decided, yes I think I’ll go for it today and make that first million!

However, regardless of the amount of time you waited to get started on your business, when you jump in without having any kind of strategy for meeting your goals and no business plan for how to get there, you might as well have just taken the big leap immediately after getting out of bed.

Without an appropriate strategy and a plan, your business is unlikely to have that happy ending you hope for, no matter how hard or how long you work toward it, because you are not appropriately prepared for meeting the opportunities that result in success.

You see, knowing how to be a great carpenter is not enough to succeed in the carpentry business. And knowing how to win awards for film-making is not enough to succeed in running a production house. It’s for this reason that most entrepreneurs fail to achieve their dreams. Instead of owning a business, the business owns them. We don’t want that to happen to you!

We’re working on a solution to this right now and soon we’ll be able to share the details with you. Nothing would make us happier than for each one of you to become a great success story. We know you have just as many challenges, albeit of a different kind, as those we are helping around the world. And the “do or die” approach to business, no matter where you live, just doesn’t work.

Something tells me we’re about to launch some of our greatest work to date. And it was inspired by you, our loyal audience. Can’t wait to tell you about it… stay tuned!

Tags: alex mandossian, kiva.org, linda m lopeke, smartstart coach, smartstart giving, smartstart mentoring

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