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Episode 1497:
Allan Smith outlines the essential steps to launch a successful startup, focusing on setting clear goals, validating ideas, and managing time and money effectively. He emphasizes the importance of passion, networking, and perseverance in building a business from the ground up, offering practical advice for aspiring entrepreneurs to turn their vision into reality.
Read along with the original article(s) here: http://moneyminiblog.com/how-to/start-a-startup/
Quotes to ponder:
"Focus on starting a business that you’re passionate about, because when it gets tough, that passion will keep you going."
"Networking is one of the most important things you can do to grow your business, no matter what industry you’re in."
"Time management is crucial when starting a business, especially if you have a day job or other obligations."
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[00:00:59] How to Start a Startup Without Quitting Your Day Job
[00:01:02] by Alan Smith with MoneyMiniblog.com
[00:01:06] Every year, millions of people choose the entrepreneurial route
[00:01:10] because they all want to experience what it's like to start up a business.
[00:01:14] Sadly, the problem with most of the startup statistics you see out there
[00:01:17] is that about 50% of those who rush to start companies get to see their businesses die within four years.
[00:01:24] And the sad fact about this whole failure rate is that the majority of people entering
[00:01:28] had to quit their day job to start the business.
[00:01:31] While it's cool to want to go the entrepreneurial way,
[00:01:33] it's not entirely good to throw all your eggs in one basket.
[00:01:37] Any newly started business has a high chance of failing or succeeding.
[00:01:41] Instead of losing both, the best way is to start the startup and still keep your day job.
[00:01:46] It might be hectic and too tiring to attempt, but it is possible.
[00:01:50] Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal, was working at Starbucks while he was running some smaller
[00:01:55] internet startups before he co-founded PayPal.
[00:01:57] This shows it's possible to juggle both and not break down.
[00:02:01] If he could do it, that means you certainly can't.
[00:02:04] Here are four ways to start a startup without quitting your day job.
[00:02:08] The first is learn the art of automation.
[00:02:11] Truth be told, you can't do it alone.
[00:02:14] Juggling between a day job and running a business is practically one of the most challenging things to attempt.
[00:02:20] While it won't kill you, it will constrain your time, sleep, and social hours.
[00:02:24] The best advice here is to automate most of your startup core processes.
[00:02:29] Running the business will require some form of inputs daily,
[00:02:32] but there is no business book that advises to spend time answering every input of the business.
[00:02:38] Automate the aspects that you find difficulty doing.
[00:02:41] Truth be told, in business, we're not all engraced the same way.
[00:02:45] Some people have strength when it comes to marketing and sales,
[00:02:48] while others flop around that aspect.
[00:02:51] Find ones that take most of your time
[00:02:52] and then delegate them to virtual or fixed workers.
[00:02:56] Mostly, what you want to outsource should be tasks that eat up more time.
[00:03:00] Tasks like customer care, accounting, social media marketing, etc.
[00:03:05] Locate the time wasters and automate them.
[00:03:08] This will instantly bring out more free time.
[00:03:10] With that free time, you can think and strategize about the future of the business
[00:03:14] or utilize the time that you were spending on the time wasters
[00:03:18] on other aspects of the business.
[00:03:19] Number two, develop a strict routine for both businesses.
[00:03:24] Businesses thrive on habits.
[00:03:26] Just as humans need habits to have an identity,
[00:03:30] your businesses and jobs also need strict habits to stay afloat and make progress.
[00:03:34] That said, you can't successfully run two business-like structures
[00:03:38] plus your own personal social life without setting routines for each of them.
[00:03:43] Since your day job is strict and can't really be manipulated in any way,
[00:03:46] you need to learn to plan strategically around the hours that you're at your day job
[00:03:51] to maximize the other hours.
[00:03:52] At best, give specific times to everything that you'd be doing.
[00:03:57] Lay out specific time for social activities.
[00:03:59] It's good to mingle and meet up with friends,
[00:04:01] but you'd have to restrict yours to certain hours.
[00:04:04] Give specific hours to your startup.
[00:04:06] It's obviously the reason your daytime is so short.
[00:04:09] So basically, you have to give more hours to it.
[00:04:12] This may sometimes mean sleeping less in order to create more time for your startup business.
[00:04:17] Basically, plan each hour you have left.
[00:04:19] Then, each day, consciously follow the planned hours the way you specified them.
[00:04:24] When done in a repetitive manner for at least 66 days,
[00:04:28] that's how long it takes for a routine to become a habit,
[00:04:30] it will naturally turn into a lifelong business habit.
[00:04:33] When it does, juggling between the two core jobs will become automatic and easy.
[00:04:39] 3. Plan your week effectively
[00:04:42] Your workday is already static.
[00:04:44] You're an employee there,
[00:04:45] so you take orders and comply with them without asking questions.
[00:04:49] That aspect of your life is already constant.
[00:04:51] The only way you can maximize your time better
[00:04:54] and make your routine bring high returns is to plan ahead.
[00:04:58] Make a specific day of the week your day of planning.
[00:05:01] Plan out every aspect of work to be done that week
[00:05:04] and simply follow through on them.
[00:05:05] Plan out every day of the week.
[00:05:06] Weekly planning removes guesswork from your week
[00:05:08] since you literally know what you'll be doing at each point in time.
[00:05:12] Not only that, you understand what work has to be done
[00:05:15] and why you have to do it at that time.
[00:05:18] An understanding of a weekly plan will help make
[00:05:20] juggling between the two tasks of the day easy.
[00:05:23] All it takes to run a day job and a startup business
[00:05:26] is making effective use of each week.
[00:05:29] Utilize your week well
[00:05:30] and your business and day job will grow effectively.
[00:05:34] 4. Frequently revisit your why
[00:05:37] It's kind of hard to juggle two main jobs
[00:05:40] and not feel discouraged and want to throw in the towel.
[00:05:43] Starting and running a startup in the midst of a 9-to-5 job
[00:05:47] is a hectic and challenging thing.
[00:05:49] This is why business professionals advise
[00:05:51] that it's always better to know and understand your why.
[00:05:54] You will need something to help you stay motivated
[00:05:57] because surely depression and wanting to give up will come.
[00:06:00] To stay motivated at all times, you need to know your why.
[00:06:04] Your why is simply the reason you started that startup
[00:06:07] while still at your 9-to-5 job.
[00:06:09] Every business needs to have a strong reason
[00:06:11] why it was started from the beginning.
[00:06:13] Your reason for inconveniencing yourself to that degree
[00:06:16] is your why.
[00:06:18] Your why is that thing you'd lose out on if you give up.
[00:06:21] Someone's why can be that sick child in the hospital.
[00:06:24] Whenever they feel fatigued about the whole 9-to-5
[00:06:27] and startup business stuff and they just feel like giving up,
[00:06:31] immediately their sick kid, which is their why,
[00:06:33] will come to mind and they'll instantly have a glimmer of hope
[00:06:36] to forge ahead.
[00:06:38] Likewise, find your why.
[00:06:40] Look for something you'd lose if you give up.
[00:06:42] Startup entrepreneurs give up easily
[00:06:44] because most of them don't really have anything tangible to lose.
[00:06:47] Entrepreneurs who have a spouse dying of a treatable disease
[00:06:50] don't have time to give up.
[00:06:52] All they think about is how they can continue their 9-to-5
[00:06:55] and startup business and make enough money to save their spouse.
[00:06:59] Tie your business to something tangible.
[00:07:02] Let that thing be your motivation every time you step out
[00:07:05] to go to your 9-to-5 or come home to your startup business.
[00:07:12] You just listened to the post titled
[00:07:14] How to Start a Startup Without Quitting Your Day Job
[00:07:17] by Alan Smith with MoneyMiniBlog.com
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