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Giacomo attributes part of his success to his ability to reach out to others:I wouldn’t have imagined I could have so much help from the people I talked to at the early stages of Moneymour, their advice had a hugely beneficial impact.Our startup incubator was extremely helpful. But not all of the startups that were part of that acceleration programme made the right use of them.
“As entrepreneurs, we’ve all needed so much help to get to where we are, that we understand and most of us are still calling people looking for help!The answer is: Yeah. Okay.All of this to say, there’s no such thing as a “Solopreneur” – so don’t be afraid to reach out to your network for support.Needless to say that creativity and the ability to think outside the box are crucial elements of the entrepreneurial mindset.
He hits his cleats together and replies: ‘And I think you’re an idiot. Because all airlines do is lose money.’ Had Wade not thought to himself “why not” when his brother flippantly said that the only way he could be a pilot was to start an airline, Surf Air would never have existed.Trusting your gut is, I believe, something every entrepreneur struggles with from time to time. After all, such a large part of entrepreneurship is trial and error and learning by doing, knowing when to listen to your intuition can be difficultNow, I’m not suggesting that you ignore empirical data outright. Far from it.
So it stands to reason that one of the characteristics of an entrepreneurial mindset is doing whatever is necessary to help it succeed.The first comes from. She’s an entrepreneur with over 21 years of experience building startups. “As the CEO and founder, my agenda was to make sure that everybody was extremely happy, doing their thing and that they were supported.Teamwork and collaboration is the name of the game.
Once we started getting customers I was kicked out of the development team! We had hired more developers and we agreed my time was much better spent elsewhere. Almost 100% of people said: “I would absolutely use it, I never check my bills, I know I’m losing money. I would love something to check for me – especially if it’s free.”Everybody will say yes to that. You’re not validating customer demand. More specifically you’re not validating customer action.
This, however, also failed. He and his team didn’t have enough runway to weather the notoriously long sales cycle associated with banks. Committing to the startup, and everyone else working on that startup and persevering through every hurdle was critical to his success. For Giacomo, it took true passion and perseverance to get other people excited enough about his company to give him their time and expertise.
More than that, scrappy people are also very resourceful. You figure out a way to work for very little money.Do not underestimate your partners in any journey, business or personal.
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