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Serial Entrepreneur
The Serial entrepreneur is a person that continuously develops new ideas putting those ideas into action by creating new start-up companies. This is unlike most entrepreneurs who act on a single idea over a period of time and stick with that idea or business.
The Serial entrepreneur will be more likely to sell out of their business or turn over the reins to a managing partner freeing themselves up to continue on in another business.
Many entrepreneurs do not have the skills to manage large scale businesses, and by exiting and moving on, they are able to create new opportunities focusing on skills that fit their talents.
Serial Entrepreneurs are rarely comfortable in managed businesses as they often are looking to improve upon what they have created and will continue to change processes. Sometimes the results are positive and other times the results are not what the entrepreneur was hoping for.
Most serial entrepreneurs continue to do start-ups out of the need to have the challenge and excitement of creating a new company. They rarely are doing it for the money, no matter what their wealth status is.
Each time the Serial entrepreneur does a start-up company, they find themselves more experienced allowing them to quickly navigate through processes that they have done before. This often will lead to faster and larger start-up companies. The relationships already developed allow them to obtain start-up capital, staffing and vendor relationships quickly.
Serial Entrepreneurs are often known in the community and can be of great assistance to other entrepreneurs if they are looking for help in developing new start-up companies. Many of them are willing to help young entrepreneurs find their way.
Do you need quick cash?
Getting Quick Cash is not always the best idea, but sometimes you need to borrow money.
In cases like those, you should consider looking at sources such as 100DayLoans.com, a company that specializes in helping people get loans ranging from $250 to $1,000 on average and states that they have lenders that may go as high as $10,000
If you feel you need to get a loan you can follow these simple steps in the privacy of your office or your home and be on your way to getting the money you need today.
- Click on the 100DayLoans.com
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- Complete the application
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Once confirmed, you will receive another email with a notification that you have been approved and a link to go to the lenders website
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Review the lenders terms and confirm the loan if acceptable to you.
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Lender will give further instructions to complete the loan and get the money deposited into your account.
Remember, it is always best not to borrow money if you don't absolutely have to, and work on getting your loans paid back early. Consider setting up a rainy day fund to help alleviate the pressures of cash crunches.
NOTE: After burdening myself many times with substantial debt, I have realized that borrowing money is not a good practice and should be avoided at all cost. The links provided in this article are done so while informing you that I am compensated for purchases that you make with this and other vendors on this site through affiliate marketing programs. This article is not an official endorsement of their services or products. Depending on your state, you may not be eligible to borrow money. Check your local laws and with lenders.
LinkedIn, A Tool for Business People
Business professionals who are overlooking LinkedIn are missing a huge opportunity to work on building their business. I admit, I overlooked it myself for many years, but recently began building a stronger network and the results have been phenomenal.
I am now connecting with people that I have not connected with for some time, have been introduced to new people that are key to my future success and likewise.
Connecting with others allows you to see who they are connected to, in most cases, and often will surprise you as to how close you really are to most everyone in the country. You may even look up celebrities and find that you are as little as one link away and in LinkedIn, that usually means that the people connected really do know each other.
LinkedIn also allows you to send direct messages to your contacts, and some people that are outside of your contacts. This is helpful if you don't have their email address, while you won't be able to access it until you become friends. You can still get your message delivered.
Networking on LinkedIn has gotten even better with message activity showing in time lines. This allows others to see what you are up to and even gives you the opportunity to post your blog articles.
If you have a website, you can increase your quality score for SEO by adding it to LinkedIn. Make sure that you select “other” when filling out website links, and then put your keywords in the Title section.
LinkedIn allows you to create special groups where there is a timeline of related messages.
Some people use the calendar function in LinkedIn to invite members to participate in events. You can select you are going to attend, are tentative or not able to attend. Business functions are able to stay on your profile showing as part of your LinkedIn “Resume”.
Out of all the social networking tools, LinkedIn is quickly becoming my favorite tool to connect to the business world. It has paid off in developing new relationships and keeping me aware of mission critical events and activities.
Best of all, LinkedIn is free for most services!
Engage Serial Entrepreneurs to Get Funded
Start-Up Entrepreneurs often make huge mistakes when starting out. They show desperation searching for money, and they let their prospect, the potential investors see the stress on their face.
The serial entrepreneur will take a step back and put the entire situation into perspective. He will debate what all the options are including changing the business strategy to make the business less costly to operate. This allows the serial entrepreneur to come from a position of strength as opposed to weakness.
Many Start-Up Entrepreneurs desperately want to be a success, but their insecurity and lack of confidence shows as lack of confidence in their product / service. You have to be able to enthusiastically sell your product / service with confidence.
If you are struggling to get capital, you may benefit from engaging an experienced serial entrepreneur with strengths in marketing and bootstrapping. The Serial entrepreneur often will be less costly then dealing with seasoned investors or venture capital firms.
Serial entrepreneurs have a passion for helping other entrepreneurs, especially first time Start-Up entrepreneurs because they have been there and done that. They know the pain that you have gone through.
The serial entrepreneur will make bold moves on your behalf, knowing how to push the envelope, while providing a fresh experience that will show investors that they are excited about the product.
In many cases, having a serial entrepreneur on board and part of the business will attract the attention of investors that would otherwise not be interested in participating. The added experience will make investors much more comfortable with the program.
Start-Up Entrepreneurs often seek more money and are willing to give up more of their company than they need to give. Working with a serial entrepreneur, before seeking investors allows you to get someone that knows when and where to push the buttons, and how to get you the most upside.
If you're just starting out, seek out serial entrepreneurs for mentors and even business partners. These people have great potential and have felt your pain.
Register Yourname.com to Build Credibility
Creating your website/blog with your domain(Yourname.com) will give you more credibility with your customers, investors, vendors and employees. You’re letting people know who you are, which creates a unique relationship, allowing them to trust you. By putting yourself out there, you are taking the brand of your business to a whole new level.
Using KirkTaylor.com(you will use yourname.com), I attract people who are curious as to what I am doing next. The same goes for new entrepreneurs as their friends want to keep up with what is happening in their life. Friends, family and fans will tell others when you put more detail into your site. You can’t help but become famous online if you just are willing to put yourself out there.
I have had my domain since 2000; however, I never really used it until recently. The reason is that I didn’t want to be the brand. Now, I am quickly finding out that was a huge mistake. I would struggle to establish credibility with my old sites. When people would visit they would often leave on the first page, but now, unbelievably, my bounce rate is running at less than 4/100’s of a percent! My writing is consistent with other content while adding the personal relationship. You can accomplish what you want using yourname.com in your website.
My other domains do not index as well, and now I have more credibility and a higher rank using KirkTaylor.com.
The offline marketing is easier as well when you can tell people that your name is your site. They won’t forget and are more likely to visit. They want to know more about you.
By now you should be ready to get “yourname.com” and register it now. I highly recommend using Namecheap.com to register your domain. The customer service has been fantastic, and once you get the hang of it, managing the domain is easy as well.
Before you do register your name, keep in mind that I am going to recommend a different web hosting company. You don’t need to buy email accounts, or hosting services from Go Daddy as we will be setting up your blog site elsewhere.
How to register yourname.com
To register the domain, click on Go Daddy and you will go to the front page where you can enter your name in the search box located in the upper right-hand corner. You will get either a result that your name is available or has already been secured by someone else. In the event it has been taken, there will be other suggestions to use different variations of your name.
For now, don’t be too picky, and select one that is as simple as possible. It is more important to take action and get on to the next step. If we need to, we can come back and review different variations of yourname.com later on, but we have to have a domain name before moving forward.
Once you have found an available domain, you will need to follow the checkout process which is fairly self-explanatory especially if you can find the “skip extras and proceed to check out the link.” We just want to get your domain registered right now.
You may want to consider one feature, however, and that is private registration, which hides your email address and personal contact information in public “whois” section. You will avoid getting a ton of spam by following this process.
Go Daddy allows you to maintain 100% ownership of your domain, as long as you are current on registration fees which are negligible. You always have the option to transfer the domain, point it to a different location, or even sell it to someone else.
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