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Four Tips You Need To Run a Startup in 2019

For the first time in history, new businesses are taking over the revenue of larger, more established ones. There has literally never been a better time to start your own startup in the long history of mankind, so if you have the budget, then just do it! Create your own company! In fact, you don’t even need too much capital to do this the right way. All you need is the right exposure, the right mindset, and the right ideas. Suppose you don’t have those … that’s no reason to stop! These are all things that you can develop with patience and practice. If you don’t have the right idea, you can start brainstorming right away! What matters is that you have in you to the mentality to, in the words of Nike, to ‘just do it’.  As we’ve mentioned before on this website, even if your startup doesn’t end up working the way you’d hoped, a failed startup is still super impressive on a resume. You have every reason to try and become something big in the upcoming year, so get ready! Here are a few tips that should help you along the way:

Develop An Online Presence

This doesn’t mean a presence for your brand. It’s more about you as a person. People need to know that you’re a creative, mature person who really wants the world to progress and prosper. Make use of big social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and perhaps even Medium. If you’ve still got a bit more strength left, you should try out the Reddit community. Being a known person there could pay off more than you’d bargain for. Once you’ve got this presence set up, you’ll be ready for the next step.

Start Your Company

You’ll need to have at least some money before you can do this, so if you’re totally broke, you can make 2019 more about finding a job and getting better with your financial position rather than opening a business. As for those of you who are relatively stable, go ahead and think of a name for your company and get it copyrighted. It’s not too costly a process, so you shouldn’t be in any trouble in that department. The real stuff starts after this step, of course.

Keep Learning At All Times

As the CEO of a startup, you need to be fast paced at most of what you do but you also need to keep the quality of what you are doing as high as possible. You need to know the ins and outs of your business and the best marketing tactics, which means you need to constantly learn from the best. Thankfully, there are tons of sources that are willing to teach you. There are a lot of online courses, which aren’t exactly a substitute for a four-year degree program, but they can still get the job done. Besides online courses, there are a lot of free podcasts and videos / tutorials that highlight and explain how various business and marketing tools actually work. Keep in mind that this learning extends to more than just the business side of things. You’ll need to learn how to have the right mindset at all times in order to be successful as a new business owner. This is because you’re not a manager. You’re a leader, and you need to understand your psychology as well as that of the people working under you. Only then can you hope to create something that lasts.

Look For Volunteers

If you’re going to sell your idea to investors, you should already be able to sell it to average people. Investors invest lots of money in hopes that someday, your efforts and creativity will pay off and make them substantially wealthier. You’ll need to convince them that your ideas are legit and that you’ll figure out a way to make the whole thing work. Your workers are a great way to practice this. Instead of posting paid job openings, look for people who are willing to volunteer. You’ll have to convince them that what you’re doing will pay off in the long run and that you’ll be able to provide them with salaries in the future if unable to do so in the current before any initial funding. Be absolutely sure that they understand that there isn’t a guarantee that this will work, just so that they don’t have the wrong notions about your business.

Starting a business takes a lot more effort than you’re estimating. There is a ton of hard work that goes into creating a business, empire, brand that is hard to truly understand until you are there really doing it. Be prepared to lose a lot of meals, maybe even some sleep, but keep in your mind always how worth it will all be in the end!

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