So you want to be an Entrepreneur?

By Christie Sharpe, Founder of

You’ve identified a problem The reason you’re thinking about starting a new business is because you come up with crazy ideas all the time. It’s what can sometimes be called the entrepreneurs curse...

Start ups are like running a marathon for years...My favourite part of a start up is right at the beginning when the vision is big and the

team is excited.

Fast forward 2 years and ask any entrepreneur if they would have re thought starting a new business if they knew how hard it would be??

meh? probably not.

You’re crazy, or someone else thinks you are.To be a successful entrepreneur you need to

Dream BIG and work hard!

You get bored easily - so you create things to keep you occupied.

You’re an opportunist - for some reason you have opportunities fall in your lap and you like to act on them.

You’re a risk taker - nothing is too big for you to tackle, although once you start something you might sh*t yourself.

You network like crazy - networking feels more like a game sport to you.. once you catch one the others follow

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