So you got a degree. Now it’s time to face the realities of running a business, including these lessons you didn’t learn in the classroom.
At the end of our first year in business I got on my knees and prayed to God for a sign: whether we should continue our business. Even though sales were coming in, we had zero profit to show for it. A week later, we closed a deal with a large airline to have our wines served on their international flights. Although we got the sign, there are certain other things I wish I would have known back then. I wish I would have known the real skills required to be an entrepreneur.
I’ve learned a lot in the past few years—and a lot of the necessary skills to start and run a fast-growing business just aren’t taught in the classroom. Here’s my list of five things school didn’t teach us about starting a business.
Starting your own business requires vast sacrifice. OK, I’m aware it’s cliché to say this. Everyone who writes about entrepreneurship says this. But I can’t emphasize this enough. No one can prepare you for the mental, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual stress starting a business will put on you. It’s an all-encompassing endeavor that will test you in ways that working a 9 to 5 will not. For us, it tested our relationship in ways that almost tore our young marriage apart. For example, continue reading here
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Julian
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