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StartupSofa.com - First Steps to Launching Business Dream

Sep 13, 2014

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Get key questions to explore before launching your business startup from Cory Miller, founder of iThemes.
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Page 1: StartupSofa.com - First Steps to Launching Business Dream

First Steps to Launching Your Business Dream

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I have an idea, now what?

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Goals today ...

I want to force you to think deeply about what you makes you happy, fulfilled

I want to humble you

I want to scare you

I want to push you

And at some point, inspire you ...

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Why do you want to start a business?

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Entrepreneurship is the hardest job you’ll ever have.

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To understand and love what I do ... which means:

Build a secure future for me, my family & team

Provide something of value to the world

Have creative freedom & somewhat control my destiny

Build the ultimate workplace & job

Live my dreams, live w/o regrets & leave a legacy

Why I want to start a business

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Entrepreneurship is the hardest job ever ....

It’s also the most fun & fulfilling job I’ve ever had.

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What are your life goals and objectives?

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What do you want to do with your life?

What makes you most happy?

What type of work / situation makes you most happy?

What kind of life are you seeking to build for you & family?

What stirs you up?

What financial goals do you have?

What do you want your work life to look like?

Who are most important people to you & how do you want to be remembered?

What compelling vision of future do you have?

How do you want to change the world?

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How does your significant other answer those questions?

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How does starting a business help you achieve those life goals & desires?

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Is this for you?

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Are you ready?

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I was at the right place, at the right time, with the right partners ... and I was READY.

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Do you have the ...Commitment

Focus

Skills

Time

Energy

Support

Money

Passion

Vision

Resources

... to launch your dream?

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If not, then go get them or stop now.

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A final word or two ...

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How to be an entrepreneurfrom a poster I found on the web

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‘Be something you love and understand’

-Lynyrd Skynrd ‘Simple Man’

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