Jacobs’ Ladder (rung 2 - On the way) Well, what an incredible few weeks it’s been! This issue’s article really does highlight the true experience of being an entrepreneur. It has been a very inspiring, interesting and exciting time and I’d like to share it with you hoping one day, you might be there!
I was invited to meet Peter Jones CBE this month which was an invaluable experience and a pleasure to be able to meet one of my favourite business figures. It shows just where you can get through business as it creates so many leads, opportunities and friends for life. This month, I was recently approached by a teenager asking to set up his own business, when I asked why he hadn’t done it yet, he said he was scared. This is a common matter amongst young people wanting to start a business as most perceive enterprise as inheriting your great grandfather’s haulage company or running a small time boutique. My advice to him was just to go for it, there’s never been a more right time than now, especially in the UK. With a double dip recession and many large businesses collapsing, it’s the prime time for someone to come along with that ground breaking idea or concept and become successful almost overnight. There are so many businesses or ideas that even during tough financial and economic times will prosper, purely due to the effort and determination the individual behind it puts in. If you adopt the mindset that anything is possible and live every day as if it’s your last, you’ll get a hell of a lot out of each day and indeed life itself. It’s strange to think that a year ago, I’d just completed my GCSE exams and was planning on how to spend summer. Do I get a job or do I just laze around drunk for 6 weeks? If any of you readers are at that point, I strongly suggest getting out there and doing something! Make a change, make some money or do some work! It will be one of the most rewarding things you can ever do and six weeks is a long time to get stuff done in! It will put you in a good standing for life and may even change your life if you choose now to invent something 53 revolutionary, create a product or start a business?