{"id":1067,"date":"2024-04-21T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2024-04-24T13:44:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:44:02","slug":"start-business-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"63+ Top Entrepreneurs Share Best Business Advice and Tips for Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an entrepreneur, I&#8217;ve painstakingly learned the importance of heeding&nbsp;the <strong>best business advice<\/strong>&nbsp;I&#8217;ve received from many of the world&#8217;s top entrepreneurs. The bottom line: It takes <em>a lot<\/em> to start a business and grow it to profitability. Funny enough, the most impactful lessons have come from&nbsp;my biggest&nbsp;failures though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All in all, despite receiving&nbsp;great business advice and success&nbsp;tips back during my college days, I&#8217;ve gone on to learn more&nbsp;about&nbsp;how <em>not<\/em> to start a business through my experiences. Still, my early failures haven&#8217;t stopped me in learning from my mistakes&nbsp;and moving on to become&nbsp;gainfully self-employed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past five years, I&#8217;ve gone from learning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/how-start-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"how to start a blog\">how to start a blog<\/a> and growing it to more than 500,000 monthly readers (head over here if you want my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blogging-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"top blogging tips\">top blogging tips<\/a>). I&#8217;ve launched online courses, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/why-freelance-while-working-full-time-and-how-to-do-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"started a profitable freelance business\">started a profitable freelance business<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/how-to-not-lose-6537-and-create-a-product-nobody-wants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"built physical products\">built physical products<\/a>&nbsp;and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I grew my side business to over six figures in revenue before quitting my job in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, I&#8217;m teaching other entrepreneurs how to do get started&nbsp;in my free&nbsp;course,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/find-business-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Find a Profitable Business Idea\">Find a Profitable Business Idea<\/a> today. But this post isn&#8217;t really about me (surprise). And I want to start by answering an important question&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why put much stock in business advice?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ll be the first to tell you that each and every one of these entrepreneurs I&#8217;ve interviewed to share their business advice with you\u2014have had their own unique journey to building a successful business. They&#8217;re all different. Some come from backgrounds of wealth and influential connections\u2014while others have built empires starting truly from nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t take the business advice you hear as gospel to be followed word-for-word. Rather, use it as a tool to inform your big decisions and major strategic moves within your own business. Speaking of tools\u2014be sure to take my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/business-idea-generator\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"follow\" title=\"business idea generator\">business idea generator<\/a> for a spin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reason you <em>should care<\/em> about the business advice other successful entrepreneurs have to share with you&#8230; is that their experiences and words of wisdom may just come in handy one day. I worked hard to bring advice from a diverse sampling of the world&#8217;s most successful and respected entrepreneurs, so you&#8217;ll be prepared to start a business in today&#8217;s climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <strong>Richard Branson<\/strong> to&nbsp;<strong>Arianna Huffington<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Tim Ferriss<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Mark Cuban<\/strong>, <strong>Sophia Amoruso<\/strong> and many more, the business advice from this group of entrepreneurs is collectively worth an incalculable amount of time and money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They&#8217;ve created products &amp; services we&#8217;ve all heard of, turned entire industries upside down, redefined what it means to be successful when you start a business and many have also written <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/best-business-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"business books\">business books<\/a>&nbsp;or taught <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/online-business-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"online business courses\">online business courses<\/a> about it. Suffice it to say, their business advice is worth its weight in gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=63+Top+Entrepreneurs+Share+Best+Business+Advice+and+Tips+for+Success&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"63 Top Entrepreneurs Share Best Business Advice and Tips for Success\">63 Top Entrepreneurs Share Best Business Advice and Tips for Success<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=63+Top+Entrepreneurs+Share+Best+Business+Advice+and+Tips+for+Success&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not surprisingly, many of these entrepreneurs had very similar pieces of business advice to share, based on what&#8217;s worked for them when it comes to learning how to grow a business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here were some of the biggest trends in their business advice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Business ideas alone are worth very little.<\/strong> If you want to start a business and become successful with it, you need to solve meaningful problems. Execution is everything in business.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don&#8217;t just learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/how-start-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"how to start a blog\">how to start a blog<\/a> (or any type of business) unless you&#8217;ll be <strong>doing something you truly love and are good at<\/strong>, or unless you can dedicate yourself to <em>becoming<\/em>&nbsp;that expert over the coming years. And if you do want to start a blog, be sure to get started on the right foot with the advice from one of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blogging-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"blogging courses\">blogging courses<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Becoming successful in business is <strong>more about&nbsp;your mentality,&nbsp;psychology and determination<\/strong>&nbsp;than it is about finding little tips, tricks, hacks and exploitations in the marketplace.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Start today<\/strong>. The only true way to learn is by doing and you can&#8217;t afford to sit around waiting for funding, hoping someone else will come along to help you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/how-to-start-grow-your-business-while-working-a-full-time-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"execute on your idea\">execute on your idea<\/a> or complain&nbsp;that you <em>don&#8217;t have the time<\/em>. Making excuses won&#8217;t help you start a business and it sure as hell won&#8217;t help you <a href=\"https:\/\/yourlifestylebusiness.com\/lifestyle-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">create the lifestyle you want<\/a> for yourself.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Launch before you feel ready<\/strong>. If you wait until your product or service feels&nbsp;<em>perfect<\/em>, someone else will already be doing a better job of helping your customers solve their problems. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/validate-business-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Validate your business idea\">Validate your business idea<\/a> by launching fast, bringing on a small group of paying customers and adapting to make your solution great for them over time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How you choose to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/opportunity-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"manage&nbsp;your time\">manage&nbsp;your time<\/a> and decide which opportunities to pursue will greatly impact your success when starting a business. Outsource everything you can, so that you can <strong>focus on doing what only you&nbsp;can do<\/strong> in your business.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do everything in your power to <strong>avoid spending money<\/strong> when you start a business. Build a lean solution that provides value to your customers and only spend money on the absolute essentials at the moment you need them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Never stop building meaningful relationships<\/strong> with customers and other people in your industry. Choosing to instead view competitors as potential partners and collaborators&nbsp;can positively impact your business in a big way.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Focus on setting &amp; achieving small incremental goals<\/strong> rather than trying to start a business and instantly build your vision of what the company should be in the years to come. Setting realistic goals and milestones is a major component of building long-term success. This mentality is how I went from learning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/what-is-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"what a blog is\">what a blog is<\/a>, to eventually choosing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/best-website-builders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"website builder\">website builder<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/how-grow-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"growing my blog\">growing my blog<\/a> with tactics like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/guest-blogging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"guest blogging\">guest blogging<\/a> and social promotion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Keep an eye on emerging trends in your industry (like AI) <\/strong>and experiment with ways they could amplify your business. For example, I&#8217;ve launched an entirely new side business, <a href=\"https:\/\/rightblogger.com\/?via=ryrob\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">RightBlogger<\/a>, on the back of the success of the free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/ai-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"AI tools\">AI tools<\/a> I&#8217;ve shared here on my blog\u2014including my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/ai-article-writer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"free AI article writer\">free AI article writer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blog-title-generator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"blog title generator\">blog title generator<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/keyword-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"keyword research tool\">keyword research tool<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/paragraph-rewriter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"paragraph rewriter\">paragraph rewriter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/domain-name-generator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"domain name generator\">domain name generator<\/a> and more. It&#8217;s now a rapidly growing segment of my blog business, here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And much, much more&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you want to start a business for the first time or you&#8217;re an experienced entrepreneur, you&#8217;ll find incredible value in the best business advice and success tips&nbsp;these entrepreneurs have to share today\u2014some of them even made their way over to my list of the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/motivational-quotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"motivational quotes\">motivational quotes<\/a> I&#8217;ve heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Want the really good stuff?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Join my community today and I&#8217;ll send you weekly tips, strategies and 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Richard Branson.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1155 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Richard-Branson-on-ryrob-300x251.png\" alt=\"Start-Business-Advice-Richard-Branson-on-ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Richard-Branson-on-ryrob-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Richard-Branson-on-ryrob.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Branson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Sir Richard Branson<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s most recognizable billionaires, and the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virgin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Virgin Group<\/a>, has built an empire comprised of more than 400 companies including airlines, record stores, publishing organizations and he&#8217;s even tackling commercial space travel. He&#8217;s also the author of more than a dozen business books, including his latest (fantastic) autobiography, Finding My Virginity that shares from behind-the-scenes of the ups <em>and<\/em> downs throughout Branson&#8217;s more than fifty year career as an entrepreneur. During his interview on&nbsp;30 Days of Genius&nbsp;with CreativeLive, I got to hear his best business advice for&nbsp;aspiring&nbsp;entrepreneurs who want to start a business of their own, first-hand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe best businesses come from people\u2019s bad personal experiences. If you just keep your eyes open, you\u2019re going to find something that frustrates you, and then you think, \u2018well I could maybe do it better than it\u2019s being done,\u2019 and there you have a business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22If+you+can+change+people%27s+lives%2C+you+have+a+business.%22+%40richardbranson&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;If you can change people&#039;s lives, you have a business.&quot; @richardbranson\">\"If you can change people's lives, you have a business.\" @richardbranson<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22If+you+can+change+people%27s+lives%2C+you+have+a+business.%22+%40richardbranson&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you can improve people\u2019s lives, you have a business. People think, \u2018well everything\u2019s been thought of,\u2019 but actually, all of the time, there are gaps in the market here and gaps in the market there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Arianna Huffington.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arianna is a co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">The Huffington Post<\/a>, author of the recent New York Times best-seller The Sleep Revolution and stepped down as Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post to pursue her new wellness startup, Thrive Global, which will offer wellness trainings and workshops on stress reduction. Here&#8217;s her business advice for entrepreneurs who want to start a business for the first time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If you&#8217;re going to start a business, you need to really love it, because not everybody is going to love it. When The Huffington Post was first launched in 2005, there were so many detractors.&nbsp;I remember a critic who wrote that The Huffington Post was an unsurvivable failure.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22You+have+to+really+believe+in+your+product+to+deal+with+the+naysayers+and+persevere.%22+%40ariannahuff&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;You have to really believe in your product to deal with the naysayers and persevere.&quot; @ariannahuff\">\"You have to really believe in your product to deal with the naysayers and persevere.\" @ariannahuff<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22You+have+to+really+believe+in+your+product+to+deal+with+the+naysayers+and+persevere.%22+%40ariannahuff&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;When you get reviews like that and detractors like that, you have to really believe in your product. When you really believe in your product, you are willing to deal with all the naysayers and persevere.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Mark Cuban.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1160 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Mark-Cuban-on-ryrob-300x230.png\" alt=\"Start-Business-Advice-Mark-Cuban-on-ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Mark-Cuban-on-ryrob-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Mark-Cuban-on-ryrob.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark is an entrepreneur and&nbsp;investor on <a href=\"http:\/\/abc.go.com\/shows\/shark-tank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">ABC&#8217;s Shark Tank<\/a>. He&#8217;s the owner of the NBA&#8217;s Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres, Magnolia Pictures, and is the chairman of the HDTV cable network AXS TV. In his recent interview on 30 Days of Genius with CreativeLive, Mark talked a lot about the mistakes many new entrepreneurs make when they think they&#8217;ve&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/find-business-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"found a profitable business idea\">found a profitable business idea<\/a>. Here&#8217;s his business advice to those who want to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What I always ask people is, (1) is it something you love to do and (2) is this something you&#8217;re good at?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Choose+something+that+you+both+love+and+are+good+at+doing.%22+%40mcuban&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Choose something that you both love and are good at doing.&quot; @mcuban\">\"Choose something that you both love and are good at doing.\" @mcuban<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Choose+something+that+you+both+love+and+are+good+at+doing.%22+%40mcuban&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Then, taking that&nbsp;first step is always the hardest. It&#8217;s terrifying, but really,&nbsp;it\u2019s about preparation. We all go through this process where you\u2019ve got the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/best-businesses-start-while-working-full-time-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"business idea\">business idea<\/a>, you get that feeling in your stomach and you get all excited. Then you talk to a friend, and your friend says, \u2018oh wow that\u2019s pretty cool, I\u2019ve never heard of anything like that. I\u2019d buy that.\u2019 And then you do the Google search.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe first thing I\u2019ll tell you, is that just because you don\u2019t see it on Google, doesn\u2019t mean one hundred companies haven\u2019t gone out of business doing the same thing. It hasn\u2019t been done for a reason, because every company that\u2019s tried it, has gone out of business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4.&nbsp;Robert Herjavec.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1866 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DgxUW3eZ-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Best Business Advice from Robert Herjavec on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DgxUW3eZ-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DgxUW3eZ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DgxUW3eZ.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertherjavec.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Robert<\/a> is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor&nbsp;who&#8217;s built &amp; sold several companies to major brands like AT&amp;T. Now a leading authority on information security technology, he&#8217;s also one of the most recognizable faces from&nbsp;ABC&#8217;s award-winning show, <em>Shark Tank<\/em>&nbsp;where he&#8217;s earned a reputation for sharing down-to-earth business advice to young entrepreneurs. Here&#8217;s Robert&#8217;s best business advice for aspiring entrepreneurs when it comes to pitching your idea:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You have 90 seconds, if you\u2019re lucky. If you can\u2019t make your point persuasively in that time, you\u2019ve lost the chance for impact. Facts and figures are important, but it\u2019s not the only criteria, you must present in a manner that generates expertise and confidence.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22You+have+90sec+to+make+an+impact+in+your+pitch.+Show+expertise+and+confidence.%22+%40robertherjavec&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;You have 90sec to make an impact in your pitch. Show expertise and confidence.&quot; @robertherjavec\">\"You have 90sec to make an impact in your pitch. Show expertise and confidence.\" @robertherjavec<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22You+have+90sec+to+make+an+impact+in+your+pitch.+Show+expertise+and+confidence.%22+%40robertherjavec&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If you\u2019re not prepared to make&nbsp;your pitch, you may just miss your next big opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more advice on how to successfully pitch investors, check out my friend Jock&#8217;s guide on how to pitch a Shark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Sophia Amoruso.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1159 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Sophia-Amoruso-on-ryrob-295x300.png\" alt=\"Start-Business-Advice-with-Sophia-Amoruso-on-ryrob\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Sophia-Amoruso-on-ryrob-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Sophia-Amoruso-on-ryrob.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nastygal.com\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Sophia<\/a> transformed Nasty Gal from an eBay store into a multi-million dollar empire with her&nbsp;own clothing line that was named the fastest growing retailer in 2012. She&#8217;s also the author of the&nbsp;New York Times best-seller #GIRLBOSS. Here&#8217;s her best piece of business advice to aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t give up, don&#8217;t take anything personally, and don&#8217;t take no for an answer; you never know what you&#8217;re going to learn along the way.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+give+up%2C+don%27t+take+anything+personally%2C+and+don%27t+take+no+for+an+answer.%22+%40sophiaamoruso&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Don&#039;t give up, don&#039;t take anything personally, and don&#039;t take no for an answer.&quot; @sophiaamoruso\">\"Don't give up, don't take anything personally, and don't take no for an answer.\" @sophiaamoruso<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+give+up%2C+don%27t+take+anything+personally%2C+and+don%27t+take+no+for+an+answer.%22+%40sophiaamoruso&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The people who told me no, were the people that eventually told me yes; so don&#8217;t forget it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. Tony Robbins.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1171 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-Tony-Robbins-Quote-on-ryrob-300x300.png\" alt=\"Start Business Advice Tony Robbins Quote on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-Tony-Robbins-Quote-on-ryrob-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-Tony-Robbins-Quote-on-ryrob-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-Tony-Robbins-Quote-on-ryrob.png 359w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonyrobbins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Tony<\/a> is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, philanthropist and the nation\u2019s #1 life and business strategist. A recognized authority on the psychology of leadership, negotiations and organizational turnaround, he has served as an advisor to leaders around the world for more than 38 years. He&#8217;s also the author of five internationally bestselling books, including the recent New York Times #1 best-seller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/MONEY-Master-Game-Financial-Freedom-ebook\/dp\/B00MZAIU4G?&amp;_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=ryrob-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=eda780dc8dd0d9d036e4e99343486052&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">MONEY: Master The Game<\/a>.&nbsp;Tony&nbsp;has empowered more than 50 million people from 100 countries through his audio, video and life training programs.&nbsp;Here&#8217;s his business advice for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The most painful mistake I see in first-time entrepreneurs is thinking that just having a business plan or a great concept is enough to guarantee success. It\u2019s not. <strong>Business success is 80% psychology and 20% mechanics.<\/strong> And, frankly, most people\u2019s psychology is not meant for building a business.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Business+success+is+80%25+psychology+and+20%25+mechanics.%22+%40tonyrobbins&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Business success is 80% psychology and 20% mechanics.&quot; @tonyrobbins\">\"Business success is 80% psychology and 20% mechanics.\" @tonyrobbins<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Business+success+is+80%25+psychology+and+20%25+mechanics.%22+%40tonyrobbins&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My business advice? Think honestly about who you are, what you want to accomplish, and what mindset you need to have to get there. Because the biggest thing that will hold you back is your own nature. Few people are natural risk-takers or emotionally ready for the challenges of building a business. You can\u2019t just sign up for a marathon and run it without ever training. You have to increase your capacity and become fit. Being an entrepreneur requires similar kinds of emotional and psychological fitness so that you don\u2019t become the chokehold on your business\u2019s success.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>7. Tim Ferriss.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1153 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Tim-Ferriss-Start-Business-Advice-on-ryrob-300x269.png\" alt=\"Tim-Ferriss-Start-Business-Advice-on-ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Tim-Ferriss-Start-Business-Advice-on-ryrob-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Tim-Ferriss-Start-Business-Advice-on-ryrob.png 565w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fourhourworkweek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Tim<\/a> is a New York Times best-selling author of three books, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307465357\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0307465357&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=ryrob-20&amp;linkId=c06cec6245f74e4c810bda05070fe11d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">The 4-Hour Workweek<\/a>. He&#8217;s also an&nbsp;investor, host of what&#8217;s usually the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tim.blog\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">#1-ranked business&nbsp;podcast<\/a>&nbsp;and an entrepreneur in his own rite. Today, he&#8217;s passing on the best business advice he&#8217;s received:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe best advice I\u2019ve ever received is that you&#8217;re the average of the 5 people you associate with most.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Choose+friends+wisely.%26nbsp%3BYou%27re+the+average+of+the+5+people+you+associate+with+most.%22+%40tferriss&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Choose friends wisely.&nbsp;You&#039;re the average of the 5 people you associate with most.&quot; @tferriss\">\"Choose friends wisely.&nbsp;You're the average of the 5 people you associate with most.\" @tferriss<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Choose+friends+wisely.%26nbsp%3BYou%27re+the+average+of+the+5+people+you+associate+with+most.%22+%40tferriss&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I\u2019ve actually heard this from more than one person, including bestselling authors, Drew Houston of Dropbox, and many others who are icons of Silicon Valley. It\u2019s something I re-read every morning. It\u2019s also said that \u2018your network is your net worth.\u2019 These two work well together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>8. Guy Kawasaki.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1162 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Guy-Kawasaki-on-ryrob-300x225.png\" alt=\"Start Business Advice with Guy Kawasaki on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Guy-Kawasaki-on-ryrob-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Guy-Kawasaki-on-ryrob.png 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guy is Chief Evangelist of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Canva<\/a>, the author of thirteen books including the acclaimed&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/guykawasaki.com\/books\/the-art-of-the-start\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Art of the Start<\/a>, which has been hailed as a weapon of mass creation by entrepreneurs around the world.&nbsp;He&#8217;s also the former chief evangelist of Apple. Here&#8217;s his business advice to aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start a business of their own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy best business tip is to focus on the prototype. Don&#8217;t focus on your pitch deck, business plan or financial projections.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Focus+on+the+prototype.%22+%40guykawasaki&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Focus on the prototype.&quot; @guykawasaki\">\"Focus on the prototype.\" @guykawasaki<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Focus+on+the+prototype.%22+%40guykawasaki&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If you get a prototype out and you get enough people using it, you never have to write a business plan, do a forecast or do anything like that. A prototype is where you separate the BS from the reality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>9. Derek Sivers.<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1124 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Best-Business-Advice-from-Derek-Sivers-on-ryrob-300x300.png\" alt=\"Best-Business-Advice-from-Derek-Sivers-on-ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Best-Business-Advice-from-Derek-Sivers-on-ryrob-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Best-Business-Advice-from-Derek-Sivers-on-ryrob-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Best-Business-Advice-from-Derek-Sivers-on-ryrob.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sivers.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Derek<\/a> has&nbsp;been a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher. He&nbsp;started <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">CDBaby<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hostbaby.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">HostBaby<\/a>, which got way too big, so <a href=\"https:\/\/sivers.org\/trust\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">he&nbsp;gave them away<\/a>. Now he&#8217;s&nbsp;a writer, programmer&nbsp;and&nbsp;student. Here&#8217;s his best business advice for aspiring entrepreneurs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Start now, you don&#8217;t need funding. Watch out for when you want to do something big, but say you can&#8217;t until you raise money to fund the idea. It usually means you&#8217;re more in love with the idea of being big than with actually doing something useful.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Start+now.+For+an+idea+to+be+big%2C+it+has+to+be+useful-being+useful+doesn%27t+need+funding.%22+%40sivers&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Start now. For an idea to be big, it has to be useful-being useful doesn&#039;t need funding.&quot; @sivers\">\"Start now. For an idea to be big, it has to be useful-being useful doesn't need funding.\" @sivers<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Start+now.+For+an+idea+to+be+big%2C+it+has+to+be+useful-being+useful+doesn%27t+need+funding.%22+%40sivers&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;For an idea to get big, it has to be something useful&#8211;and being useful doesn&#8217;t need funding. If you want to be useful, you can always start&nbsp;<strong>right now<\/strong> with just 1% of what you have in your grand vision. It&#8217;ll be a humble prototype of your grand vision, but you&#8217;ll be in the game. You&#8217;ll be ahead of the rest because you actually started, when others waited for the finish line to magically appear at the starting line.&#8221; Read <a href=\"https:\/\/sivers.org\/a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">this post<\/a> from Derek for much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>10. Nir Eyal.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1125 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Want-to-Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Nir-Eyal-on-ryrob-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"Want to Start a Business Advice from Nir Eyal on ryrob\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Want-to-Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Nir-Eyal-on-ryrob-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Want-to-Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Nir-Eyal-on-ryrob.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nir is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nirandfar.com\/gethooked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products<\/a> and blogs about the psychology of products at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nirandfar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">NirAndFar.com<\/a>. Here&#8217;s his two cents and success tips for first-time entrepreneurs who want to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The easiest way to tell if someone is a first-time entrepreneur is when they&#8217;re secretive about their ideas. I don&#8217;t reply to people who ask me to sign an NDA. Real entrepreneurs know good ideas are cheap and that success comes from hard work, not a stroke of genius.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Good+ideas+are+cheap.+Success+comes+from+hard+work%2C+not+a+stroke+of+genius.%22+%40nireyal&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Good ideas are cheap. Success comes from hard work, not a stroke of genius.&quot; @nireyal\">\"Good ideas are cheap. Success comes from hard work, not a stroke of genius.\" @nireyal<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Good+ideas+are+cheap.+Success+comes+from+hard+work%2C+not+a+stroke+of+genius.%22+%40nireyal&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The other big mistake I see entrepreneurs make is building a product for a customer they don&#8217;t know well. That&#8217;s why I always advise entrepreneurs to build a product for themselves&#8211;at least that way you ensure you&#8217;ve built something for a user you know intimately. All of the great tech companies of the past decade&#8211;Facebook, Twitter, Slack, Snapchat&#8211;were built by founders who were making products they wanted to use.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>11. Tara Gentile.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1123 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Advice-and-How-to-Start-a-Business-with-Tara-Gentile-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Business Advice and How to Start a Business with Tara Gentile on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Advice-and-How-to-Start-a-Business-with-Tara-Gentile-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Advice-and-How-to-Start-a-Business-with-Tara-Gentile-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Advice-and-How-to-Start-a-Business-with-Tara-Gentile-on-ryrob.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author, speaker, and the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/explorewhatworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">What Works<\/a>. Tara works with business owners to help them transition into more profitable business models, more compelling messaging, and more influence. She&#8217;s featured in Fast Company, Forbes, Inc, and DailyWorth for the work she&#8217;s done with her clients. Here&#8217;s Tara&#8217;s take on the biggest mistake&nbsp;new entrepreneurs make when they want to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;They wait to get started. They wait until they have more information, more experience, more, more money, and a more perfect version of whatever they have created.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22The+best+way+to+learn+is+by+doing.+Stop+waiting+and+bring+your+ideas+to+life+today.%22+%40taragentile&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;The best way to learn is by doing. Stop waiting and bring your ideas to life today.&quot; @taragentile\">\"The best way to learn is by doing. Stop waiting and bring your ideas to life today.\" @taragentile<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22The+best+way+to+learn+is+by+doing.+Stop+waiting+and+bring+your+ideas+to+life+today.%22+%40taragentile&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;All that waiting means they&#8217;re not really learning. When you&#8217;re an entrepreneur, the best way to learn is to do something, to put your idea into someone&#8217;s hands, or to talk to the people you want to serve. Stop waiting and do&#8230; something.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to learn more from Tara? Check out her classes on CreativeLive&nbsp;covering a wide range of topics like turning your service into a product, building a community around your business, writing and selling eBooks, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>12. Chase Jarvis.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1154 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Chase-Jarvis-CreativeLive-on-ryrob.jpg\" alt=\"Start Business Advice with Chase Jarvis CreativeLive on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Chase-Jarvis-CreativeLive-on-ryrob.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Chase-Jarvis-CreativeLive-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After becoming one of the world\u2019s most well-known photographers at a relatively young age, Chase went on to co-found, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativelive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/explorewhatworks.com\/noopener noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">CreativeLive<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest live streaming education company. Here&#8217;s his business advice for new entrepreneurs who want to start a business of their own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cScratch your own itch. Go after solving a problem that you have. Something that\u2019s near and dear to you, not some random market opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Scratch+your+own+itch+and+solve+something+that%27s+near+%26amp%3B+dear+to+you.%22+%40chasejarvis&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Scratch your own itch and solve something that&#039;s near &amp; dear to you.&quot; @chasejarvis\">\"Scratch your own itch and solve something that's near &amp; dear to you.\" @chasejarvis<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Scratch+your+own+itch+and+solve+something+that%27s+near+%26amp%3B+dear+to+you.%22+%40chasejarvis&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Because, when things get hard, if you\u2019re chasing just the dollars, or a random market opportunity, you\u2019re not going to be able to have the fortitude, the passion, to stay with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>13. Noah Kagan.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1137 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Noah-Kagan-on-ryrob.jpg\" alt=\"Start Business Advice from Noah Kagan on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Noah-Kagan-on-ryrob.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Noah-Kagan-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noah&#8217;s the Chief Sumo at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.appsumo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">AppSumo<\/a>, a community for entrepreneurs to discover and utilize the greatest products and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blogging-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"blogging tools\">blogging tools<\/a> and even some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blogging-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"blogging books\">blogging books<\/a> for growing businesses. He also runs Sumo, a powerful suite of tools for growing web traffic, and was employee #30 at Facebook before getting fired and moving on to be an early director of marketing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mint.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Mint<\/a>. Here&#8217;s his business advice for entrepreneurs wanting to start a business for the first time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t waste&nbsp;time or&nbsp;spend money on non-core issues when starting a&nbsp;business. In fact, don&#8217;t spend any money until you make some.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+spend+any+money+until+you+make+some.%22+%40noahkagan&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Don&#039;t spend any money until you make some.&quot; @noahkagan\">\"Don't spend any money until you make some.\" @noahkagan<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+spend+any+money+until+you+make+some.%22+%40noahkagan&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview on my podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"The Side Hustle Project\">The Side Hustle Project<\/a>, Noah shared with me even more of his business advice&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/noah-kagan-interview-side-hustle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"and thoughts\">and thoughts<\/a> about how aspiring entrepreneurs should go about starting their projects and successfully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/how-to-promote-your-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"promoting your blog\">promoting your blog<\/a>\u2014including how he earned $1,000 in 24hrs on a brand new idea&#8230; selling beef jerky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>14. Steli Efti.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1133 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Steli-Efti-on-ryrob-294x300.png\" alt=\"Start-Business-Advice-with-Steli-Efti-on-ryrob\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Steli-Efti-on-ryrob-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Steli-Efti-on-ryrob.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steli is the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/close.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Close<\/a>, a high-powered inside sales communication platform (and my pick as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/best-crms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"best CRM for small business\">best CRM for small business<\/a>) that&#8217;s powered by his years of experience driving&nbsp;millions of dollars in sales for hundreds of venture backed Silicon Valley startups. Here&#8217;s what Steli has to share as far as business advice for&nbsp;aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start a business today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;One of the most painful and common mistakes I see first-time entrepreneurs make is that they fall in love with their own business idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;They&#8217;ll spend months building what they believe to be the next innovative, disruptive, game-changing startup. Then they launch&#8230; and nobody buys, nobody cares, nothing happens.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+fall+in+love+with+your+idea%2C+fall+in+love+with+the+problem+you%27re+solving.%22+%40steli&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Don&#039;t fall in love with your idea, fall in love with the problem you&#039;re solving.&quot; @steli\">\"Don't fall in love with your idea, fall in love with the problem you're solving.\" @steli<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+fall+in+love+with+your+idea%2C+fall+in+love+with+the+problem+you%27re+solving.%22+%40steli&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t fall in love with your business idea. Instead, fall in love with the problem you&#8217;re trying to solve for your customers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/validate-business-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"validate your business idea\">validate your business idea<\/a> early on that it is a problem worth solving.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>15. Vanessa Van Edwards.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1122 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-with-Vanessa-Van-Edwards-on-ryrob.jpeg\" alt=\"Start a Business with Vanessa Van Edwards on ryrob\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-with-Vanessa-Van-Edwards-on-ryrob.jpeg 256w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-with-Vanessa-Van-Edwards-on-ryrob-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Huffington Post columnist, Vanessa&#8217;s&nbsp;groundbreaking work at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceofpeople.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Science of People<\/a> has been featured on NPR, the Wall Street Journal, the Today Show and USA Today. Here&#8217;s what she believes is the biggest mistake entrepreneurs make when they start a business for the first time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;There is no path! I think the biggest mistake first-time entrepreneurs make is they desperately want a structured business plan and direct path.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+plan+everything%21+Listen+to+your+customers+and+make+changes+as+needed.%22+%40vvanedwards&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Don&#039;t plan everything! Listen to your customers and make changes as needed.&quot; @vvanedwards\">\"Don't plan everything! Listen to your customers and make changes as needed.\" @vvanedwards<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+plan+everything%21+Listen+to+your+customers+and+make+changes+as+needed.%22+%40vvanedwards&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;One of the most important things about&nbsp;starting a business is being flexible. Listening to customers, watching data and making iterations and changes as needed. Sometimes having a path or a rigid business plan can limit you. Think of your business like a meadow not a path, just play!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>16. Lewis Howes.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1163 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Lewis-Howes-on-ryrob-300x279.png\" alt=\"Start-Business-Advice-Lewis-Howes-on-ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Lewis-Howes-on-ryrob-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Lewis-Howes-on-ryrob.png 673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lewishowes.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Lewis<\/a>&nbsp;is&nbsp;the New York Times best-selling author of The School of Greatness, and host of the top-ranked podcast bearing the same name. He\u2019s a writer, speaker, and online educator that teaches entrepreneurs how to start profitable&nbsp;online businesses\u2014and he shares his story in this episode of my podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/lewis-howes-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"right here\">right here<\/a>. Here&#8217;s his single best piece of business advice for aspiring young entrepreneurs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Perfectionism cripples a lot of entrepreneurs. They won&#8217;t launch their site or put their product up for sale until they think it&#8217;s perfect, which is a big waste of time. It&#8217;s never going to be perfect.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+let+perfectionism+cripple+you.+Launch%26nbsp%3Bas+soon+as+possible+and+adapt.%22+%40lewishowes&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Don&#039;t let perfectionism cripple you. Launch&nbsp;as soon as possible and adapt.&quot; @lewishowes\">\"Don't let perfectionism cripple you. Launch&nbsp;as soon as possible and adapt.\" @lewishowes<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+let+perfectionism+cripple+you.+Launch%26nbsp%3Bas+soon+as+possible+and+adapt.%22+%40lewishowes&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Pitch your product or service as soon as you have the bare bones of it put together. This will give you valuable feedback about whether your market really wants it. You can polish it later.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Quick note<\/em>\u2014I&#8217;ve been talking a lot more lately about podcasting, so if you&#8217;re thinking of launching your own show, here are my picks for the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/best-podcast-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"podcast hosting\">podcast hosting<\/a> platforms to choose from this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>17. Jon Acuff.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1157 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Jon-Acuff-on-ryrob-300x232.png\" alt=\"Start-Business-Advice-with-Jon-Acuff-on-ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Jon-Acuff-on-ryrob-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Jon-Acuff-on-ryrob.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/acuff.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Jon<\/a> is&nbsp;the New York Times best-selling author of five books, including <a href=\"http:\/\/acuff.me\/do-over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Do Over<\/a>.&nbsp;He\u2019s helped some of the biggest brands in the world tell their story, including The Home Depot, Bose and Staples. Now, he speaks to hundreds of thousands of people annually and reaches over 4 million readers on his blogs. Here&#8217;s his business advice for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What I&#8217;ve learned, and what you&#8217;re going to learn too, is that <strong>being an entrepreneur takes hustle<\/strong>. And here&#8217;s the problem: Sometimes we think hustle is about becoming a workaholic or adding a lot of stuff to our lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Hustle+the+right+way.+It%27s+not+about+doing+more%2C+it%27s+about+doing+what+you+need+to+do.%22+%40jonacuff&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Hustle the right way. It&#039;s not about doing more, it&#039;s about doing what you need to do.&quot; @jonacuff\">\"Hustle the right way. It's not about doing more, it's about doing what you need to do.\" @jonacuff<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Hustle+the+right+way.+It%27s+not+about+doing+more%2C+it%27s+about+doing+what+you+need+to+do.%22+%40jonacuff&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHustle is an act of focus, not frenzy. Hustle is about subtraction and addition. It\u2019s not about doing more, it\u2019s about focusing on the things that you need to do, in order to move your business forward. Hustle the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>18. Syed Balkhi.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1867 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Best-Business-Advice-from-Syed-Balkhi-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Best Business Advice from Syed Balkhi on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Best-Business-Advice-from-Syed-Balkhi-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Best-Business-Advice-from-Syed-Balkhi-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Best-Business-Advice-from-Syed-Balkhi-on-ryrob.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the founder of WPBeginner, Optinmonster and several more successful online businesses, Syed has learned a thing or two about creating a successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blog-business-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"blog business plan\">blog business plan<\/a> and launching companies in his 25 years as an entrepreneur. When asked to share his best business advice for young entrepreneurs, especially when it comes to figuring out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/how-to-promote-your-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"how to promote your blog\">how to promote your blog<\/a> in the early days, here&#8217;s what he has to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Perfect is a curse. Innovation is messy. Test, learn, and improve.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Perfect+is+a+curse.+Innovation+is+messy.+Test%2C+learn%2C+and+improve.%22+%40syedbalkhi&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Perfect is a curse. Innovation is messy. Test, learn, and improve.&quot; @syedbalkhi\">\"Perfect is a curse. Innovation is messy. Test, learn, and improve.\" @syedbalkhi<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Perfect+is+a+curse.+Innovation+is+messy.+Test%2C+learn%2C+and+improve.%22+%40syedbalkhi&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Often new entrepreneurs wait too long to put their product out in the market. With limited resources at hand, its crucial that you get an MVP out ASAP and start getting traction. Take the user&#8217;s feedback to iterate and improve your products.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Not launching fast enough is a mistake you simply can&#8217;t afford to make. If you want to get an edge over others, launch now!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>19. Sujan Patel.<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1143 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Sujan-Patel-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Start Business Advice with Sujan Patel on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Sujan-Patel-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Sujan-Patel-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Sujan-Patel-on-ryrob.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sujan is a growth marketer and co-founder of the content marketing agency, <a href=\"http:\/\/webprofits.agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Web Profits<\/a>. He also runs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mailshake.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Mailshake<\/a>, Narrow&nbsp;and jumps out of airplanes&nbsp;in his free time\u2014but seriously, Sujan has some impressive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/marketing-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"marketing skills\">marketing skills<\/a> and he (unknowingly) taught me much of what I&#8217;ve learned about going from learning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/how-make-website\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"how to make a website\">how to make a website<\/a> to picking up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/drive-traffic-website\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"how to drive traffic to my blog\">how to drive traffic to my blog<\/a>. Here&#8217;s his best business advice for first-time entrepreneurs who want to start a business today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The most painful mistake I see inexperienced entrepreneurs make is copying or doing the same things that successful entrepreneurs have done, expecting similar results. What first-time entrepreneurs don&#8217;t realize is that the world is not a vacuum and there&#8217;s more going on behind the scenes than it appears. There&#8217;s much more effort&nbsp;that&nbsp;has gone into creating&nbsp;the success they see on the surface, and there&#8217;s no guarantee that&nbsp;a particular tactic or strategy will be&nbsp;successful for everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+get+caught+up+in+the+glamour+and+don%27t+take+things+for+face+value.%22+%40sujanpatel&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Don&#039;t get caught up in the glamour and don&#039;t take things for face value.&quot; @sujanpatel\">\"Don't get caught up in the glamour and don't take things for face value.\" @sujanpatel<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+get+caught+up+in+the+glamour+and+don%27t+take+things+for+face+value.%22+%40sujanpatel&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My advice to first time entrepreneurs is to not get caught up in the glamour and don&#8217;t take things for face value. Rather, use these successes they read about as inspiration for what you can do too. I almost always recommend they set more realistic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blogging-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"blogging goals\">blogging goals<\/a> and forget about &#8216;going viral&#8217; or trying to be like someone else.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>20. Ilise Benun. <\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1129 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Ilise-Benun-on-ryrob.jpg\" alt=\"Start a Business Advice from Ilise Benun on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Ilise-Benun-on-ryrob.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Ilise-Benun-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ilise teaches creative professionals how to get better clients with bigger budgets. She mentors, coaches, and sells marketing tools for entrepreneurs on her site, the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketing-mentor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Marketing Mentor<\/a>. Here&#8217;s how she advises first-time entrepreneurs when it comes to&nbsp;setting expectations around what it takes to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Most people start out with completely unrealistic expectations of what level of effort is required and how long it takes to get a business off the ground.&nbsp;They are easily discouraged and give up way too soon. I blame it on wishful thinking.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22There%27s+no+guarantee+in+business.+Approach+it+with+humility%2C+grit+and+determination.%22+%40ilisebenun&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;There&#039;s no guarantee in business. Approach it with humility, grit and determination.&quot; @ilisebenun\">\"There's no guarantee in business. Approach it with humility, grit and determination.\" @ilisebenun<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22There%27s+no+guarantee+in+business.+Approach+it+with+humility%2C+grit+and+determination.%22+%40ilisebenun&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The reality is that there is no way to know how long it will take or whether it will work at all.&nbsp;So my advice is to approach it with humility, grit and a willingness to do whatever it takes to succeed, even if that means you have to work really hard for a long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>21. Jeff Haden.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1167 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Jeff-Haden-on-ryrob-300x300.png\" alt=\"Start-Business-Advice-Jeff-Haden-on-ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Jeff-Haden-on-ryrob-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Jeff-Haden-on-ryrob-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Jeff-Haden-on-ryrob.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffhaden.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Jeff<\/a> is a ghostwriter, speaker, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/today\/posts\/hadenjeff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">LinkedIn Influencer<\/a>&nbsp;and contributing editor to Inc. He worked&nbsp;his way up to managing a 250-employee book plant&nbsp;and has become a sought-after ghostwriter for the world&#8217;s top business leaders. He&#8217;s written more than 50 books, including six Amazon Business and Investing No. 1&#8217;s.&nbsp;He&#8217;s collected four years of business&nbsp;advice in his most recent book,&nbsp;The Motivation Myth. Here&#8217;s his best piece of business advice to aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start a business of their own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Never forget that your business needs to take in more money than it spends. I know that sounds too simple, but so many people lose sight of that. That\u2019s also why so many first-time entrepreneurs over-invest (or spend so much of their time looking for investors) early on.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Create+solutions+that+cost+little+to+no+money+%26amp%3B+always+spend+less+than+you+make.%22+%40jeff_haden&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Create solutions that cost little to no money &amp; always spend less than you make.&quot; @jeff_haden\">\"Create solutions that cost little to no money &amp; always spend less than you make.\" @jeff_haden<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Create+solutions+that+cost+little+to+no+money+%26amp%3B+always+spend+less+than+you+make.%22+%40jeff_haden&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Instead, work to come up with a creative solution that costs little to no money.&nbsp;That forced discipline will help you spend less than you make, even when you\u2019re not making a lot. Sometimes capital is necessary, but at some point there must be return on that capital. There\u2019s nothing wrong with taking equity investment, investing for the future, even losing money for a few years. But your plan has to get you back to that simple equation of making more than you spend.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>22. Larry Kim.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1118 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Tips-and-Advice-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-with-Larry-Kim-ryrob-300x300.png\" alt=\"Business-Tips-and-Advice-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-with-Larry-Kim-ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Tips-and-Advice-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-with-Larry-Kim-ryrob-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Tips-and-Advice-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-with-Larry-Kim-ryrob-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Tips-and-Advice-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-with-Larry-Kim-ryrob.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Larry is the founder of both <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilemonkey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Mobile Monkey<\/a>, a next-generation chat bot for marketers, and Wordsream, a leading provider of AdWords, Facebook and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/keyword-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"keyword research\">keyword research<\/a> tools used by over a million marketers worldwide. Larry is also a top columnist at Inc magazine, a Techstars mentor and keynote speaker for events around the world. Here&#8217;s his best business advice for aspiring entrepreneurs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The biggest mistake I see entrepreneurs make is over-estimating the novelty of their big idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+over-estimate+the+novelty+of+your+big+idea.+Wait+for+a+truly+great+one.%22+%40larrykim&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Don&#039;t over-estimate the novelty of your big idea. Wait for a truly great one.&quot; @larrykim\">\"Don't over-estimate the novelty of your big idea. Wait for a truly great one.\" @larrykim<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+over-estimate+the+novelty+of+your+big+idea.+Wait+for+a+truly+great+one.%22+%40larrykim&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Most often when I get pitched ideas from first-time entrepreneurs, I ask&nbsp;<em>how is this different from [x]?<\/em> Seriously, because it takes so much time and effort to go all-in on a business idea, you might as well wait for a truly great one.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Use My Free Keyword Research Tool<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Free-Keyword-Research-Tool-AI-Powered-SEO-Keyword-Research-and-Ideas.jpg\" alt=\"Free Keyword Research Tool (AI-Powered) SEO Keyword Research and Ideas\" class=\"wp-image-17468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Free-Keyword-Research-Tool-AI-Powered-SEO-Keyword-Research-and-Ideas.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Free-Keyword-Research-Tool-AI-Powered-SEO-Keyword-Research-and-Ideas-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Free-Keyword-Research-Tool-AI-Powered-SEO-Keyword-Research-and-Ideas-768x411.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Try my <em>free<\/em> AI-Powered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/keyword-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Keyword Tool\">Keyword Tool<\/a> to get dozens of research-backed ideas for keywords &amp; topics to write about on your blog today.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/keyword-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"follow\" title=\"Get Keyword Ideas\">Get Keyword Ideas<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>23. Srinivas Rao.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1145 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Srini-Rao-the-Unmistakable-Creative-on-ryrob-300x199.png\" alt=\"Start-Business-Advice-with-Srini-Rao-the-Unmistakable-Creative-on-ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Srini-Rao-the-Unmistakable-Creative-on-ryrob-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Srini-Rao-the-Unmistakable-Creative-on-ryrob.png 374w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author of Unmistakable: Why Only is Better Than Best and host of the acclaimed podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/unmistakablecreative.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">The Unmistakable Creative<\/a>, Srini has interviewed over 600 entrepreneurs, creatives and thought leaders from all walks of life. From Tim Ferriss to Seth Godin, Kevin Kelly, Ryan Holiday and more, Srini has learned from the best,&nbsp;what it takes to become successful in business. Here&#8217;s his business advice for aspiring entrepreneur who want to start a business of their own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Probably the most costly mistake many&nbsp;entrepreneurs&nbsp;make is in choosing the people that they work with or hire.&nbsp;It\u2019s a mistake I\u2019ve made. And it\u2019s a mistake I\u2019ve seen over and over again.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Work+with+people+on+projects+before+handing+over+equity+or+large+sums+of+money.%22+%40UnmistakableCEO&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Work with people on projects before handing over equity or large sums of money.&quot; @UnmistakableCEO\">\"Work with people on projects before handing over equity or large sums of money.\" @UnmistakableCEO<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Work+with+people+on+projects+before+handing+over+equity+or+large+sums+of+money.%22+%40UnmistakableCEO&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The way we\u2019ve gotten around that is to always work with somebody on a project before we&nbsp;start handing over significant equity stakes or large sums of money. If the trial project goes well, then talk about expanding the scope of the relationship. Sam Altman from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ycombinator.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Y-Combinator<\/a> once said something to the equivalent of &#8216;a bad hire in the first few employees can be detrimental to a startup.&#8217; I&#8217;ve really taken that to heart in my business.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>24. Michelle Schroeder.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1128 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Advice-from-Michelle-Schroeder-on-ryrob.jpg\" alt=\"Business Advice from Michelle Schroeder on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Advice-from-Michelle-Schroeder-on-ryrob.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Advice-from-Michelle-Schroeder-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michelle is an entrepreneur and blogger that runs the&nbsp;personal finance and lifestyle blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makingsenseofcents.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Making Sense of Cents<\/a>. Since 2011, she\u2019s been using her background&nbsp;in finance to write great content&nbsp;and grow her blog business to over <strong>$70,000<\/strong> in revenue per month. Here&#8217;s her business advice for new entrepreneurs who want to start a business, become gainfully self-employed and avoid the biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blogging-mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"blogging mistakes\">blogging mistakes<\/a> out there:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The most painful mistake I see first-time (or inexperienced) entrepreneurs make is that they see others in their industry or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blog-niche\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"blog niche\">blog niche<\/a> as competition. This can significantly hold you back, as you may never learn industry secrets and tips, make genuine friends, and more.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+view+others+in+your+niche+as+competition.+Network+and+build+relationships.%22+%40senseofcents&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Don&#039;t view others in your niche as competition. Network and build relationships.&quot; @senseofcents\">\"Don't view others in your niche as competition. Network and build relationships.\" @senseofcents<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+view+others+in+your+niche+as+competition.+Network+and+build+relationships.%22+%40senseofcents&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Instead, I think you should see others in your industry or niche as colleagues and friends. You should network with others, attend conferences, reach out to people, and more.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>25. Conrad Wadowski.<\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1117 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Best-Business-Tips-and-Advice-to-Start-a-Business-Conrad-Wadowski-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Best Business Tips and Advice to Start a Business Conrad Wadowski ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Best-Business-Tips-and-Advice-to-Start-a-Business-Conrad-Wadowski-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Best-Business-Tips-and-Advice-to-Start-a-Business-Conrad-Wadowski-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Best-Business-Tips-and-Advice-to-Start-a-Business-Conrad-Wadowski-ryrob.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founder of&nbsp;GrowHack, an email subscription of 17,000 founders and practitioners focused on repeatable monthly growth. Here&#8217;s the business advice&nbsp;Conrad has to impart&nbsp;with entrepreneurs who want to&nbsp;start a&nbsp;business today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;At this point, I&#8217;ve worked closely with dozens of new technology products. Across the board, the most painful mistake I see first-time entrepreneurs make is placing too much focus on building product versus learning from users. There usually isn&#8217;t much risk in building software, but there&#8217;s a lot of risk in bringing a new product to market.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Take+time+to+learn+how+your+users+actually+behave+with+your+product.%22+%40conradwa&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Take time to learn how your users actually behave with your product.&quot; @conradwa\">\"Take time to learn how your users actually behave with your product.\" @conradwa<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Take+time+to+learn+how+your+users+actually+behave+with+your+product.%22+%40conradwa&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;A few ways to solve this include: constantly talking to users, building an audience while or before you build and taking time to learn how users actually behave with your product. Not easy, but if you can really understand which type of user you want to optimize toward, you&#8217;ll increase your odds of finding an initial wedge in the market.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>26. Ankur Nagpal.<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1141 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Ankur-Negpal-at-Teachable.jpg\" alt=\"Start a Business Advice from Ankur Negpal at Teachable\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Ankur-Negpal-at-Teachable.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Ankur-Negpal-at-Teachable-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ankur is the Founder&nbsp;and CEO at <a href=\"https:\/\/teachable.com\/?tap_a=7070-206737&amp;tap_s=81701-3a047c&amp;src=aff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Teachable<\/a>, the premier online course&nbsp;building platform that allows online educators to build beautiful course websites, self-host content, control the&nbsp;branding, student data, and pricing all from one place. Here&#8217;s his business advice for new entrepreneurs who want to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The most painful mistake I see people making repeatedly, particularly with their first project is striving for perfection over getting it done.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Weeks turn into months, months into years. As a result, whatever they are trying to launch isn&#8217;t out there gaining traction in the marketplace because of the fear of being perfect.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Go+out+and+break+shit%2C+it%27s+better+to+ask+for+forgiveness+than+permission.%22+%40ankurnagpal+%40Teachable&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Go out and break shit, it&#039;s better to ask for forgiveness than permission.&quot; @ankurnagpal @Teachable\">\"Go out and break shit, it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.\" @ankurnagpal @Teachable<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Go+out+and+break+shit%2C+it%27s+better+to+ask+for+forgiveness+than+permission.%22+%40ankurnagpal+%40Teachable&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My advice is&nbsp;to go out and break shit. It&#8217;s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission when you start a business. The only way your project, your business idea or whatever is in your mind is going to become better, is by having people use&nbsp;it in the real-world. Listen&nbsp;to them and iterate until you have a solid product.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>27. Laurence Bradford.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1146 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-with-Laurence-Bradford-of-Learn-to-Cofe-With-Me-on-ryrob.jpg\" alt=\"Start a Business Advice with Laurence Bradford of Learn to Cofe With Me on ryrob\" width=\"279\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-with-Laurence-Bradford-of-Learn-to-Cofe-With-Me-on-ryrob.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-with-Laurence-Bradford-of-Learn-to-Cofe-With-Me-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laurence is&nbsp;the creator of <a href=\"http:\/\/learntocodewith.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Learn to Code With Me<\/a>, where she empowers people to learn digital skills so they can get ahead in their careers and lives. Her&nbsp;writing has been featured <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/laurencebradford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">on Forbes<\/a>, Mashable, and more. Here&#8217;s her business advice to first-time entrepreneurs who want to start a business of their own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The biggest mistake new entrepreneurs make is not putting themselves&nbsp;out there. If you want to succeed as an entrepreneur, you need to show others what you&#8217;re doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Put+yourself+out+there+and+show+others+what+you%27re+working+on.%22+%40learncodewithme&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Put yourself out there and show others what you&#039;re working on.&quot; @learncodewithme\">\"Put yourself out there and show others what you're working on.\" @learncodewithme<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Put+yourself+out+there+and+show+others+what+you%27re+working+on.%22+%40learncodewithme&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Instead of praying an audience (or customers) will find you, get in front of people in your space. Start a blog, podcast or create video content. Take advantage of social media. Attend in-person events. One way to make &#8220;putting yourself out there&#8221; easier is by making an effort to help others. (Sounds counterintuitive, I know!) On the individual level, maybe it&#8217;s by making an introduction. For a larger audience, perhaps it&#8217;s by pursuing and executing on actionable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blog-post-ideas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"blog post ideas\">blog post ideas<\/a>. However, by being helpful you&#8217;ll make a lasting impression.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>28. Nathan Latka.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1276 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Nathan-Latka-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"start-business-advice-with-nathan-latka-on-ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Nathan-Latka-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Nathan-Latka-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Nathan-Latka-on-ryrob.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nathan is host of the fastest growing business podcast The Top Entrepreneurs, and CEO of Send Later, a company he recently acquired after failing to acquire Success Magazine for $5m. He&nbsp;founded the social giveaway SaaS startup, Heyo and&nbsp;is an&nbsp;experienced online educator at CreativeLive where he teaches&nbsp;Facebook Marketing for Small Business Owners. Here&#8217;s his business advice for first-time entrepreneurs who want to start a business of their own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The most painful mistake I see first-time entrepreneurs make is that they try and invent something totally new because their ego tells them they have to.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+invent+something+new.+Copy+what+works+and+make+tweaks+to+push%26nbsp%3Bover+the+top.%22+%40nathanlatka&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Don&#039;t invent something new. Copy what works and make tweaks to push&nbsp;over the top.&quot; @nathanlatka\">\"Don't invent something new. Copy what works and make tweaks to push&nbsp;over the top.\" @nathanlatka<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+invent+something+new.+Copy+what+works+and+make+tweaks+to+push%26nbsp%3Bover+the+top.%22+%40nathanlatka&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s much smarter to copy a competitor you like, then tweak one or two things that you think will put you over the top.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>29. Tony Stubbelbine.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1164 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Tony-Stubbelbine-of-coach-me-on-ryrob-298x300.png\" alt=\"Start-Business-Advice-with-Tony-Stubbelbine-of-coach-me-on-ryrob\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Tony-Stubbelbine-of-coach-me-on-ryrob-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Tony-Stubbelbine-of-coach-me-on-ryrob-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Tony-Stubbelbine-of-coach-me-on-ryrob.png 421w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tony is the founder and CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coach.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Coach.me<\/a>, an app that helps you put your goals into action by actively tracking your performance&nbsp;in diet, fitness, productivity and life.&nbsp;Here&#8217;s his best business advice for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I\u2019ve been trying to start companies for years and I still make this&nbsp;mistake. Planning too far ahead. Many new entrepreneurs are&nbsp;stuck on this idea of what the company could be five years from now. They\u2019re trying to make the five year version of the company happen tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Focus+on+the+next+step+and+don%27t+try+to+make+your+5yr+vision+happen+tomorrow.%22+%40tonystubblebine&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Focus on the next step and don&#039;t try to make your 5yr vision happen tomorrow.&quot; @tonystubblebine\">\"Focus on the next step and don't try to make your 5yr vision happen tomorrow.\" @tonystubblebine<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Focus+on+the+next+step+and+don%27t+try+to+make+your+5yr+vision+happen+tomorrow.%22+%40tonystubblebine&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What they need to realize is that if you have no customers, the next milestone is one customer. A&nbsp;very powerful tactic to overcome this is to help young entrepreneurs&nbsp;focus on building on momentum. That means focusing on the next step and trusting that those first few steps will build to the speed and impact you want.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>30. Steve Rayson.<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1130 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/How-to-Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Steve-Rayson-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"How to Start a Business Advice from Steve Rayson on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/How-to-Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Steve-Rayson-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/How-to-Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Steve-Rayson-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/How-to-Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Steve-Rayson-on-ryrob.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steve is a serial entrepreneur and currently co-owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/buzzsumo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">BuzzSumo<\/a> and Anders Pink. From his experience starting and growing four different businesses over the years, here&#8217;s Steve&#8217;s business advice for new entrepreneurs who want to start a business without falling flat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Avoid being a single founder.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Creating a company is hard work, most startups fail. The one characteristic you need above all others is resilience. You need to be relentless and work harder than the competition, and even then you will have tough times. It is for this reason I have always started companies with more than one founder. It means there is someone to share the load, to reflect and to support each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Want+to+be+successful+in+business%3F+Avoid+being+a+single+founder.%22+%40steverayson&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Want to be successful in business? Avoid being a single founder.&quot; @steverayson\">\"Want to be successful in business? Avoid being a single founder.\" @steverayson<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Want+to+be+successful+in+business%3F+Avoid+being+a+single+founder.%22+%40steverayson&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not impossible to be a single founder but in my experience it is easier to be resilient and successful as a team.&#8221; You can read more from Steve about how BuzzSumo achieved $2.5 million in revenue during their first year <a href=\"http:\/\/buzzsumo.com\/blog\/how-buzzsumo-achieved-2-5m-annual-revenue-in-its-first-year-case-study-in-saas-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">right here<\/a>. I&#8217;d also recommend reading my post about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/should-you-start-business-with-friend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"starting a business with a friend\">starting a business with a friend<\/a>, in case you&#8217;re considering going that route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>31. Preston Lee.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1119 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Tips-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-Preston-Lee-on-ryrob-300x300.png\" alt=\"Business Tips on How to Start a Business Preston Lee on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Tips-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-Preston-Lee-on-ryrob-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Tips-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-Preston-Lee-on-ryrob-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Tips-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-Preston-Lee-on-ryrob.png 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.millo.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Millo.co<\/a>, the premier destination for expert advice from the world&#8217;s top freelancers &amp; founders looking to score <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/work-from-home-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"great work from home jobs\">great work from home jobs<\/a>. Here&#8217;s Preston&#8217;s biggest piece of business advice for new entrepreneurs, those looking to learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/make-money-blogging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"how to make money blogging\">how to make money blogging<\/a> and for more, listen to his episode on my podcast about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/get-blog-sponsorships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"how to get blog sponsorships\">how to get blog sponsorships<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;First-time entrepreneurs almost always focus too much on non-differentiating work. Work that doesn\u2019t make a difference in their business. Work that definitely doesn\u2019t increase revenue.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Without+a+focus+on+doing+work+that+makes+a+difference%2C+your+business+is+just+a+hobby.%22+%40milloteam&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Without a focus on doing work that makes a difference, your business is just a hobby.&quot; @milloteam\">\"Without a focus on doing work that makes a difference, your business is just a hobby.\" @milloteam<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Without+a+focus+on+doing+work+that+makes+a+difference%2C+your+business+is+just+a+hobby.%22+%40milloteam&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;A few simple examples: Redesigning your logo or website a dozen times in hopes of finding that perfect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blog-layout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"blog layout\">blog layout<\/a>, setting up every social media account possible, trying to stay on top of said social media. And the list goes on. Instead, focus on revenue. Do the tasks that will increase revenue and reduce costs. Without a focus on that, your business is just a hobby.&#8221; To add to what Preston had to say, I&#8217;d double down and emphasize that in order to even consider doing work that makes a difference, you need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/discover-strengths-entrepreneur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"building and leveraging your entrepreneurial strength\">building and leveraging your entrepreneurial strength<\/a> every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>32. Ian Paget.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1120 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Tips-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-Ian-Paget-on-ryrob-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Business Tips on How to Start a Business Ian Paget on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Tips-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-Ian-Paget-on-ryrob-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Tips-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-Ian-Paget-on-ryrob-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Business-Tips-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-Ian-Paget-on-ryrob.jpeg 638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also known as <a href=\"http:\/\/logogeek.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Logo Geek<\/a>, Ian designs logos and brand identities for startups and SMEs. He also has over 80,000 Twitter followers and runs a popular social media group where he creates valuable resources for designers. Here&#8217;s his best business advice specifically for freelancers, and for more check out his episode on my podcast about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/become-freelance-designer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"how to become a freelance designer\">how to become a freelance designer<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;As a designer, I frequently hear horror stories from new freelancers who\u2019ve had a client that vanishes without making a single payment. Designers who have worked for hours, sometimes weeks, yet received nothing in return. It\u2019s upsetting for them, painful to watch, but easily avoidable.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22If+your+freelance+client+won%27t+agree+to+a+50%25+deposit%2C+they%27re+not+worth+working+with.%22+%40Logo_Geek&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;If your freelance client won&#039;t agree to a 50% deposit, they&#039;re not worth working with.&quot; @Logo_Geek\">\"If your freelance client won't agree to a 50% deposit, they're not worth working with.\" @Logo_Geek<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22If+your+freelance+client+won%27t+agree+to+a+50%25+deposit%2C+they%27re+not+worth+working+with.%22+%40Logo_Geek&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;To prevent disasters like this, I recommend taking a 50% upfront payment before you even start, then taking the final 50% before any final files are provided. Any client not willing to work this way is unlikely to ever pay and should be avoided. I also strongly advise freelancers to have a written <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/freelance-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"freelance contract\">freelance contract<\/a>, signed by the client, detailing what\u2019s been agreed upon and what will happen in various different circumstances. This will give you ammo should your client be unreasonable, and will also add a level of professionalism and credibility to your service.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>33. Navid Moazzez.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1151 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Navid-Moazzez-on-ryrob-300x275.png\" alt=\"Start-Business-Advice-with-Navid-Moazzez-on-ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Navid-Moazzez-on-ryrob-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Navid-Moazzez-on-ryrob.png 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navid is the world\u2019s leading expert on producing profitable virtual summits. His media coverage includes Forbes, Entrepreneur, The Huffington Post, Business Insider and much more. His mission is to show entrepreneurs&nbsp;what&#8217;s really&nbsp;working to build a&nbsp;profitable online business. Find out more about his courses, summits, and expertise on his website. For now, here&#8217;s his business advice for first-time entrepreneurs who want to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;There&#8217;s one incredibly painful mistake that I see new entrepreneurs make. It\u2019s painful because it keeps them from success. They feel like they&#8217;re working hard, but not making any progress. The mistake? <strong>Trying to do too many things at once<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Focus+on+just+one+project+%26amp%3B+strategy+at+a+time%2C+you%27re+more+likely+to+succeed.%22+%40navidmoazzez&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Focus on just one project &amp; strategy at a time, you&#039;re more likely to succeed.&quot; @navidmoazzez\">\"Focus on just one project &amp; strategy at a time, you're more likely to succeed.\" @navidmoazzez<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Focus+on+just+one+project+%26amp%3B+strategy+at+a+time%2C+you%27re+more+likely+to+succeed.%22+%40navidmoazzez&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFocus, by definition, means narrowing your field of vision and attention. It means <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/opportunity-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"choosing which opportunities\">choosing which opportunities<\/a>, projects, and even customers you\u2019re NOT going to pursue. And it\u2019s really, really hard. When I first started online, I was trying to do it all: podcasting, writing epic guides, blogging and I wasn\u2019t doing any of it well.&nbsp;I realized that each time I jumped from idea to idea, I was diluting my efforts.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It wasn\u2019t until I decided to focus in on just ONE strategy, creating an incredibly high-value virtual summit, that I started to make serious progress in my business. After several months of super-hard concentrated effort, I launched the Branding Summit at the end of 2014, one of the largest virtual gatherings of experts on personal branding anywhere. I grew my email list by almost 3,000 highly engaged subscribers in a few weeks, and generated $20,000 in profit &#8212; much more than I\u2019d earned up to that point!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Choose the one thing that will move the needle for&nbsp;<strong>you&nbsp;<\/strong>and <strong>your business<\/strong>. When you try to be the best podcaster, blogger, author, business coach and event producer all at the same time, you end up being mediocre at all of them. Pick one (like learning how to master the art and science of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/cold-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"cold emailing\">cold emailing<\/a>). Focus. And work it, hard. One piece of bonus advice: As a newer business owner, one of the biggest ROI&#8217;s you\u2019ll get is from investing in growing your email list. Whether you plan on offering a mastermind, writing books or producing online&nbsp;summits, you\u2019ll need a powerful, engaged email list. Make that a focus from day one. If you want to hear the best advice that over 60 online experts and world-class business owners have on list building, check out the online event of the year, List Building School. It\u2019s free, and it\u2019s epic. Ryan here&nbsp;is one of our amazing speakers too!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>34. Tim Soulo.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1131 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Tim-Suolo-of-BloggerJet-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Start a Business Advice from Tim Suolo of BloggerJet on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Tim-Suolo-of-BloggerJet-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Tim-Suolo-of-BloggerJet-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Tim-Suolo-of-BloggerJet-on-ryrob.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tim is the head of marketing at <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Ahrefs<\/a> and he runs a cozy little personal blog called BloggerJet, where he&#8217;s also covered tons of blogging topics related to doing smart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blogger-outreach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"blogger outreach\">blogger outreach<\/a>, the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/cheap-web-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"cheap hosting plans\">cheap hosting plans<\/a> on the market, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/how-much-cost-blog-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"how much it costs to blog\">how much it costs to blog<\/a> and more. Here&#8217;s Tim&#8217;s best business advice for aspiring entrepreneurs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The most painful mistake that first-time entrepreneurs make is they rely on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/best-businesses-start-while-working-full-time-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"business idea\">business idea<\/a> too much.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;They&#8217;re convinced that success in business is pre-determined by the awesomeness of their business idea alone. And they couldn&#8217;t be more wrong. Execution is equally (if not more) important than the actual idea. Ideation is the easy and fun part and execution is the hard and tedious one.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Success+in+business+is+NOT+pre-determined+by+the+awesomeness+of+your+idea.%22+%40timsoulo&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Success in business is NOT pre-determined by the awesomeness of your idea.&quot; @timsoulo\">\"Success in business is NOT pre-determined by the awesomeness of your idea.\" @timsoulo<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Success+in+business+is+NOT+pre-determined+by+the+awesomeness+of+your+idea.%22+%40timsoulo&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;That&#8217;s why people would rather put faith in their ideas than invest countless hours of work towards making it happen. Like the character of Mark Zuckerberg famously said in &#8220;The Social Network&#8221; movie: &#8220;If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you&#8217;d have invented Facebook.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>35. Caroline Beaton.<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1142 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Caroline-Beaton-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Start a Business Advice from Caroline Beaton\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Caroline-Beaton-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Caroline-Beaton-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-from-Caroline-Beaton.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caroline is a&nbsp;writer and entrepreneur helping millennials uncover their professional purpose with stories, statistics and heart.&nbsp;You can find her at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolinebeaton.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">carolinebeaton.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/carolinebeaton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">on Forbes<\/a> and right here on my blog where she shares her incredible story of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/personal-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"going from secretary to self-employed\">going from secretary to self-employed<\/a>. Now, here&#8217;s her best business advice for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start a business the right way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The most painful mistake I see entrepreneurs make is <strong>launching before learning<\/strong>. For example, you may decide you want to launch a marketing consulting company, so you&nbsp;hastily make a website, content and reach out to people, but you haven\u2019t yet figured out who your target clientele is. What people actually need help with or what you&#8217;re specifically good at. So no one bites.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Or you could&nbsp;launch a new app, but you don\u2019t know what sells well in the app store or how to promote it. So even though you have a great product, no one sees it. Or you&nbsp;decide to write a book but haven\u2019t really spent time with the key concept\u2014researching, talking to people\u2014so your book proposal falls flat and feels generic. Publishers ignore it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Learn+before+you+launch.+Take+time+to+build+your+plan+and+be+patient.%22+%40cs_beaton&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Learn before you launch. Take time to build your plan and be patient.&quot; @cs_beaton\">\"Learn before you launch. Take time to build your plan and be patient.\" @cs_beaton<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Learn+before+you+launch.+Take+time+to+build+your+plan+and+be+patient.%22+%40cs_beaton&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This common mistake could also be framed as an inspiration\/perspiration problem. We\u2019re so inspired by the end result that we forego the process \u2014 a lot of which is hard, un-fun work. In turn, we sacrifice the best possible outcome. And this is painful because the solution is retrospectively so obvious: patience. Take time with each new idea; flesh it out; design it fully; have a plan and not just hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>36. Bobby Mukherjee.<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1253 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Bobby-Mukherjee-of-Loka-on-ryrob.jpg\" alt=\"start-business-advice-from-bobby-mukherjee-of-loka-on-ryrob\" width=\"199\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Bobby-Mukherjee-of-Loka-on-ryrob.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Bobby-Mukherjee-of-Loka-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bobby is the&nbsp;CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loka.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Loka<\/a>, a mobile app development company located in Silicon Valley. He previously started and sold two other companies in the technology space. He knows a thing or two about what it takes to build and sell a profitable business, and here&#8217;s his best business&nbsp;advice to aspiring entrepreneurs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The biggest mistake first-time entrepreneurs make is being deathly afraid that someone will steal their <em>secret<\/em> idea. Spoiler alert: Ideas are worthless.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Spoiler+alert+for+first-time+entrepreneurs%3A+Ideas+are+worthless.%22+%40wiredbobby&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Spoiler alert for first-time entrepreneurs: Ideas are worthless.&quot; @wiredbobby\">\"Spoiler alert for first-time entrepreneurs: Ideas are worthless.\" @wiredbobby<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Spoiler+alert+for+first-time+entrepreneurs%3A+Ideas+are+worthless.%22+%40wiredbobby&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s the execution beyond the idea that really brings home the gold. So focus on getting out there and meeting as many folks as possible to join your team, give you feedback and point you in the right direction. Any successful entrepreneurial journey is the sum total of a rather large (and under-appreciated) team that came together in a magical way. Get cracking on building yours.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>37. Jason Quey.<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1121 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Best-Business-Advice-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-Jason-Quey-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Best Business Advice on How to Start a Business Jason Quey on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Best-Business-Advice-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-Jason-Quey-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Best-Business-Advice-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-Jason-Quey-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Best-Business-Advice-on-How-to-Start-a-Business-Jason-Quey-on-ryrob.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jason&nbsp;helps entrepreneurs connect with influencers and experts to rapidly grow their business together at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestorytellermarketer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">TheStoryTellerMarketer<\/a>. He also co-hosts the Content Promotion Summit and teaches other entrepreneurs how to get more out of the content they create every day. Here&#8217;s what Jason has to share with aspiring entrepreneurs who need some business advice before they start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The most painful mistake I see first-time entrepreneurs make is that they don&#8217;t count the cost or figure out how they&#8217;ll actually make money ahead of time. Since entrepreneurs don&#8217;t create a business as a &#8216;charitable deed to mankind,&#8217; they need to think about where&nbsp;their revenue and profit will be once the business scales.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22If+you+want+to+succeed%26nbsp%3Bin+business%2C+count+your+costs+and+project+revenue+ahead+of+time.%22+%40jdquey&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;If you want to succeed&nbsp;in business, count your costs and project revenue ahead of time.&quot; @jdquey\">\"If you want to succeed&nbsp;in business, count your costs and project revenue ahead of time.\" @jdquey<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22If+you+want+to+succeed%26nbsp%3Bin+business%2C+count+your+costs+and+project+revenue+ahead+of+time.%22+%40jdquey&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;For example, when I launched the&nbsp;Content Promotion Summit with my partner Cody Lister, we started off by focusing on three things. What the costs would be,&nbsp;how much money we&#8217;d potentially make&nbsp;and what the key levers for generating more&nbsp;sales (traffic, email opt-ins, and affiliate partners) would be. This gave us key insights into whether or not the business would be worth investing into before we launched. It may surprise you, but by using Noah Kagan&#8217;s quant-based marketing system and asking a few friends for benchmark numbers, it wasn&#8217;t difficult&nbsp;to get an estimate. In fact, our numbers were only 7% off from our main target.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>38. Lauren Holliday.<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1150 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Lauren-Holliday-of-Full-Stack-Marketer-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Start Business Advice with Lauren Holliday of Full Stack Marketer on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Lauren-Holliday-of-Full-Stack-Marketer-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Lauren-Holliday-of-Full-Stack-Marketer-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Lauren-Holliday-of-Full-Stack-Marketer-on-ryrob.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/laurenaholliday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Lauren<\/a> is a full-stack marketer&nbsp;who&#8217;s been featured on Business Insider, Entrepreneur, The Muse and more. You can find her on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenholliday_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Twitter<\/a>, Medium, or you can subscribe to her email newsletter. Here&#8217;s her business advice for millennials who want to start a business for the first time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The biggest mistake new entrepreneurs make is banking on an idea that isn&#8217;t valuable to anyone with actual, real-world problems.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You read about this new social media tool or this new game or social app. And it&#8217;s like: What happened to solving <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/the-development-set\/silicon-valley-s-unchecked-arrogance-d86cbb8db52#.oq44klb1a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">REAL, big, hairy problems<\/a> as opposed to helping privileged kids send pictures that explode in a day (sorry, Snapchat &#8211; first example I thought of)?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Spend+time+with+people+who+are+different+than+you%2C+it%27ll+open+your+mind.%22+%40laurenholliday_&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Spend time with people who are different than you, it&#039;ll open your mind.&quot; @laurenholliday_\">\"Spend time with people who are different than you, it'll open your mind.\" @laurenholliday_<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Spend+time+with+people+who+are+different+than+you%2C+it%27ll+open+your+mind.%22+%40laurenholliday_&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My advice is to spend time with people who are different than you. This will open up your mind to different people and different problems, allowing you to connect the dots faster and make a real contribution to the world, as opposed to just being the next Mark Zuck.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>39. Cody Lister.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1140 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Cody-Lister-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Start Business Advice from Cody Lister on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Cody-Lister-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Cody-Lister-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Cody-Lister-on-ryrob.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cody is the founder of MarketDoc&nbsp;where he&nbsp;helps marketers, business owners, solopreneurs and bloggers get more customers from smarter content marketing. He&#8217;s also a co-host of&nbsp;the Content Promotion Summit. Here&#8217;s his business advice for aspiring entrepreneurs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Many first-time entrepreneurs don&#8217;t follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/steveblank.com\/category\/customer-development-manifesto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Customer Development Model<\/a> (the Steve Blank school of thought). They won&#8217;t presell their product. They avoid surveying their market, meeting or calling people from their target audience before they pony up substantial money and time building a product.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In other words, too often first-timers build a product behind closed doors and don&#8217;t get the feedback necessary to ensure they get buy in for their idea. As a result, they don&#8217;t reach product-market fit and end up building a product that fails or succeeds by mere chance, not by calculated steps.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+build+your+product+behind+closed+doors.+Get+feedback+and+validate+your+idea.%22+%40codyblister&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Don&#039;t build your product behind closed doors. Get feedback and validate your idea.&quot; @codyblister\">\"Don't build your product behind closed doors. Get feedback and validate your idea.\" @codyblister<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+build+your+product+behind+closed+doors.+Get+feedback+and+validate+your+idea.%22+%40codyblister&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I recommend that first-time entrepreneurs take this as a real wake up call to avoid making excuses for not getting meaningful product validation before spending resources on development. You need at least 95% confidence that the thing you&#8217;re working on will be predisposed to some initial success. There are too many other factors out there working against you when you&#8217;re first starting out and are tight on resources that make the road of entrepreneurship hard enough as-is. Don&#8217;t make it more difficult for yourself by building a bunch of features no one really wants to pay for.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Avoid the common mistake of aiming to be the next Facebook. Achieve product-market fit by focusing on building one core feature better than the competition and make sure that feature solves a big pain point for your audience. Don&#8217;t get lost in creating a bunch of features off-the-bat.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Keep your first product extremely barebones. Get clear product validation from your target customer before you spend any time or money building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Start small. Invest more resources in product development as you generate enough operating income to cover your ongoing research and development expenses. Hold off on executing your product roadmap before you have enough consistent sales revenue to support that vision.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/freelance-content-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"freelance content marketer\">freelance content marketer<\/a> myself who&#8217;s spent years building out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/content-marketing-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"content marketing strategies\">content marketing strategies<\/a> for my clients, I highly recommend Cody&#8217;s epic new online course and educational platform, Content Marketing School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>40. Vasil Azarov.<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1252 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-Vasil-Azarov-Startup-Socials-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"start-business-advice-vasil-azarov-startup-socials\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-Vasil-Azarov-Startup-Socials-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-Vasil-Azarov-Startup-Socials-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-Vasil-Azarov-Startup-Socials.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vasil is a super connector for entrepreneurs. He&#8217;s the CEO of Startup Socials,&nbsp;a global community of entrepreneurs that connects and empowers professionals working in the startup ecosystem. He&#8217;s also the founder of Growth Marketing Conference, Silicon Valley&#8217;s largest digital and growth marketing event. Here&#8217;s his best business advice for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We have an exciting tradition at Startup Socials. Every Friday we meet with entrepreneurs one-on-one and help them solve startup related challenges.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Become+your+company%27s+best+salesperson+and+marketer+before+hiring.%22+%40VasilAzarov&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Become your company&#039;s best salesperson and marketer before hiring.&quot; @VasilAzarov\">\"Become your company's best salesperson and marketer before hiring.\" @VasilAzarov<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Become+your+company%27s+best+salesperson+and+marketer+before+hiring.%22+%40VasilAzarov&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;One of the most costly and painful mistakes that I see over and over again is <strong>hiring in marketing and sales too early<\/strong>. Things tend to go VERY wrong when a founder brings on board a senior sales or marketing person who is lacking entrepreneurial spirit and\/or experience working in startups. Instead of hiring full-time, founders should seek out and consult with experienced marketers and sales veterans who work with startups on a daily basis for a fixed fee or company stock based on specific goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Ultimately, your need to become your startup&#8217;s best sales person and best marketer <strong>before hiring<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And remember, the fact that you can recite all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/business-slang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"business slang\">business slang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blogging-terms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"blogging terms\">blogging terms<\/a> or industry jargon that&#8217;s pervasive within your niche, doesn&#8217;t automatically make you a good salesperson. Connect with your target customers and learn how to truly help them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>41. Sol Orwell.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1136 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Sol-Orwell-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Start Business Advice from Sol Orwell on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Sol-Orwell-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Sol-Orwell-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Sol-Orwell-on-ryrob.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sol is an entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience, 6 companies and 8 figures generated from his businesses, including <a href=\"http:\/\/examine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Examine.com<\/a>, the original authority featuring&nbsp;independent analysis on supplements and nutrition.&nbsp;He now writes about entrepreneurship on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">SJO.com<\/a>. Here&#8217;s Sol&#8217;s best business advice for first-time entrepreneurs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I have to go with: <strong>inaction<\/strong>. New entrepreneurs tend to&nbsp;overthink things that don&#8217;t really matter (logo, copy, etc.), but instead of validating their idea, they get lost in the weeds.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+overthink+the+things+that+don%27t+matter.+Validate+your+idea+and+build+from+there.%22+%40sol_orwell&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Don&#039;t overthink the things that don&#039;t matter. Validate your idea and build from there.&quot; @sol_orwell\">\"Don't overthink the things that don't matter. Validate your idea and build from there.\" @sol_orwell<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+overthink+the+things+that+don%27t+matter.+Validate+your+idea+and+build+from+there.%22+%40sol_orwell&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The advice is simple &#8211; <strong>just do it<\/strong>. Do a minimum version, talk to some friends, and see if they would be interested in it. If so, make a quick version, and go from there.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>42. Jen Kessler.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1138 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Jen-Kessler-of-Bizzy-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Start Business Advice Jen Kessler of Bizzy on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Jen-Kessler-of-Bizzy-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Jen-Kessler-of-Bizzy-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-Jen-Kessler-of-Bizzy-on-ryrob.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jen Kessler is the CEO and cofounder of&nbsp;Bizzy,&nbsp;a state-of-the-art marketing platform for eEommerce businesses. Jen studied business at Stanford and math at University of Pennsylvania. She&#8217;s worked at the forefront of bringing inventive predictive modeling to portfolio management across multiple industries, and is excited to be bringing that innovation to the marketing industry. Here&#8217;s her business advice for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Stay balanced. As an entrepreneur, you need to be constantly processing new information, adjusting your plan, and making decisions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Stay+balanced.+Get+sleep%2C+exercise+and+have+a+life+outside+of+just+work.%22+%40jenkessler1&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Stay balanced. Get sleep, exercise and have a life outside of just work.&quot; @jenkessler1\">\"Stay balanced. Get sleep, exercise and have a life outside of just work.\" @jenkessler1<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Stay+balanced.+Get+sleep%2C+exercise+and+have+a+life+outside+of+just+work.%22+%40jenkessler1&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If you are exhausted and 100% monopolized by work, you won&#8217;t have the perspective and insight that you need to guide your venture in the right direction. Sleeping, exercising, and having a life outside of work is critical for your endurance as a human information processor and decision maker.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>43. Guillame Decugis.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1139 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Guillame-Decugis-of-Scoop-It-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Start Business Advice from Guillame Decugis of Scoop It on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Guillame-Decugis-of-Scoop-It-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Guillame-Decugis-of-Scoop-It-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Guillame-Decugis-of-Scoop-It-on-ryrob.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An engineer turned-marketer, Guillaume, the Co-Founder and CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Scoop.it<\/a>, has experimented a lot with content marketing and developed the lean content marketing methodology as a way to help marketers generate ROI with content. Here&#8217;s the business advice&nbsp;he shares with new entrepreneurs who want to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In 15 years as an entrepreneur, I\u2019ve made many mistakes and I\u2019ve seen a lot of entrepreneurs do them too.&nbsp;My answer is two-part since these are equally as important.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<em>Falling blindly in love with an idea.<\/em> Entrepreneurship needs passion, but love can be blinding. Many entrepreneurs believe in their idea so much that they fail to validate it. They tend to dismiss negative feedback on their products or neglect collecting some. And they end up missing product\/market fit. Overcoming that requires taking&nbsp;some distance with the idea and applying intellectual honesty. My advice is to talk to potential customers or users from day 1 and for every day after that: never stop collecting feedback. We\u2019re now 25 people on the team at&nbsp;Scoop.it, but I still answer support tickets and take sales calls because there\u2019s nothing as real and valuable than a direct conversation with a customer.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+dismiss+negative+feedback+and+never+fail+to+validate+your+idea.%22+%40gdecugis&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Don&#039;t dismiss negative feedback and never fail to validate your idea.&quot; @gdecugis\">\"Don't dismiss negative feedback and never fail to validate your idea.\" @gdecugis<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Don%27t+dismiss+negative+feedback+and+never+fail+to+validate+your+idea.%22+%40gdecugis&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<em>Thinking that ideas are more important than teams.<\/em> I hear&nbsp;a lot of first-time entrepreneurs tell me &#8216;I have a great idea for an app; I just need to find a technical co-founder to code it.&#8217; But successful startups iterate their original idea constantly based on market feedback. Sometimes they even radically pivot like Paypal or Slack. Only great teams can do that, so the execution is much more important than the original concept. And it\u2019s easier to change the idea than it is to change the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note from Ryan<\/em>\u2014if you&#8217;re a developer or engineer, one of the best ways to pick up some side income (to allocate toward your future business goals) is to find some well-paid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wordpress-developer-jobs-websites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"WordPress developer jobs\">WordPress developer jobs<\/a> that can pad your savings a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>44. William Harris.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1126 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/How-to-Start-a-Business-Advice-WIlliam-Harris-on-ryrob.jpg\" alt=\"How to Start a Business Advice WIlliam Harris on ryrob\" width=\"285\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/How-to-Start-a-Business-Advice-WIlliam-Harris-on-ryrob.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/How-to-Start-a-Business-Advice-WIlliam-Harris-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wmharris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">William<\/a>&nbsp;is the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/elumynt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Elumynt<\/a>, a growth marketing agency and a contributor for Entrepreneur, FastCompany and TNW. For first-time entrepreneurs, here&#8217;s William&#8217;s best business advice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The most painful mistake I see most inexperienced entrepreneurs make is not delegating tasks effectively. I actually came from a nursing background where bad delegation meant someone could lose a limb&#8211;or worse, their life. The nurses that didn&#8217;t delegate would be busier, risking careless errors from trying to make up time by cutting corners. Business owners try to do the same thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Outsource+tasks+that%26nbsp%3Bstop+you+from+doing+what%26nbsp%3Bonly+you+can+do+in%26nbsp%3Byour+business.%22+%40wmharris101&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Outsource tasks that&nbsp;stop you from doing what&nbsp;only you can do in&nbsp;your business.&quot; @wmharris101\">\"Outsource tasks that&nbsp;stop you from doing what&nbsp;only you can do in&nbsp;your business.\" @wmharris101<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Outsource+tasks+that%26nbsp%3Bstop+you+from+doing+what%26nbsp%3Bonly+you+can+do+in%26nbsp%3Byour+business.%22+%40wmharris101&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I advise entrepreneurs who struggle with this problem to first get their tasks organized and written down. I like Asana for this. The tasks that they find themselves adding repeatedly are tasks that they should think about delegating. At the end of the month you need to send out invoices, add numbers to your analytics spreadsheet, etc. Find someone else to do that. The hours you save by outsourcing these types of tasks will help you focus on the things that only you can do&#8211;like plan the actual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blogging-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"blogging strategy\">blogging strategy<\/a> and direction of the business.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>45. Chiara McPhee<\/strong>.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1127 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-with-Chiara-McPhee-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Start a Business Advice with Chiara McPhee on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-with-Chiara-McPhee-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-with-Chiara-McPhee-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-with-Chiara-McPhee-on-ryrob.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chiara is the COO and co-founder of Bizzy, a state-of-the-art marketing platform that integrates with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/ecommerce-website-builders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"eCommerce website builders\">eCommerce website builders<\/a>. She studied business at Stanford and Duke, and has a background in marketing and design. Here&#8217;s what Chiara has to say as far as business advice to entrepreneurs who want to start a business for the first time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Often I see first-time entrepreneurs struggle to organize and process feedback. When starting a company, you&#8217;ll get feedback from everyone: your early users, potential customers, investors, friends, and even your second cousin twice removed.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Build+a+framework+to+prioritize+and+implement+changes+based+on+customer+feedback.%22+%40chiaramcphee&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Build a framework to prioritize and implement changes based on customer feedback.&quot; @chiaramcphee\">\"Build a framework to prioritize and implement changes based on customer feedback.\" @chiaramcphee<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Build+a+framework+to+prioritize+and+implement+changes+based+on+customer+feedback.%22+%40chiaramcphee&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve found it incredibly helpful to have a framework in place to systematically collect, prioritize, and implement product features based on customer feedback&#8211;both from customers you have, and the customers you want!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>46. Bram Kanstein.<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1134 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Bram-Kanstein-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Start Business Advice from Bram Kanstein on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Bram-Kanstein-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Bram-Kanstein-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Bram-Kanstein-on-ryrob.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bram Kanstein is an Amsterdam-based entrepreneur and co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/weareofftherecord.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">We Are Off The Record<\/a>, a digital growth agency for startups. Bram also made <a href=\"http:\/\/startupstash.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Startup Stash<\/a>, a curated directory of 400 resources and tools to help you build your Startup that has helped more than 300k+ entrepreneurs from around the world. Here&#8217;s the best business advice Bram has to impart with&nbsp;entrepreneurs who want to start a business for the first time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve discovered early on that building long-term value is more important than making short-term money. Sure, you can earn quick cash with some hustle but that won\u2019t help you win in the long run.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Building+long-term+value+is+more+important+than+making+short-term+money.%22+%40bramk&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Building long-term value is more important than making short-term money.&quot; @bramk\">\"Building long-term value is more important than making short-term money.\" @bramk<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Building+long-term+value+is+more+important+than+making+short-term+money.%22+%40bramk&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I see a lot of people starting a business without thinking about the long-term value it can bring them. One of the things me and my business partner decided on when starting our digital growth agency We Are Off The Record, was that we wanted to build value with people and make sure that we\u2019re able to call everyone we now work with, in 5 years and still have a good relationship. I haven\u2019t won at the game of business yet, but I know that building a long-term network is the most valuable thing you can do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>47. Silas Moser.<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1254 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Silas-Moser-of-Chasing-Foxes.jpg\" alt=\"start-business-advice-from-silas-moser-of-chasing-foxes\" width=\"297\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Silas-Moser-of-Chasing-Foxes.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Silas-Moser-of-Chasing-Foxes-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silas and his wife Grace are the voices behind the wildly popular lifestyle, travel and personal finance&nbsp;blog, Chasing Foxes where they teach thousands of monthly readers how to live their best lives with a blog. They&#8217;ve written about topics like getting started with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/best-web-hosting-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"best hosting plans\">best hosting plans<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/how-choose-domain-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"picking a domain name\">picking a domain name<\/a> that&#8217;s right for your niche, and even how to choose amongst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/free-web-hosting-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"free hosting plans\">free hosting plans<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/monthly-billed-web-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"monthly hosting plans\">monthly hosting plans<\/a> if you&#8217;re on a tight budget. Here&#8217;s the business advice Silas has to share with first-time entrepreneurs who want to start a business of their own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Once when I was working at a young startup, I made a suggestion at a business meeting. It fell completely flat, but three minutes later, one of the company&#8217;s investors walked through the door and made the exact same recommendation word for word.&nbsp;All of the management lit up, eager to express their approval and that they were on board.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Treat+people+well+and+stay+humble%2C+you+never+know+where+you%27ll+learn+something.%22+Silas+Moser&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Treat people well and stay humble, you never know where you&#039;ll learn something.&quot; Silas Moser\">\"Treat people well and stay humble, you never know where you'll learn something.\" Silas Moser<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Treat+people+well+and+stay+humble%2C+you+never+know+where+you%27ll+learn+something.%22+Silas+Moser&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Shutting people down because of their position within the company doesn&#8217;t express value to them. My suggestion to young entrepreneurs is to <strong>treat people well and stay humble<\/strong>, you never know where you could learn something.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>48. Alyce Johnson.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1257 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Alyce-Johnson-of-Newstability-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"start-business-advice-from-alyce-johnson-of-newstability-on-ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Alyce-Johnson-of-Newstability-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Alyce-Johnson-of-Newstability-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Alyce-Johnson-of-Newstability-on-ryrob.jpg 371w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alyce is the founder of New Stability, a site that teaches new freelancers how to grow a profitable service-based business. She&#8217;s also the host of the Freelance FAQ Podcast. I asked her to share with me the biggest mistake new freelancers make (and related business advice) when they start their own freelancing business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The most common mistake new freelancers make is not having a business strategy. Many freelancers start their businesses without thinking of the long-term growth their business needs to achieve. This often results on a broad service offering that could potentially be targeting the wrong market.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Successful+freelancers+are+specialists+in+one+particular+service%2C+not+generalists.%22+%40newstability&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Successful freelancers are specialists in one particular service, not generalists.&quot; @newstability\">\"Successful freelancers are specialists in one particular service, not generalists.\" @newstability<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Successful+freelancers+are+specialists+in+one+particular+service%2C+not+generalists.%22+%40newstability&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Successful freelancers are specialists in one particular service and not generalists with a broad offering. Specializing in one service area allows freelancers to build their expertise but can also understand their ideal clients.&nbsp;Being a specialist freelancer gives clients confidence that you are a professional in your field.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>49. Rhett Power.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1166 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Rhett-Power-on-ryrob-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"Start Business Advice from Rhett Power on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Rhett-Power-on-ryrob-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Rhett-Power-on-ryrob.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhettpower.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Rhett<\/a> is an entrepreneur, speaker, consultant and author of the new book,&nbsp;The Entrepreneur\u2019s Book of Actions. He&#8217;s&nbsp;been featured on Inc, Fortune, CNN Money and more for his work in the world of business. Here&#8217;s his business advice for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start a business of their own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In my first business, we spent the first three years working 8 days a week<em> in<\/em> the business (and not <em>on<\/em> it). We weren\u2019t making any progress and in fact we had thoughts of calling it quits. We got a lucky break when a national retailer saw and fell in love with one of our products. That was our saving grace.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Take+time+to%26nbsp%3Bthink+strategically+about+the+big+picture+of+what+you%27re+accomplishing.%22+%40rhettpower&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Take time to&nbsp;think strategically about the big picture of what you&#039;re accomplishing.&quot; @rhettpower\">\"Take time to&nbsp;think strategically about the big picture of what you're accomplishing.\" @rhettpower<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Take+time+to%26nbsp%3Bthink+strategically+about+the+big+picture+of+what+you%27re+accomplishing.%22+%40rhettpower&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It forced us to take a step back and take time to think about how we were going to deliver that product on a massive scale. I think many&nbsp;new entrepreneurs spend way too much&nbsp;time working <em>in<\/em> their businesses and not enough time working <em>on<\/em> their businesses. If you want to grow, then you have to carve out time to think strategically and think about the big picture, which is difficult to do when you\u2019re first starting.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>50. Matt Feldman.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1184 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Matt-Feldman-of-Case-Escape-on-ryrob-300x300.png\" alt=\"Start-Business-Advice-with-Matt-Feldman-of-Case-Escape-on-ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Matt-Feldman-of-Case-Escape-on-ryrob-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Matt-Feldman-of-Case-Escape-on-ryrob-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Matt-Feldman-of-Case-Escape-on-ryrob.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt is the CEO and co-founder of Case Escape. After receiving his MBA from Chapman University at age 23, Matt started his first business&nbsp;in California (which we started together back in 2013)&nbsp;and has since grown it into a worldwide business with over 100 clients and counting. Case Escape&nbsp;was founded with the goal&nbsp;of helping&nbsp;1,000 entrepreneurs start their own phone case business. Here&#8217;s his best business advice for first-time entrepreneurs who want to start a business of their own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Many times, I see first-time entrepreneurs start their businesses without really understanding the total scope of work that&#8217;s going to be required. This could relate to the overall investment that&#8217;s necessary, the detail in your plan of action, or most importantly, personal capabilities and time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Plan+for%26nbsp%3Ba+buffer+with+your+cash+flow+and+keep+your+plan+in+line.%22+%40caseescape&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Plan for&nbsp;a buffer with your cash flow and keep your plan in line.&quot; @caseescape\">\"Plan for&nbsp;a buffer with your cash flow and keep your plan in line.\" @caseescape<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Plan+for%26nbsp%3Ba+buffer+with+your+cash+flow+and+keep+your+plan+in+line.%22+%40caseescape&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;While entrepreneurship is a continuous learning process, there still needs to be a solid foundation in order to grow the company. The amount of money you initially invest may not even be a fraction of the total amount needed, when accounting for mistakes and unforeseen events along the way. It&#8217;s difficult to balance a lean environment with needing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/side-business-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"online business tools\">online business tools<\/a> to truly succeed. You don&#8217;t want to find yourself in a bind where you can&#8217;t hire the talent necessary to complete task the right way, and you definitely will not have the time to learn everything yourself.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My advice is to plan for a solid buffer with your cash flow, create checks and balances to keep that plan in line, and surround yourself with individuals that will free up your time and resources.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>51. Bryan Teare.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1256 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Bryan-Teare-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"start-business-advice-from-bryan-teare-on-ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Bryan-Teare-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Bryan-Teare-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Bryan-Teare-on-ryrob.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bryanteare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Bryan<\/a> is a coach and the host of <a href=\"http:\/\/bryanteare.com\/thequarterlifecomeback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">The Quarter Life Comeback Podcast<\/a>, where he empowers millennials to become the heroes of their own life&#8217;s journey. Here&#8217;s his business advice to first-time entrepreneurs who want to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;After quitting my own corporate job two years ago with no plan B, as well as from interviewing several guests about this topic on The Quarter Life Comeback Podcast, I believe that one of the biggest mistakes people make when starting a business is thinking that it&#8217;s going to be a kind of golden ticket to creating the life that they want.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22View+your+current+employer+as+an+investor+in+your+side+business+while+you+grow+it.%22+%40bryanteare&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;View your current employer as an investor in your side business while you grow it.&quot; @bryanteare\">\"View your current employer as an investor in your side business while you grow it.\" @bryanteare<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22View+your+current+employer+as+an+investor+in+your+side+business+while+you+grow+it.%22+%40bryanteare&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This often stems from intense unhappiness in their current work situation, as it did for me. However, simply quitting to pursue <em>your own thing<\/em> causes a lot of stress (not to mention more intense unhappiness) if you&#8217;re starting from scratch.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;These days, I advise young&nbsp;entrepreneurs&nbsp;to <strong>see their current employer as an investor in their own business<\/strong>, while they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/how-to-start-grow-your-business-while-working-a-full-time-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"grow their business&nbsp;on the side\">grow their business&nbsp;on the side<\/a>. One of my guests mentioned that a day job doesn&#8217;t need to be seen as a bad thing as long as it helps you develop the skills, capital and\/or network you&#8217;ll need when you do decide to go out on your own.&nbsp;So, learn to see and appreciate the <em>job<\/em> as a means to an end.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Finally, another crucial mistake I learned from a previous blog I ran is to get REALLY clear on who you&#8217;re speaking to and what you&#8217;re speaking about before you get started. If you try speaking to everyone, you&#8217;ll end up speaking to no one. And don&#8217;t be afraid of being too niche. If you&#8217;re 1 in a million, there&#8217;s still 7000 other people just like you in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>52. Jim Fowler.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1147 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Jim-Fowler-on-ryrob-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"Start Business Advice with Jim Fowler on ryrob\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Jim-Fowler-on-ryrob-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Jim-Fowler-on-ryrob-768x914.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Jim-Fowler-on-ryrob-861x1024.jpg 861w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Jim-Fowler-on-ryrob.jpg 1752w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jim is the Founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.owler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Owler<\/a>, a&nbsp;crowdsourced competitive intelligence platform. Prior to Owler, Jim founded Jigsaw in 2003 and was CEO until it was acquired by Salesforce in 2010 for $175 million. Before his career in technology, Jim was owner and operator of Lookout Pass, a ski resort in Idaho, and served in the U.S. Navy as a diving and salvage officer. He&#8217;s seriously the man. Here&#8217;s Jim&#8217;s business advice to first-time entrepreneur who want to start a business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The number one problem that most entrepreneurs make is being overly optimistic, which often leads to them running out of cash or being cash strapped. Money problems can be seen from a mile away.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Become+an+optimistic+realist.+You+can%27t+run+a+business+on+the+best+case+scenario.%22+%40fowlinator&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Become an optimistic realist. You can&#039;t run a business on the best case scenario.&quot; @fowlinator\">\"Become an optimistic realist. You can't run a business on the best case scenario.\" @fowlinator<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Become+an+optimistic+realist.+You+can%27t+run+a+business+on+the+best+case+scenario.%22+%40fowlinator&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Entrepreneurs have to be optimistic realists, which allows them to make tough choices ahead of any cash problems. I learned this as a young entrepreneur when running a small ski lodge in Idaho. Overly optimistic, I ran my business based on the best case scenario, and in turn lived in constant and mortal fear of missing payroll or delaying payments to vendors. I\u2019ve since learned to operate with optimistic realism. And have run subsequent organizations by the metrics with clear guard rails in place.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>53. Nick Grant.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1149 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-with-Nick-Grant-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Start a Business Advice with Nick Grant on ryrob\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-with-Nick-Grant-on-ryrob-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-with-Nick-Grant-on-ryrob-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-a-Business-Advice-with-Nick-Grant-on-ryrob.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nick is the Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of&nbsp;Killer Infographics, a Seattle-based leader in visual communications and the design of infographics, motion graphics, and interactive infographics. Here&#8217;s the business advice Nick has to share with&nbsp;new entrepreneurs who want to start a business of their own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;One of the most painful mistakes I see way too frequently is when entrepreneurs underestimate the importance of a robust marketing and sales strategy for their fledgling business.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Have+a+robust+marketing+and+sales+strategy+in+mind+before+launching+your+business.%22+%40nickeloss&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Have a robust marketing and sales strategy in mind before launching your business.&quot; @nickeloss\">\"Have a robust marketing and sales strategy in mind before launching your business.\" @nickeloss<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Have+a+robust+marketing+and+sales+strategy+in+mind+before+launching+your+business.%22+%40nickeloss&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Many new CEOs are hyper-focused on making their MVP, but they don\u2019t really have a long-term vision for how to make their companies profitable. I would recommend designating marketing and sales as a day-one priority. This will help your business&nbsp;earn fans before the MVP ships and ensures that what you create is truly something that a customer will want to pay for.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>54. Austin Belcak.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1502 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Best-Business-Advice-Austin-Belcak-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Best Business Advice Austin Belcak\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Best-Business-Advice-Austin-Belcak-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Best-Business-Advice-Austin-Belcak-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Best-Business-Advice-Austin-Belcak.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin&nbsp;is an entrepreneur, author and the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/cultivatedculture.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Cultivated Culture<\/a>, where he teaches millennials how to land their dream jobs, skyrocket their salaries and work 100% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/remote-jobs-websites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"remote jobs\">remote jobs<\/a> in a matter of months. Here&#8217;s his best business&nbsp;advice for first-time entrepreneurs who want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/find-side-hustle-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"find a side hustle idea\">find a side hustle idea<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My best piece of advice is to focus on taking small steps and being consistent. It&#8217;s going to take time and it&#8217;s going to take work, you can&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/best-businesses-start-while-working-full-time-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"start a successful side business\">start a successful side business<\/a>&nbsp;overnight. With that in mind, you should start by doing three things.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;First,&nbsp;come up with a tangible, overarching goal. This could be something like&nbsp;landing 5 clients at an average of $1,000\/month per client in the next 6 months or building an email list of 1,000 subscribers,&nbsp;launching a course and selling at least 50 copies in the next 8 months.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Focus+on+taking+small+steps%2C+being+consistent+and+starting+with+a+tangible+goal.%22+%40austinbelcak&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Focus on taking small steps, being consistent and starting with a tangible goal.&quot; @austinbelcak\">\"Focus on taking small steps, being consistent and starting with a tangible goal.\" @austinbelcak<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Focus+on+taking+small+steps%2C+being+consistent+and+starting+with+a+tangible+goal.%22+%40austinbelcak&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Second, take time every night to write down a goal for the next day that will take you one step closer to your greater goal.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Then third, block&nbsp;off 1 hour every day to accomplish that goal. If you complete your goal in the first 30 minutes, use the next 30 to start on the next step that brings you even closer to your bigger picture goal.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;That&#8217;s the easy part. The tough part, and the part that will make or break your success, is being disciplined and repeating these steps at least 5 or 6 days each week. If you can stay consistent, the results will add up and you&#8217;ll surprised at how quickly you&#8217;ll progress.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To add to what Austin&nbsp;said, creating a regimented schedule of exactly when you&#8217;ll be working on your side business can help you stay in the clear with your day job and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-side-business-avoid-getting-fired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"avoid making costly mistakes\">avoid making costly mistakes<\/a> that could get you fired (or sued).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>55. Josh Kraus.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1135 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Josh-Kraus-Freelancer-295x300.png\" alt=\"Start-Business-Advice-from-Josh-Kraus-Freelancer\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Josh-Kraus-Freelancer-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Start-Business-Advice-from-Josh-Kraus-Freelancer.png 411w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Josh Kraus is a Chicago-born, Denver-based writer and mediocre autobiographist who likes to make things. When he&#8217;s not writing, he attends to his t-shirt business, Bird Fur. Find him at joshkra.us and birdfurtees.com. As a freelance writer by trade (that started by doing remote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blogging-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"blogging jobs\">blogging jobs<\/a>), I asked Josh to tailor his success tip to freelancers specifically. Here&#8217;s his best business advice for new freelancers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The most painful mistake I see new freelancers make is taking jobs at content mills, or other jobs with content mill prices, and get stuck doing those jobs long after they should have left.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Only+use+low-priced+gigs+to+build+a+portfolio.+Charge+more%26nbsp%3Bas+quickly+as+possible%21%22+%40robocopsmom&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Only use low-priced gigs to build a portfolio. Charge more&nbsp;as quickly as possible!&quot; @robocopsmom\">\"Only use low-priced gigs to build a portfolio. Charge more&nbsp;as quickly as possible!\" @robocopsmom<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Only+use+low-priced+gigs+to+build+a+portfolio.+Charge+more%26nbsp%3Bas+quickly+as+possible%21%22+%40robocopsmom&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s okay to take a job writing blog posts for 1 cent a word in order to build a portfolio, but once you&#8217;ve got a few good pieces from it, for the love of god get out! Use them to help you further your career, don&#8217;t let them use you.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learning how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/how-to-write-best-freelance-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"write a kick-ass freelance proposal\">write a kick-ass freelance proposal<\/a>&nbsp;will teach you a lot about positioning your value, highlighting your strengths and selling yourself as a premium service-provider to your clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>56. Chris Winfield.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Chris-Winfield-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"start-business-advice-with-chris-winfield\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Chris-Winfield-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Chris-Winfield-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-Business-Advice-with-Chris-Winfield.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris is an entrepreneur, writer and coach based in NYC. He writes about productivity, finding happiness and creating a lifestyle you&#8217;ll love&nbsp;for publications like Inc, Entrepreneur and Time. Here&#8217;s his business advice for first-time entrepreneurs who want to start a business of their own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The biggest mistake first-time entrepreneurs tend to make is not asking for help OR <strong>not asking for the right help from the right people<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Ask+for+the+right+help+from+the+right+people+and+nurture+those+relationships.%22+%40chriswinfield&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Ask for the right help from the right people and nurture those relationships.&quot; @chriswinfield\">\"Ask for the right help from the right people and nurture those relationships.\" @chriswinfield<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Ask+for+the+right+help+from+the+right+people+and+nurture+those+relationships.%22+%40chriswinfield&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;And a close second is not following up and nurturing those relationships when they do ask for help. There&#8217;s something that Tony Robbins always says about the importance of &#8216;standing on the shoulders of other giants&#8217; and I think this is such an important thing for people to keep in mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Pretty much anything you are going to go through, someone else has already gone through. Pretty much any feeling you are going to have, someone else has already had. Any obstacle, any roadblock, ANYTHING! Someone has come up against them and figured out a way to get around them. Tap into that. Whether it&#8217;s reading a book, reaching out or shadowing someone, get help and then do it better.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>57. Bill Reichert.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1431 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-business-advicce-with-bill-reichert-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"start-business-advice-with-bill-reichert\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-business-advicce-with-bill-reichert-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-business-advicce-with-bill-reichert-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Start-business-advicce-with-bill-reichert.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/billreichert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Bill<\/a> has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and operating executive. Since joining <a href=\"http:\/\/www.garage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Garage Technology Ventures<\/a>&nbsp;in 1998, Bill has worked with his partner, Guy Kawasaki to focus on investing in early-stage information technology and materials science companies. Here&#8217;s Bill&#8217;s best business advice for young entrepreneurs&nbsp;who want to start a business for the first time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs tend to make when raising capital is <strong>listening to investors<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22When+investors+tell+you+why+they+don%27t+like+your+pitch%2C+they+almost+always+lie.%22+%40billreichert&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;When investors tell you why they don&#039;t like your pitch, they almost always lie.&quot; @billreichert\">\"When investors tell you why they don't like your pitch, they almost always lie.\" @billreichert<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22When+investors+tell+you+why+they+don%27t+like+your+pitch%2C+they+almost+always+lie.%22+%40billreichert&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;When investors tell you why they don&#8217;t like your pitch, they&#8217;re almost always lying. They&#8217;ll usually tell you that you&#8217;re too early, or you need more traction, or you need too much money, or you need too little money.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;But <strong>if they really thought you had something brilliant, they wouldn&#8217;t let you out of their sight.<\/strong> They&#8217;re simply offering an excuse for not liking your company. Don&#8217;t walk away thinking that the problem is that you just aren&#8217;t a fit. You need to find out what&#8217;s really wrong with your story. Don&#8217;t count on investors to tell you. Get a few good, savvy mentors or advisors to tell you the truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>58. Oleg&nbsp;Shchegolev.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1687 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Best-Business-Advice-Oleg-SEM-Rush-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"Best Business Advice Oleg SEM Rush\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Best-Business-Advice-Oleg-SEM-Rush-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Best-Business-Advice-Oleg-SEM-Rush-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Best-Business-Advice-Oleg-SEM-Rush.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oleg is the co-founder and CEO of SEMrush, an all-in-one marketing toolkit for digital marketers. Oleg has grown SEMrush to 400 employees in four offices around the world and in 2016 they celebrated 1 million users (!!!) with clients in more than 100 countries. Here&#8217;s Oleg&#8217;s best business advice for first-time entrepreneurs looking to start a business of their own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;First-time entrepreneurs pay too much attention to what other companies are doing without thinking&nbsp;for themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Stop+watching+the+competition+and+think+for+yourself.%22+%40aramisguru+%40semrush&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Stop watching the competition and think for yourself.&quot; @aramisguru @semrush\">\"Stop watching the competition and think for yourself.\" @aramisguru @semrush<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Stop+watching+the+competition+and+think+for+yourself.%22+%40aramisguru+%40semrush&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Every company is unique and has an entirely different DNA. A particular strategy may not work for your company, but that doesn\u2019t mean that it won\u2019t work for mine and vice versa. My piece of advice is that you should always ask yourself: Why didn\u2019t that strategy didn\u2019t work for them, and will it work for me?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What is the difference between our companies? Why did that strategy bring them difference results when it will never deliver the same for us? What is the difference in our DNA?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>59. Tomas Laurinavicius.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/best-business-advice-tomas-laurinavicius-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"best-business-advice-tomas-laurinavicius\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/best-business-advice-tomas-laurinavicius-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/best-business-advice-tomas-laurinavicius-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/best-business-advice-tomas-laurinavicius-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/best-business-advice-tomas-laurinavicius.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomas is a <a href=\"https:\/\/tomaslau.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">lifestyle entrepreneur<\/a> and blogger from Lithuania and has even dabbled in a bit of his own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/how-start-travel-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"travel blogging\">travel blogging<\/a> over the years. He writes about habits, lifestyle design, entrepreneurship and we&#8217;ve had many conversations about managing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/taxes-for-bloggers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"taxes for bloggers\">taxes for bloggers<\/a> too. Right now, he\u2019s traveling the world with a mission to empower 1 million people to change their lifestyle for good. Here&#8217;s Tomas&#8217; best business advice for aspiring entrepreneurs wanting to start a business today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;First, let yourself wander. Try new things, meet people outside of your comfort zone and travel.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Let+yourself+wander%2C+try+new+things%2C+travel%2C+and+get+outside+of+your+comfort+zone.%22+%40tomaslau&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Let yourself wander, try new things, travel, and get outside of your comfort zone.&quot; @tomaslau\">\"Let yourself wander, try new things, travel, and get outside of your comfort zone.\" @tomaslau<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Let+yourself+wander%2C+try+new+things%2C+travel%2C+and+get+outside+of+your+comfort+zone.%22+%40tomaslau&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It will help you design your personal MBA which will teach you more than any formal setting out there. Learn to read people, master the art of communication and become comfortable with being uncomfortable. Once you figure out what drives you, use that power to help people.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>60. Eric Siu.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2583 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NjUu9hSl-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Business Advice from Eric Siu\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NjUu9hSl-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NjUu9hSl-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NjUu9hSl.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Siu is the CEO of digital marketing agency&nbsp;Single Grain, which has helped venture-backed startups and Fortune 500 companies grow their revenues. He&#8217;s also the founder of the marketing podcast,&nbsp;Growth Everywhere&nbsp;and does a daily podcast called&nbsp;Marketing School&nbsp;with Neil Patel. Here&#8217;s Eric&#8217;s best business advice for getting started today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;For any business owner it is crucial to define processes behind every goal and KPI. Success is the continued refinement of these processes until results start to show.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Success+is+the+continued+refinement+of+goals+and+KPIs+until+results+start+to+show.%22+%40ericosiu&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Success is the continued refinement of goals and KPIs until results start to show.&quot; @ericosiu\">\"Success is the continued refinement of goals and KPIs until results start to show.\" @ericosiu<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Success+is+the+continued+refinement+of+goals+and+KPIs+until+results+start+to+show.%22+%40ericosiu&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Entrepreneurship requires continued learning and if you&#8217;re not constantly learning and testing new things, then eventually your competitors will take the lead. The trick is to quickly access new tactics and incorporate those that work to enhance your business goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Networking is the other main thing I see many new entrepreneur ignoring. Talking to the right person can be 100x more beneficial than some course or tactic alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>61. Jan Lukacs.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4006 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Business-Advice-Jan-Lukacs-from-Paymo.png\" alt=\"Business Advice Jan Lukacs from Paymo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Business-Advice-Jan-Lukacs-from-Paymo.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Business-Advice-Jan-Lukacs-from-Paymo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jan is the CEO at Paymo, an <a href=\"https:\/\/hive.com\/blog\/project-management-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">online project management solution<\/a> for small businesses looking to take away the pain of planning, scheduling, task management, time tracking, and invoicing.&nbsp;<em>Note from Ryan:<\/em> grab my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/blog-planner-template-printable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"free blog planner\">free blog planner<\/a> templates if you need a little help with your own planning.&nbsp;When asked to share his best business advice for new entrepreneurs, Jan shares:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Focus all your energy toward one big objective. Try to become a laser, avoid being a stroboscope.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='tm-click-to-tweet'><div class='tm-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Focus+all+your+energy+toward+achieving+one+big+objective.%22+%40Paymo+CEO+Jan+Lukacs&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"&quot;Focus all your energy toward achieving one big objective.&quot; @Paymo CEO Jan Lukacs\">\"Focus all your energy toward achieving one big objective.\" @Paymo CEO Jan Lukacs<\/a><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/share?text=%22Focus+all+your+energy+toward+achieving+one+big+objective.%22+%40Paymo+CEO+Jan+Lukacs&amp;via=TheRyanRobinson&amp;related=TheRyanRobinson&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/start-business-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tm-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" title=\"Click To Post on\">Click To Post on <i class='fa fa-twitter-x'><\/i><\/a><div class='tm-ctt-tip'><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;As an entrepreneur, your customers and your team rely on you to deliver. Try to harness your team&#8217;s energy towards your vision and do everything you can to avoid being distracted. A lot of businesses fail once the vision becomes blurry.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">62. Sandeep Kashyap. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15703 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sandeep-Kasjyap-Proofhub-CEO-Business-Advice-for-Entrepreneurs-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Sandeep Kasjyap Proofhub CEO Business Advice for Entrepreneurs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sandeep-Kasjyap-Proofhub-CEO-Business-Advice-for-Entrepreneurs-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sandeep-Kasjyap-Proofhub-CEO-Business-Advice-for-Entrepreneurs-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sandeep-Kasjyap-Proofhub-CEO-Business-Advice-for-Entrepreneurs.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandeep is the Founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proofhub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">ProofHub<\/a>, an award-winning project management tool and team collaboration software. As someone who&#8217;s deeply passionate about solving productivity challenges for the modern workforce, he and his team spend a lot of time developing ideas that can revolutionize how we work (for the better). 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Your grand idea will be built upon the altar of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hirewithnear.com\/blog\/why-us-companies-should-hire-latam-talent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">great talent<\/a>. The sooner you have the right people on your team, the quicker you&#8217;ll be able to materialize your vision. Don&#8217;t forget to reward and revive your team&#8217;s spirit as you move along.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">63. Prithwi Dasgupta. <\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prithwi-Dasgupta-SmartKarrot-Business-Advice-Quote-1.jpg\" alt=\"Prithwi Dasgupta SmartKarrot Business Advice Quote\" class=\"wp-image-19222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prithwi-Dasgupta-SmartKarrot-Business-Advice-Quote-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ryrob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prithwi-Dasgupta-SmartKarrot-Business-Advice-Quote-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prithwi Dasgupta is the CEO and Co-founder of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartkarrot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">SmartKarrot<\/a>. 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