Hey there, welcome to the podcast. My name is Shleen Johnson and this is Quick Tip Tuesday.

Today you're listening to this episode because you want a quick rundown.

Things you need to do if you want to start a business.

Let's get to it.

Of course, before I go further, I want to make the distinction that there is a big difference between starting a business

and just making extra online income.

No, the majority of the episodes here on Build Your Tribe in the last two years have been geared towards

really kind of serving everyone, but in particular, I've been thinking about the person who's just interested in making some online income.

And to be honest, just creating some extra online income is very different from the mindset you need if you want to start a business.

So I'm going to fly through these tips. Obviously you've looked at the length of this episode so you know that I'm not going into great detail.

But I want you to have the order in which you should be doing things starting with step number one.

Step number one is understanding that owning a business is different from just creating online income.

Owning a business, starting a business means you've decided you've made a commitment to do the work, to be frustrated, to experiment, to know your numbers, to invest in experts, to be wise about how you spend your time and your money.

And to never give up. Step two is to decide if in fact you have what it takes to run a business.

And what is that? It takes common sense. It takes tenacity, resilience, and insatiable curiosity.

Like you can never ask enough questions to run a business means that you have insatiable energy.

You never get to stop. Once you decide you're going to be a business owner, you will be thinking about your business seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

Even when you're sleeping, you'll be thinking about your business.

All right. Now let's move on to the real steps. Step three is to figure out what type of business you want to start.

And it goes without saying that this step takes some people a lot longer than others.

In fact, it is this step that often kills would be business owners because for whatever reason you are so afraid to pick one thing, so afraid that it's going to be the wrong thing.

So this is perhaps the toughest step. It's a step that once you get over this, you're often running.

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