296: Are You WILLING to Start Your Business
The How of Business - How to start, run, grow and exit a small business.
Henry Lopez, Levante Business Group
4.7 • 522 Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Willing to put in the time and effort to start your first small business? If you are not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to launch today, then what do you need to get there? This episode will help you identify how willing you are, so that you can realize your dreams or business ownership and becoming your own boss. This is the second in a series of episodes on being Ready, Willing and Able to start your first small business.
Henry Lopez is a serial entrepreneur, small business coach, and the host of this episode of The How of Business show – dedicated to helping you start, run and grow your small business. (TheHowOfBusiness.com)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the How of Business with Henry Lopez and David Begin, the podcast that helps you start, run, and grow your small business. And now here are your hosts. |
| 0:16.4 | Welcome to the How a Business podcast. This is Henry Lopez. This is the second of a series of episodes |
| 0:22.5 | on the topic of what it takes to be ready, willing, and able to start your first small business. |
| 0:28.5 | In this series of episodes, I'm going to share my thoughts, tips, and experiences related to |
| 0:34.2 | being ready to start your first business and becoming your own boss. |
| 0:38.9 | The first episode in the series was episode 292, which focused on the ready part. |
| 0:45.1 | And on this episode, I'll share more details on the willing part of ready, willing, and able, |
| 0:50.9 | and what I mean by that. So are you willing to start your first small business? |
| 0:55.9 | And if you're not ready or willing it today, what do you need to do to get there? That's what this |
| 1:01.9 | episode is all about. To receive more information about the Howell Business, including links to the |
| 1:07.9 | show notes page for this episode, just text the word biz, B-I-Z to 3196. |
| 1:14.7 | If you've been listening to this podcast for some time, you may know that I started my first business back in 1991. |
| 1:21.3 | I've been challenged with many significant failures and setbacks, but I have also been fortunate to be part of some successful |
| 1:28.7 | small businesses. I've been the host of the Howa Business Podcast for almost four years now, |
| 1:33.6 | with almost 300 shows released. I've been helping other people start, run, and grow their small |
| 1:40.1 | business for over five years, and I've found that there are some common challenges that most |
| 1:46.1 | people face on their way to starting their first business. For many people, it's not the idea |
| 1:52.0 | that's the hard part. It's their mindset, their personal finances or their willingness to sacrifice. |
| 1:59.3 | That's often what separates those who just talk about it from the |
| 2:03.3 | few who actually move forward and launch their first business. So let's talk about the willing part |
| 2:09.9 | of are you ready, willing, and able. Do you dream of becoming your own boss? Have you gotten to a point |
| 2:15.8 | where you just can't keep working for someone |
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