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.

Welcome to the How of Business podcast.

This is Henry Lopez.

This is the third in a series of episodes on the topic of what it takes to be ready, willing, and able to start your first small business.

In this series of episodes, I'm going to share my thoughts, tips, and experiences related to being ready to start your first business and becoming your own boss.

The first episode in this series was episode 292, which focused on ready.

Are you mentally and emotionally ready to start your first small business?

This is mostly about overcoming the fear of failure,

and very specifically and importantly, the fear of the embarrassment of failure.

In the second episode, episode 296 of the How a Business podcast, I focused on the

willing part of ready, willing, and able.

Are you willing to put in the time and effort it takes to start your first small business?

This is all about the sacrifices you are willing to make.

This is the third episode in the series focused on the able part of ready, willing,

and able.

The question to ask yourself here is, are you able to invest the time, money, and energy

that's required to start your first small business and become your own boss?

To receive more information about

the Hawa business, including links to the show notes page for this and the other episodes,

just text the word biz, B-I-Z to 3196, and I'll reply with the link. Since starting my first

business back in 1991, I have experienced many significant failures and

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