FOUNDERS
ROW:
MADE By Kris D. Williams
Founder’s Row is community for creative entrepreneurs of color to provide aspiring
entrepreneurs a first row seat to entrepreneurial success. Read best practices
from founders who have launched successful businesses in the tech and creative
industries. Follow the column to hear from more founders’ stories.
STELLA
ASHAOLU
FOUNDER & CEO AT WESOLV
1.COMMIT IT TO PAPER...OR TECH
As a creative entrepreneur passionate
about your business, you can never know
when inspiration will strike…and you can
never call it back when you are ready for
it. When a creative idea comes to mind,
whether you are in the bathroom or in
the car, write it down, dictate it, or do
whatever you can to memorialize it for
future use.
2.SURROUND YOURSELF WITH
LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE
As a creative entrepreneur you will often
times feel like you are all by yourself. Be
sure to create a trusting circle of other
creative entrepreneurs who will be positive influences and help you get unstuck
when there seem to be no answers.
3.CREATE THE SOLUTION NOT THE
PROBLEM
Creative entrepreneurs can come up with
amazing ideas but need to be sure their
ideas create solutions to real problems
and don’t just create problems to fit their
solutions.
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