MANAGER MINT MAGAZINE Issue 01 | Page 10

1.“Sell, sell, sell.”
Every process is quickly becoming more automated, time is being saved and effort is starting to streamline. Your selling model should do the same: make people love your mission, and sales will drive themselves.
Secret formula: take a stand for your company, for your employees, for your morals and start to value your people over your profit (don’t forget to provide a quality service/product, also).

2. “You need investors to build capital.”

No you do not. A lesson I have learned from Ashton Kutcher, “opportunity looks a lot like hard work,” explains that your entrepreneurial journey is like a diet — in order to obtain results, you have to follow a diet (your business plan) and hit the gym (put your ideas into motion).

There are plenty of crowd-funding options, specialized grants, and opportunities to exchange sweat for sweet capital.