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How do you pick what business to go with? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by arsonistson@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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I know nothing is ever a sure thing. I keep coming up with ideas and then finding reasons not to start. Whether it is timing, oversaturated market, money, etc. I can never land on an idea and go with it.

I guess I am just wondering what is on your checklist for when it is right to pull the trigger and go for it when it comes to a business?

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[–] Flootson@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

My philosophy is skillsets before business ideas. What good is an idea if you can’t execute it? I heard in a podcast or something, Mark Cuban said a year in door to door sales is the equivalent to 4 year degree in communications. I’ve made six figures since 21 doing sales, met multiple mentors, and am currently bootstrapping my second startup from sales commissions. Sales and effective communication has taken me a long way. My first real start up made a lot of profit, but I got out of the industry due to a misunderstanding of the reality of it. I learned lots about marketing, interpersonal relationships in business, networking, organic marking, positioning, and influence. Every step of the journey will require you to learn to skills, and you will fail a lot. Failure is just steps towards success, so don’t worry too much about your first idea. Just get to executing and building your fundamental skillsets, these will go with you in any context moving forward.