One of the Ten Commandments of Entrepreneurship: the first step towards early entrepreneurship

All those who are ready to start a business encounter the same problem: When to take the first step. There is no standard answer to this proposition. But whether the preparation is really ready, but often is the key to determine the success or failure of entrepreneurship.

You want to do it, passion, entrepreneurship.

Zhao Lin original job is insurance brokers, "job instability, income fluctuations, total feeling involuntarily." At the end of 2002, Zhao Lin decided to resign from the original company.

"Playing for two months, from the beginning of 2003 to open the idea of a shop to the next small shop, I only spent one months, now think, it is really difficult to estimate the problem." "The store under the Zhao Lin is located in Long Fusoi Street, which is a famous clothing store in Beijing on the street, because of the famous, so the rent is expensive." Although she took over the shop only 12 square meters, but one months rent also to 16500 yuan.

After renting this shop, Zhao Lin began to decorate. As a result of her high demand for decoration, this 12 square meters of space, decoration, even inside to the outside of the total cost of 15000 yuan.

Blind sourcing Options

By contrast, Zhao Lin's readiness for sourcing was even more hasty than that of a store. Listen to others said Guangzhou goods good, so Zhao Lin in decorate shop at the same time, on the train went to Guangzhou, and then she learned that the source is actually in Shenzhen. Then, Zhao Lin to Shenzhen, and found the source distribution of the market, so Zhao Lin finally found the channels of purchase. "But because of the urgency of the time, I only have a day of purchase, the results of the rush to take the goods are not in line with the market, this is my return to Beijing, the store was officially opened after the discovery. "Zhao Lin has spent nearly 30,000 yuan on this purchase. "But because the purchase cost is really high, this money actually did not buy how many clothes, plus the clothing style is not very suitable for the market at the time, the end of March 2003 after the store opened business is not very good." I thought it was because I had no experience, so I was not particularly anxious. "Zhao Lin thinks it will soon turn around."

Encounter "SARS" attack

However, things did not follow the Zhao Lin plan. "April 2003, ' Sars ' came, no one on the street. "Zhao Lin very helpless, because the risk of insufficient estimates, liquidity preparation is not sufficient, then she has been somewhat stretched." Forced to helpless, after the Zhao Lin inventory all the loss of sale, hope to use the funds to adjust the source.

But because the rent is too expensive, and a clerk, the monthly cost is too high. Shaving the cost of clothing, the rent of the store, the cost of operating after the money is still not earned. After a few discussions with the landlord to reduce the rent has not been supported, the store finally closed at the end of 2003.

Comments

First-time entrepreneurs are prone to congenital deficiencies: no experience, no resources, no skills. From this point of view, the morning and evening of entrepreneurship is not related to age, only when the experience, resources, skills are prepared accordingly, it is the right time. But in real life, many entrepreneurs are worried about long-time preparation will kill their ambitions and rush to start, and precisely forget the "ax" the old saying.

Prescription

In general, it is recommended that a first-time entrepreneur choose to enter a medium-sized company in a relevant industry before starting a business, and seek the position of the Department as much as possible. Because too small companies often only involve a link in the industrial chain, and too big companies often overstaffing not conducive to the cultivation of ability. In the work period, in addition to work hard to do their job should also work hard to study the industry, and many other departments to communicate with colleagues, as far as possible to develop capacity, and accumulate contacts. If all goes well, the initial experience and the accumulation of resources can be completed in a year or so, and the odds of a successful startup will be much higher than a year ago.