The entrepreneurial journey is full of excitement, challenges and opportunities. Entrepreneurs are full of resilience, creativity, grit and passion. Once that “light bulb moment” happens and an idea pops into the back of your mind, planning begins. Inspiration and ideation are followed by creating a blueprint.
As things begin to take shape, budding entrepreneurs must pick up a pen and write a business plan. After writing a business plan, it is crucial to ask mentors, experts, potential customers, friends, and family for assistance, review, and validation. Requesting and receiving feedback is part of the refinement process that lays the foundation for bringing your business to fruition.
Turning your vision into reality can be scary. From raising funds to securing a location to marketing your business, the concept of bringing an idea to fruition can be a big leap.
While resilience and adaptability are part of the character of most entrepreneurs, sometimes accountability is needed to keep the train moving forward.
Accountability, by definition, means holding someone accountable for your actions, and for small business owners and entrepreneurs, holding yourself accountable can be difficult.
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What if you had a person or group of people to help you? Someone to support you, motivate you, and hold you accountable for what you say you’ll do? Regular meetings where you could set measurable goals and get help reaching them?
Welcome to 90×90, this revolutionary approach to accountability is here and now.
If you’re ready to accelerate the growth of your business over the next 90 days (the first 90 days), join this exclusive workshop from Envision Greater Fond du Lac to help you strategically plan the next chapter for your business. In just 1 hour and 30 minutes (the second 90 days), participants will gain valuable insights, tools, and strategies that will propel their business to the next level.
Participating in a program like 90×90 can help you broaden your perspective, realign your efforts, and help you grow and scale. Having someone to rely on can help answer some of the questions an entrepreneur faces: Do I fully understand my market? Are I fully aware of my customers’ needs? Do I have the right technology systems in place? Is my infrastructure robust?
Having a strong foundation is the foundation your business needs to survive. Seeking insight, innovation and leadership from like-minded people gives new business owners the opportunity to see the bigger picture.
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Entrepreneurship is a transformative journey. It is not for the faint of heart. It will bring good and bad, successes and setbacks, and will probably be the most interesting (and frustrating?) learning experience you’ve ever had.
If after reading this you’re still interested in taking the next step, Envision can help you: Visit https://www.envisiongreaterfdl.com/entrepreneurship/ for information about 90×90 events and other helpful tools and resources you can explore along the way.
For more information about Envision Greater Fond du Lac overall, please visit https://www.envisiongreaterfdl.com/
Tracy Qualmann is senior director of marketing and communications at Envision Greater Fond du Lac.
