Archive for the ‘Entrepreneurs’ Category
January 10th, 2011 | 
Author: Entrepreneurs are at the heart of the modern free market economy. As wealth creators, entrepreneurs are indispensable. There are also great rewards for the successful entrepreneur. Perhaps the most reliable way of getting rich is by founding a successful company.
This being said, there are many things that must be considered before you make a decision on becoming an entrepreneur. There are many risks and many demands that come to the individual with entrepreneurship.
Financial Risks
There are great costs associated with starting any business. To pay for these costs the typical entrepreneur must take on a great amount of risk. Starting a business inevitably means that the typical entrepreneur must assume a great amount of personal debt. Of course, if the business he or she starts becomes successful, this debt will be paid off. If the business fails, however, this debt can cause a great financial burden.
Work
Starting a business is not something to take lightly in terms of risks involved or of the effort. There is a great amount of work that must be done when starting a business and in running it. One of the benefits of entrepreneurship is being your own boss, but this also means that you will be forced to drive yourself to long hours with little immediate reward. Entrepreneurship entails responsibility, which in turn entails work. Read the rest of this entry »
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During the celebration, last week, Congress Financial Advisor (EFPA), key financial institutions Spain showed the rotation of the marketing policies of their institutions only advice to investors. If put into practice a change of philosophy will become big news, although it actually looks like the change occurs. Mass marketing of certain financial products in recent months, including the notification rules, does not encourage optimism.
For now, most financial institutions, including those regarded as “private banking”, has been based on performance in manufacturing and marketing products to their customers. The focus has been on the product to market, rather than customer needs.
The financial crisis the last two years have shown the existence of investment risk, until now truly appreciated. Among others:
Issuer Risk. Entities repeatedly sell products that a guarantor is a third entity whose shares are theoretically even more dense than the merchant bank. With Lehman’s bankruptcy became clear that there is no good ranking issuer is an absolute guarantee. Issuer Risk is always there, but small.
Let’s do business. If we come to the conclusion that we have a business idea, now is the time to explain how the business will generate. If we come to the conclusion that we have an idea but do not know how to make a business of, well, we still have time. We must devote more time to think about it, after all we are not spending money for the project, and thought not too bad.
How to know if there is a business? The idea is too simple: there will be a business if someone is willing to pay money for the purchase, use, lease, contract, etc. Our products or services, and better pay more money. But be careful, detailed in expression did not pay money for “use” or “consume” your product or service. New teachers too we insist on offering a free product of Economics and services for “future” customers have come to forget the small details.