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Entrepreneurship and isolation, do the two go hand in hand?

Question: 

Sir, I am both entrepreneurial and social.  As a recent university graduate I miss being among other people.  Being around others invigorates me.  As I grow my business and hire new employees will I feel reinvigorated?  Does it matter if the people you work with are your “equals” or are people you hired?

Answer:

Isolation is not a pre-requisite for Entrepreneurship, although it is easy to fall into this mindset. 

Something that is very difficult to predict prior to starting your own business is how lonely it is potentially going to be. You’ve got two employees, neither of which even vaguely understand what you’re all about. You’ve got 10 customers and 3 suppliers and they’re not interested in your personal welfare either. So what to do and who to turn to? Read more »

Your small business needs effective leadership.  Possibly your most important asset besides your product is your intrapreneur.

You have decided that you are entrepreneur not intrapreneur.  Your business needs an intrapreneur – the entrepreneur inside the business. But how can you identify such a key component of your team? You can’t afford to get this one wrong.

To help, I have highlighted 30 ways to spot an intrapreneur, those key traits which mark him out as the special one, the one that your business can’t do without.

An Intrapreneur ……… Read more »