A) Sickness (stay healthy)
B) Inertia (start NOW)
C) Doubts (only built what you would want to use)
D) Laziness (toiling over the mountains)
E) Carelessness or be detail oriented
F) Vacillating (no middle ground)
G) No progress (move to another idea or business)
H) Delusions (“Am I smoking crack?”)
I) You Fall Backwards (Time to get creative now to overcome obstacles)
Source: http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/05/the-nine-ways-to-guarantee-success/
This is the window display of XC Art Restoration Inc on 604 Mt. Pleasant Rd, Toronto. Website: http://www.artrestoration.ca/
Creative Marketing
Entire Window Display
I really like it very much as it is different and it stands out. I stop by the first time I passed by the store to wonder if this was an accident and why the bowl was broken into pieces. It gets more interesting, since the next door is also a china shop and here is their window display.
Old School Marketing
Which one gets your attention?
I have been wondering for some time how I could get more customers effectively until I went to the gym at Good Life.
I really like what these guys do to get new customers; they hand out FREE one day passes that you as a member can pass on to your friends and have them go with you. This is just amazing and benefits everybody: you as a member are happy because you can bring a friend; your friend is happy because they get FREE pass and Good Life is happy because they got you to find and bring a new customer to them at what cost? only $2! where that customer could pay in membership fees over 5 years more than $3,000. THAT’S SMART!!!
Source: http://www.inc.com/guides/201108/making-the-most-of-a-start-up-incubator_pagen_2.html
6. They focus on fixing their weaknesses
5. They don’t understand and underestimate the power of marketing
4. They immediately seek grants, investors or substantial loans
3. They don’t have enough come-up capital
2. They don’t develop the essential qualities of successful entrepreneurs
1. They start a business for the wrong reasons
Source: http://under30ceo.com/top-6-reasons-beginning-entrepreneurs-fail/
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