{"id":19711,"date":"2016-02-23T17:50:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T22:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/?p=19711"},"modified":"2020-03-30T19:26:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T23:26:51","slug":"essential-business-tips-from-3-top-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/professional-development\/essential-business-tips-from-3-top-entrepreneurs","title":{"rendered":"Essential business tips from three top entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s hard to define what exactly \u201csuccess\u201d means in the world of business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my experience, becoming successful means that you\u2019ve achieved the goals you set out to accomplish, regardless of what those goals are. Your goal could be to earn $100,000 a year working for yourself<\/a>, build and sell a startup for $100 million in the next five years, create a less stressful lifestyle for yourself, or something completely different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing that sets successful business owners apart from the rest is that they actively seek out advice and aren\u2019t afraid to change course, based on the experiences of others who are exactly where they want to be in their careers. They\u2019re also not afraid of working day and night<\/a>, in order to achieve their goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/oMzDXW_2GIU\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I asked a few of my favorite entrepreneurs to share with me their single most important piece of business advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cScratch your own itch\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGo after solving a problem that you have,\u201d says Chase Jarvis. \u201cSomething that\u2019s near and dear to you, not some random market opportunity. Because when things get hard, if you\u2019re chasing just the dollars, or a random market opportunity, you\u2019re not going to be able to have the fortitude, the passion, to stick with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since making quite a name for himself in the world of photography, Jarvis went on to co-found, CreativeLive<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest live streaming education company. He credits much of his success to following his passions and only pursuing opportunities that he\u2019s genuinely interested in, rather than settling for pursuing just any profitable business idea<\/a> that came his way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t give up, don\u2019t take anything personally, and don\u2019t take no for an answer.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nasty Gal<\/a> began as merely an eBay store back in 2006 that Sophia Amoruso used to sell vintage clothing she found, mostly from local thrift stores. She\u2019s since transformed the business into a multi-million dollar company that was named the \u201cFastest Growing Retailer\u201d in 2012. Recently, the author of the New York Times<\/em> best seller #GIRLBOSS<\/em><\/a> has stepped out of her role as the CEO of Nasty Gal to become the executive chairman, shifting her focus to overseeing the creative and brand marketing functions of the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amoruso credits much of her hard-earned success to her inability to accept failure as an option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe people who told me no were the people who eventually told me yes,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFollow your heart\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lewis Howes, the New York Times<\/em> best-selling author of The School of Greatness<\/em><\/a> and host of the podcast bearing the same name, is a professional athlete turned entrepreneur. After suffering a debilitating injury on the field, Howes\u2019 football career was finished. Overnight, he lost his ability to do what he was passionate about and was forced to discover a new way to live with purpose. Now, he\u2019s a writer, speaker, and online educator who teaches entrepreneurs how to grow their online businesses<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of the line of work you\u2019re in, your skill sets, and passions in life, starting and growing a successful business can be done with the right combination of hard work, determination, and seizing of the opportunities that come your way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: Katy McCourt-Basham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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