Most of us have grand dreams about one day becoming an entrepreneur. Maybe you’re working on that dream right now. It would give us so much joy to be able to work on our own, set our own hours, and make good money from working at home. This is the dream life for so many people, yet it can be difficult to understand how it all works.
Like most entrepreneurs when they start out, you might have a 9-to-5 job. You have kids to take care of and a spouse. How do you manage your life and your dream at the same time? Guys like Warren Buffett did that. They had a regular job and created a thriving empire out of the chaos.
The Internet certainly makes doing this type of job easier. It’s going to require a lot of sleepless nights and doing side jobs and gigs as you continually build your business. Over time, the profit you make from your side gigs or your hobbies will start growing. Here are several ways to manage both your job and grow your entrepreneurial spirit.
1) Do Something You Love
This is an easy one to figure out. If you’re doing what you love, it won’t seem like work. Maybe you already do something as a hobby, like painting. You have a lot of friends who like your stuff and ask where they can buy it from. This can easily turn into a full-time business if you stick with it and devote time to doing the thing that you love. So, think of starting your business as simply extending your hobby. If you love doing it, it’s much easier to figure out how to make time to do it.
2) Start Slow
You’re going to want to take massive leaps in your journey. You may get frustrated because it’s not going as quickly as you would like when you’re not making the kind of money that you want to be making from it. It can take time to build an audience and to grow your business and to something that helps you thrive. But by getting frustrated and taking giant leaps you’re not ready for, you’re only adding more work to yourself. Work you probably cannot handle and you will lose interest in the business and walk away. You might even think that it won’t be for you. Instead, start small. Go at a slow pace.
3) Find the Best Market and Platform
There are a ton of websites out there that help entrepreneurs get going in their business. Again, you might start off slow like it’s just a side gig, but websites can help you get traction. Not just building your own website, but using social media. Facebook is the marketplace. Instagram is a marketplace. You can sell things on Pinterest and Etsy. eBay and Amazon are great for e-commerce. Whatever it is you want to do, there’s a platform out there for you to showcase your talents. Do your homework and find out we are audiences hanging out and start there.
