“What good is it having a belly ifthere’s no fire in it? Wake up, drinkyour passion, light a match, and getto work,”
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hat Does It Really Take To Become An Entrepreneur?
When I was writing my book, The Prosperous Leader, which focuses on how to take charge and grow your business, I had an amazing encounter with a famous author, Michael E. Gerber, who wrote The E-Myth: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It. During our conversation, we talked about my father, a Holocaust survivor, who built his own business called Gel Spice Company in 1955, after having gone through the war and being left without money, connections, or even knowing the language. He grew that business from a small storefront in Brooklyn to a huge facility in New Jersey with multiple warehouses and eventually earned millions.
Gerber encouraged me to write about what I had seen in him firsthand — how a determined entrepreneur can start a business from the ground up, and what really goes into making it succeed. That became the background for The Prosperous Leader. Now I have a business of my own called Yeda LLC. In addition to “Yeda” meaning knowledge in Hebrew, it’s also the acronym for my father’s Hebrew name — Yissochar Dov Engel. Stated simply, my goal is to help business owners succeed. I evaluate their strengths and abilities, and provide leadership coaching, mentoring, and training. Today, people look at the entrepreneurial world as glamorous. They assume that being your own boss is the dream and, once achieved, everything will be smooth sailing.
But it’s certainly not that easy. So should you take the leap into business ownership? Before you do, make sure the following ideas and practices are in the forefront of your mind and ready to be put into place.
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