Yu-kai Chou

you’re inspiring
i’ve had ideas for small businesses floating around my head for a bit last year and tried to get a little free consulting from the SBA but it fluttered away in the hustle and bustle of life, work, school, etc. I just feel like I didn’t have enough positive influences (for business/entrepreneur stuff) or people who could help me.
I figure that I’ll try to get some more education on the subject before I go back to it. and I never felt I had the capital to hire a web designer, a CPA, a partner, etc. i guess it takes a special type of person. I’m not going to give up, it’s just that i’ve felt like i’ve never had enough hours in the day.
you are inspiring, though

Hello Matt,

Thanks for the awesome kind comment!

Here’s what I have to say to you:
I sounds like you are still going to school. First of I will tell you that there’s no better time to start a business (don’t wait until you have a lot of savings in your bank account and are 45 years old…) because you have the least to lose and so much to gain. At worse, you have something on your resume that helps you stand out.

With that said, being an entrepreneur is really about people skills and time management. You don’t need to have a lot of money to hire web designers, CPAs, etc etc. What you need to do is to make people want to work with you. I’m sure you have friends who are talented in a lot of areas, and the point of a leader/entrepreneur is to bring people to your vision. Giving them a part of the company really helps, but if you make the whole experience meaningful and exciting enough, people will want to volunteer for great opportunities.

Juggling with time is the most difficult. You have to seriously be extremely motivated. You need to quite all your activities that don’t matter 5 years from now. Would watching this TV show make your life better 5 years from now? Would making new friends matter to your life 5 years from now (YES!), you need to use your time most efficiently. If you are working too, make sure the money you make are put into things that matter. Also, make sure you are learning as much as you can from it. You don’t need to be a CPA to do your accounting. You can learn a lot of it by yourself. If you go to “My Library’ on my blog, you can see a Start-up kit that introduces you to tools that do your accounting for free, and easy ways to set up your company structure for a little amount of money.

Finally, I want to say that when you start your company, focus on tasks that make your company more valuable. Registering your licenses, printing cool business cards, making a cool logo is fun/cool and stuff, but in the early stages it does nothing to help you get closer to success. I would say focus on that.

Let me know if you need any sort of help/advice. Send me an email and we’ll talk more

Hey!

Have You been in Guatemala?

Hello Fabiola,

Nope, unfortunately I have never been to Guatemala

Hey man,

Just stumbled upon this site while trying to find the FD career site. After switching to a mac last year, I lost track of my old book marks. Good to see that things seem to be kicking up! I’ll be hopping on the Chou stream in a minute =)

Take care!
Judith

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Hey,
You seem interesting. I found your article because as I’m reading for my college class I stopped to think, how come most Asian people in know are so smart and get good grades. I know I probably shouldn’t think that but I did for a minute and then Googled it:)
Anyways I’m from Panama, came here when I was seven and now years later I’m finally realizing the importance of education. I’m so blessed to be in the states and that I’m really able to be anything I want. Your focus on education is awesome.
I pray you will be blessed:)
Heydi

Helow out there.i couldn’t resist it feeling the burning passion coming back to me once again.i am a student and a young music producer though i do a lot of things extra.i had started loosing focus in my long term process and when i passed by here i felt the motivation i need. You are realy inspiring and visiting you once has made such a big difference in my life.thank you and havd a prosperous life.

Thanks Victor for your encouragement to me too! I’m glad I’m making an impact with my blog. Feel free to let me know if I can ever help you with anything.

Hi Yu-Kai,

I wanted to attend the event on July 20th (part of CINA Social Media SIG; Fenwick & West). However, I’m in Seattle for the Casual Connect conference so wanted to find out when you may be hosting your next event? Thank you in advance for your response!

- James

If you come to Portland, I would enjoy meeting with you to discuss marketing and opportunities. I am a believer in helping others be successful. It is hard to reach your goals without the help of others; it is harder to reach your goals without ever helping others reach their goals. Sometimes you must believe in others more than they believe in themselves.

Davin

Hey,

We are actually looking to expand into different cities. Let me know if you are interested.

lol, I recently uninstalled SC2 because I found myself playing it for 4 hours a day instead of working on my startup! I had to give up Husky and Psy too But, I think it’s for the best!

That sounds wonderful though i’m still not so sure that I prefer it. Anyhow will look a lot more into it and decide personally!

Hey Yu-kai, my name is Kalimah Priforce, Co-Founder at Qykno, a Careerspotting 4 Kids platform that makes career exploration into a game for 13-17 year olds. A friend of mine, Karla Parker, met you last night and she mentioned that you worked on something similar a couple of years ago. Would love to learn more.

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