Comments on: Why You Should Give Your Business A Chance To Succeed

By: Yanuar

Yanuar — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:11:12 +0000

i have spent more than 6 month to give more chance for my business to grow, and now i can have it. With patience and courage, you can make this happen

Thanks for your article, i’m sure lots of people will get inspired

By: john

john — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:22:27 +0000

wow that sounds familiar, i think thats the problem with most people. working for yourself sounds good in theory but when it comes down to hard work people tend to put it off and hope a business will continue making money. if it does not make money quick enough they simply give up

By: Carol L. Skolnick, Clear Life Solutions

Carol L. Skolnick, Clear Life Solutions — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:48:02 +0000

You do have to follow through if you want results. But as you say, Dawud, following through does not necessarily mean you’re going to be a success. Thanks for pointing that out, even though it’s not the main point of the article, I believe this is a very important reality check. We can do everything “right” and if it’s not meant to be, it’s going to die, and it should; how else can you find the next thing that will work? I love that Churchill quote that goes something like “Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”

By: Ana Hegyi

Ana Hegyi — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:49:48 +0000

i just found your blog and i started to read your articles and i realized that have pasted 3 hours in front of the computer reading your articles.its a real pleasure to find what i need.thanks!

By: The Article Nut

The Article Nut — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:09:42 +0000

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By: vicemax

vicemax — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:12:54 +0000

Some additional info:

Give Your Startup a Fighting Chance
1. Test first. Launch your product or service before you have funding. See how people respond to it before you have a PowerPoint and business plan – have something people can use, and go from there.

2. Seek outside feedback. As you start building the product, don’t assume that you know all the answers. Listen to the community and adapt. We had a lot of our own ideas about how the service would evolve. Coming from PayPal and eBay, we saw YouTube as a powerful way to add video to auctions, but we didn’t see anyone using our product that way, so we didn’t add features to support it.

3. Give partners what they want. Approach your business partners with concepts that they can get their heads around, and try to respond to their needs. An interesting example is what we’ve done with the music labels. With Warner and others, we saw an opportunity to protect the labels’ rights and create a new market. Now we can do things like add music to people’s travel videos. It allows users the freedom to create and to do it legally.

By: HIP Newcastle

HIP Newcastle — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:40:01 +0000

So right!! i run a Home Information Pack business in the UK. You have to keep on digging away and strive for success. It will not just fall on your lap. You need the desire. Funnily i wrote an article maybe of interest as part of my 2nd blog post today. See my new blog

By: Email Protection

Email Protection — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:07:22 +0000

The kind of problems happen to me also. I have great ideas in my mind from time to time and I talk about them with my friends to exchange opinions. I feel the reason I can not be successful is that I lack the consistence after considering what kind of difficulties I will meet. And I am not brave enough to go ahead. Most people are like me. That’s also the reason that to be successful is not easy.

By: Li Evans

Li Evans — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:30:52 +0000

thanks so much for this post. wow, it really made me think long and hard about somethings. i’m really glad when i can find blog posts that can do that.

a little self reflection and a tough, long look in the mirror is what this post gave me, and it’s something I really needed.

Dawud, thanks for sharing this!

Best-
~Li Evans

By: Omni Financial

Omni Financial — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:46:44 +0000

This is spot on. Before starting my current company I had been trying to get startups going for years. It wasn’t until I really committed to something before I saw any real success.