Garage Entrepreneurs

We’ve assembled some top tips for young entrepreneurs from a few of our dedicated members. We asked them: What would be your best advice for a young, passionate entrepreneur or would-be entrepreneur? Joe Ornato – Founder, Ornato Group Create a backstage process.  Write down all the steps that it will take to give your customer the ultimate experience.  Natural sales people tend to “do” what they “know” intuitively, without getting into a well-defined process.  Building a process allows for: consistency, duplication, […] Continue Reading Best Advice for Young Entrepreneurs

The absolute best way to find a good idea is to look for a good idea. As an EIT (Entrepreneur-in-Training), you need to realize that a great business idea will never just ‘fall into your lap’.  In my experience, and from speaking to successful young entrepreneurs, you must actively partake in an ideation process. There are many places that you can look for a good idea, but some of my favorites have been included in a past post that I wrote on Entrepreneurial […] Continue Reading Young Entrepreneurs: To Find a Good Idea, LOOK For One!

As an entrepreneur, your schedule is bound to overload. There are times when you’re in a normal routine, getting up early, working hard, managing your time well and (most importantly) getting stuff done. There are other times, however where demands on your time become tighter and you’ll having a hard time getting up earlier, and staying focused on your business. Here’s how you can battle through: Lean on your business partner. Fortunately for me, I have a fantastic business partner who […] Continue Reading Staying Motivated as a Young Entrepreneur

Can someone learn to be an entrepreneur? Whether or not someone can learn, in a class room setting, the skills to become a successful entrepreneur is intensely debated. There are those who say you cannot learn how to be an entrepreneur, you simply have to learn by doing. On the opposite side of the spectrum, there are those who say you can learn basic entrepreneurial skills, and you can study the mistakes of others to avoid making them on your own. […] Continue Reading “Learning” Entrepreneurship