BESAPRO is a website for entrepreneurs and business owners, so we thought we would start a series of articles that will assist you to identify whether you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur, and hopefully assist you to establish your business and ensure the so needed growth and success.  The worst thing ever is to start a business and after investing your time, money, and energy, you end up facing challenges you did not imagine you would face and realise that just maybe, the whole idea of becoming an entrepreneur is not for you.  Our purpose as BESAPRO is to provide a platform for networking, but also to provide you with the necessary tools and assistance in terms of proper business practices that ensure the success of your business. So, with that in mind, let’s address the elephant in the room.

What Is An Entrepreneur?

According to the dictionary, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a business thus taking on financial risks in the hope of profit. Simply put, an entrepreneur is a person who starts a business and becomes a one-man show to ensure its success and growth, while investing a lot if not all your personal finances with the hope to gain it back in profit.  Before starting the business, there are a few things that need to be in place to ensure this.  This means that before starting your business, you will need to do some homework.  You will need to take the time to do research about the business you are planning to start, but even before that, you will need to take a good look at yourself and decide whether you have the necessary skills and fortitude to be an entrepreneur.  Having the skills speaks to how you handle money, how you handle people, etc. Having fortitude speaks to how you handle rejection, whether you are able to push through when things get tough, etc.

There is a specific mindset that an entrepreneur needs, and unfortunately, not many take the time to consider these things.  Often what happens is that one gets an idea about a business because you have seen someone else doing it, and you are convinced that you can do what they are doing as well.  The danger here is that you often only see the nice, beautiful side of having a business.  You only see that the person is making money, but what you don’t see, are the challenges this person faces on a daily basis.  You don’t see how hard he has worked to get to where he is.  You don’t know about the sleepless nights he endured when it looked like the business was falling apart.  You don’t see the times he almost gave up because it looked like nothing was happening.  You don’t see the frustration he has often had to deal with when he could not make target and put food on his family’s table. 

Often on the outside, everything looks good and easy, but the reality is another story.  So before you start your business, you need to ask yourself a few questions that will give you some insight into what being an entrepreneur means, and more importantly, whether this is something you are ready for.  This information may be completely new to you, so we will stop right here and give you time to digest the information we have shared. We will post a new article every few days sharing bite-sized pieces of information that are aimed at helping you to decide whether you want to be an entrepreneur, and then we will give you the necessary tools. At the end of all this, you will find everything you need to get you started and to become a very successful business owner. Why google or go to other websites when everything you need will be right here under the BESAPRO umbrella.

BESAPRO: Market, Promote and Scale Entrepreneurs