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Initial fears when starting a business?

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What were some of your initial fears when you started a business? If you're considering starting a new venture, what fears do you have concerning it?

My first fear was people not liking my work when I was a portrait artist. After that, it was the fear of not getting enough clients. Of course, the majority of people liked my work and I had a nice steady flow of customers, I just did not charge enough for my work.
 
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It is normal to have thoughts and fear on how your new business will turn out to be. But with the right plan, researches, strategy, you just need to be optimistic and consistent and believe your business will boom.
 
My biggest fear was that no one was going to see my sites, or they weren't going to go anywhere. That's something I have always been afraid of with my sites. Especially if I create a site and it doesn't rank right away or I don't get enough visitors in the first few weeks.

I also fear losing money from my new ventures. But this is all normal, you're putting a lot on the line, so it makes sense to have some fears.
 
What were some of your initial fears when you started a business? If you're considering starting a new venture, what fears do you have concerning it?

My first fear was people not liking my work when I was a portrait artist. After that, it was the fear of not getting enough clients. Of course, the majority of people liked my work and I had a nice steady flow of customers, I just did not charge enough for my work.

The fear of uncertainty when it comes to the success of the business is something that is prevalent in any entrepreneur who want to start his first business because there is no way you would know the business is going to be successful or it's going to be a failure.
 
It is a normal thing when starting a business to always have initial fear. Sometimes the fear business dying or the fear of being run over by the competitors usually consume the business owners.
 
It is a normal thing when starting a business to always have initial fear. Sometimes the fear business dying or the fear of being run over by the competitors usually consume the business owners.

Being afraid is actually a very good thing because it is going to make you take everything very seriously so that you are going to ensure that everything that is supposed to be done to make the business become successful is considered.
 
I have not started any new businesses in the last 3 years, however, when I was starting my business I did not have any fears. Well, I was starting a zero-cost business, so I did not have anything to lose. I was setting up businesses on my already running websites, therefore, I was not afraid of failing.
 
What were some of your initial fears when you started a business? If you're considering starting a new venture, what fears do you have concerning it?

My first fear was people not liking my work when I was a portrait artist. After that, it was the fear of not getting enough clients. Of course, the majority of people liked my work and I had a nice steady flow of customers, I just did not charge enough for my work.

I had the fear of how I was going to combine my personal business with going to work and it was not easy trying to convince myself that it will be easy. I am happy that I didn't give and began at the time that I started this business too. I have learnt a lot about perseverance running this business.
 
I had the fear of how I was going to combine my personal business with going to work and it was not easy trying to convince myself that it will be easy. I am happy that I didn't give and began at the time that I started this business too. I have learnt a lot about perseverance running this business.

I can understand that. When you have a job and when you plan to start your own business, things could be hard to manage. This is because under such kind of circumstances, you may not be available all the time when it comes to managing and running your business and you may need to look for a trustworthy person.
 
I can understand that. When you have a job and when you plan to start your own business, things could be hard to manage. This is because under such kind of circumstances, you may not be available all the time when it comes to managing and running your business and you may need to look for a trustworthy person.

That's exactly the point. Your current job will always take away your time that is needed to handle your personal business and a lot of planning is needed in order to ensure it works well as expected. What I do is to attempt setting things online so I can communicate with those that can help in getting deliveries done for my personal business because I run a poultry farm.
 
Being afraid is actually a very good thing because it is going to make you take everything very seriously so that you are going to ensure that everything that is supposed to be done to make the business become successful is considered.

I cannot say that it is about fear. It is all about being careful when it comes to starting a new business. Having a fear is quite normal thing. But you have to overcome your fears and understand the right way that could help you conduct business in the long term.
 
I cannot say that it is about fear. It is all about being careful when it comes to starting a new business. Having a fear is quite normal thing. But you have to overcome your fears and understand the right way that could help you conduct business in the long term.

When you're actually afraid of something, that's going to make you become very cautious whenever you're dealing with that same thing. This is how being being afraid in how you run and manage your business is applicable. I have learnt so much from fear that I started appreciating it.
 
When you're actually afraid of something, that's going to make you become very cautious whenever you're dealing with that same thing. This is how being being afraid in how you run and manage your business is applicable. I have learnt so much from fear that I started appreciating it.

Well, it is how many people would view things differently. As far as I am concerned, I would look at it in a very different manner. many people would be hypervigilant. However, being fearful in an excessive manner could make you make mistakes.
 
Well, it is how many people would view things differently. As far as I am concerned, I would look at it in a very different manner. many people would be hypervigilant. However, being fearful in an excessive manner could make you make mistakes.

Well, I'm not talking about having anxiety over whatever you want to do in your business management. No, what I'm talking about is completely different from experiencing hyperventilating. It's all about just being cautious and careful with any plans you're about to make and execute for your business.
 
If you have not tasted the waters as an entrepreneur, in your first try of starting a business, you're always going to be afraid because you're heading into uncharted waters. Even with all the information and plans you've made, you will still have fears.
This is exactly the point. There is always a fear when you are new to a business. You will be trying to get it right and when things are not working the way that you plan, you may end up feeling stressed and unhappy about the whole idea of running a business.
 
This is exactly the point. There is always a fear when you are new to a business. You will be trying to get it right and when things are not working the way that you plan, you may end up feeling stressed and unhappy about the whole idea of running a business.

This is practically the reason why it is always going to be in your best interest to not rush everything when you are still trying to start a new business. When you are able to take your time and go through the whole process stage-by-stage, you will find it a bit more easier to be able to start the business successfully without being under a lot of pressure.
 
This is practically the reason why it is always going to be in your best interest to not rush everything when you are still trying to start a new business. When you are able to take your time and go through the whole process stage-by-stage, you will find it a bit more easier to be able to start the business successfully without being under a lot of pressure.

It is not about rushing but about running a pilot survey first. Doing what will show you whether the business plan is going to work the way that you plan it or not. This is something that I have always talked about when I advise new business persons to take a small sample of doing business to see what works and what doesn't.
 
It is not about rushing but about running a pilot survey first. Doing what will show you whether the business plan is going to work the way that you plan it or not. This is something that I have always talked about when I advise new business persons to take a small sample of doing business to see what works and what doesn't.

When someone is rushing to do anything when it comes to planning on how to start a new business, the person is definitely going to be making series of mistake with doing things they are not supposed to do when they are supposed to do another thing. This will all contribute to what is going to make it very difficult for starting that business to become a success.
 
Honestly, it is wasting time. I know a lot of people spend massive amounts of hours and end up with failed projects. You can't buy back time and it is a sad reality for a lot of people trying to make a new business and investing years into it only for it to fail.
 

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