{"id":1097,"date":"2011-11-26T11:11:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T19:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2011-11-26T11:11:57","modified_gmt":"2011-11-26T19:11:57","slug":"the-thrill-of-the-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/?p=1097","title":{"rendered":"The thrill of the adventure!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">There is nothing quite as thrilling in business as igniting a startup and watching it blossom.\u00a0 Especially when starting a company with personal savings or money from relatives and friends, early signs of success are intoxicating.\u00a0 Each new customer, each mention in the press or online adds to the feeling of early accomplishment. And it is more satisfying because it is yours, from idea to execution. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">But the excitement begins much earlier.\u00a0 With newfound freedom to make independent decisions about finding a company name, where to locate the company, whether to lease an office or start from home, how to engage talent, even whether to provide free coffee to employees,\u00a0 the newly minted entrepreneur can only think of positive thoughts and great outcomes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">[Email readers, continue here&#8230;]<\/span><\/em> This moment is not to be spoiled by such mundane warnings from advisors or consultants to plan carefully, research the market and competition, and execute the plan with tenacity and enthusiasm.\u00a0 This moment is to be enjoyed for what it is: the ignition point in which the dream becomes a reality and anything is possible.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This moment is to celebrate every action, including shopping for supplies, furniture and technology to support the newly minted enterprise.\u00a0 There is never again going to be such a pristine, simple, problem-free time in the life of this business.\u00a0 Relish the experience of creation.\u00a0 Celebrate each important \u201cfirst,\u201d including the first customer order, the first day in a new office, the first new employee hired, the first earned dollar actually deposited into the bank account.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Because it is yours to write alone, there is no Hollywood script more thrilling than the one you create during those first days when everything is so very new.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is nothing quite as thrilling in business as igniting a startup and watching it blossom.\u00a0 Especially when starting a company with personal savings or money from relatives and friends, early signs of success are intoxicating.\u00a0 Each new customer, each &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/?p=1097\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ignition-starting-up"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}