{"id":5664,"date":"2024-07-03T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/?p=5664"},"modified":"2024-06-30T10:43:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T17:43:53","slug":"startup-intoxication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/?p=5664","title":{"rendered":"Startup intoxication!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is nothing quite as thrilling in business as igniting a startup and watching it<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5667\" src=\"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Startingup1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Startingup1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Startingup1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Startingup1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Startingup1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Startingup1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The intoxication of a new beginning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you ignore the warnings of experts?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>[Email readers, continue here&#8230;]\u00a0<\/em> <\/span>\u00a0This 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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5668\" src=\"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Startingup2-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Startingup2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Startingup2-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Startingup2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Startingup2-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Startingup2.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Write your own Hollywood script<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Images for this post created using DALL-e, MS Designer, with prompt:\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><em>Create a lifelike color image of a young entrepreneur standing in a small, bare office for the first time looking excited as he starts his journey in business. Make image transparent and ragged edges.<\/em><\/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=5664\">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-5664","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\/5664","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=5664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}