Entrepreneurial advices!

Taken from www.fairenterprise.com

Today we talked to Björn Söderberg about social entreprenurship and idéas for Brasil and Sweden. He is a very interessting guy whit a lot of experience in this area. What I would like to share with you now is some of the advices he gives and what is important to have in mind when you want to engage in social entrepreneurship;

1. First of all, don't be afraid of faileure. The one who never tries never will succeed. 


2. Don't digg your head down in paper work, out and sell instead!


3.Don't rely on grants, out and sell!


4. Don't worry about accounting, out and sell!


5. Nothing goes as planned, get used to it!


6. Work. hard.


7. Read number 6 again.

It sounds so easy in plain words but the consencus of all of this is that you shouldn't let these none arrised problems, in form of paperwork and accounting be any obstacle. Because without any sales what would you then have accounting for? The relation to getting grants shouldn't be addictive in they way that you couldn't survive without it, because then your idea or way of working isn't bearing.  Get used to the unpredictable wich is very present in the life of a social entrepreneur, and see it instead as a way of finding new opportunities. Björn says he has failed a lot, but every faileure becomes a new experience. Let the idea of making a difference combined with the social and environmental approach be the key and work at 120% or not at all.

Taken from www.fairenterprise.com

More to come,