The Worst Business Advice

13 professionals from the Young Entrepreneur Council were asked about the worst business advice they’ve ever heard.

Their responses, in brief…

• There’s a market for everything
• Fake it until you make it
• Open your business when you’re ready
• Follow your passion and money will follow
• Don’t reinvent the wheel
• Always be closing
• Pay yourself first
• Growth equals success
• Don’t treat team members as family
• Take the money and run
• It’s better not to take risks
• There’s no such thing as good debt
• Don’t make friends in business

Funny thing is, you can probably find a successful entrepreneur attributing their success to each piece of “bad” advice above 😂

Goes to show how complex entrepreneurship is. The deeper you get into it, the more you realize that the best advice usually begins with, “It depends…”