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…”
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