10 things I hear when I tell someone I’m starting a [widget] business.
Replace [widget] with anything: coffee shop, personal training, ad agency, invention, etc. Here’s what my friends and family typically say to me. Maybe you can relate.
1. You don’t have any contacts, you need contacts to be successful in that business
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2. How will you compete with existing widget businesses?
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3. I knew someone who tried to sell widgets once. It didn’t work out.
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4. If that’s such a good idea, why isn’t [giant company] already doing it?
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5. That’s a good idea, but [giant company] can rip you off in an instant, putting you out of business.
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6. This is just another pipe dream
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7. But where will you get the money to start it?
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8. It’s going to be hard to do this while you’re also working full time
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9. Why would anyone buy from ~you~?
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10. No one is going to want that
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11. There’s no money in that type of business
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12. If that type of business worked, everyone would do it
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