entrepreneurship

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Why I Created "Another" Entrepreneur Retreat Company

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Why I Created "Another" Entrepreneur Retreat Company

There are a s!@$load of entrepreneur-focused events and retreats out there...

Baby Bathwater, Archangel Summit (& Masters), Mastermind Talks, Summit, Two12, the list goes on and on. If you want to go somewhere for a few days, hang out with other entrepreneurs and company founders, learn a thing or two, and connect with some great people, you have no shortage of amazing options.

I've attended a lot of these events and I always get massive value out of going. Surrounding myself with people who think big and who think about being more successful - on all levels - causes me to up my own game.

So why the hell would I start a business in this space (with Mastermind Adventures last year)?

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Are you an Entrepreneur?

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Are you an Entrepreneur?

I love being an entrepreneur. I love the freedom of being able to do what I want, when I want, to set my own schedule and set my own course in life. I couldn't imagine myself following any other path (the rare times in life when I did, it usually didn't turn out particularly well.)

Being an entrepreneur is also incredibly hard.

Entrepreneurship often comes with a heavy emotional toll. It's all consuming and takes over your life in ways you can't imagine.

It's a jealous lover that doesn't like to share. 

Here's some straight talk on entrepreneurship, from someone who's been doing it for 19 years. 

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Profit is Not a Four-Letter Word

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Profit is Not a Four-Letter Word

I attend many entrepreneurship events and belong to several entrepreneurship groups. There I see entrepreneurs hungry for success, entrepreneurs who recognize that the bottom line is the most important measure of their success - an organization that makes healthy profits can grow, can scale, and can impact more customers. 

I would describe very few of these entrepreneurs as greedy - they are simply driven to make their companies succeed. They're driven by passion for an idea and recognize that the best way to see that idea spread is to build a highly profitable enterprise.

Applied to the social enterprise sector, that same profit drive, would, in my humble opinion, be transformative. It's why I urge social entrepreneurs to address their business model first, then build out their 'social' model.