Being an Entrepreneur

In the first article of this series about metrics, I introduced this topic and argued that metrics are vital for businesses and for our personal and professional life. For the second entry I will talk about metrics, this time from the perspective of Internet. As I mentioned briefly in the …

In our modern world, we can find metrics almost everywhere. We have metrics for both our personal life and business life. They show us our progress and current state, which implies that we can make decisions with this information. A couple days ago I heard someone say that every single …

Some weeks ago the Colombian Ecommerce Chamber (CCCE for its Spanish stands) published the results of the first Colombian e-commerce study. On the results we found that on 2013 (take into account the study was made for 2013 and not 2014) the sales with credit card and debit card through …

One of the biggest challenges entrepreneurs face is starting their new business because in most cases they have to start with little financial resources. Excluding entrepreneurs who have their own money to invest, it is very difficult to find a case in which a project has received funds before it …

This is the first post I am writing for 2015 -that is actually just starting­- after a period in which I wasn’t able to write due to my workload. First of all I want to apologize for not writing during this period but I hope I can be able to …

For the eight and last article of this series about how to be successful as an Entrepreneur, I will talk about a very important subject that many times is left behind, because we don’t considerate it important or because we just don’t have the time. I’m talking about the final …

The question that is the title of this post is a subject that many entrepreneurs and businessmen face on their companies. Many times the easier answer is “the cobbler should stick to his last”. In this way managers think that Internet – and in general all the technologies- is a …

For this penultimate article of this series, where I share some of the most important steps for becoming an entrepreneur, I introduce 3 elements. These elements are complementary and should be taken seriously by everyone. You will probably see how these elements are closely related, not only among each other, …

Even though the entrepreneurship process brings a ton of satisfactions, it is a decision that will bring many pressures we will have to face. On one hand we will have to face difficult times in order to obtain economical resources to start our business, sell our products or services, define …

For the previous 5 entries of this series about the steps needed to become an entrepreneur, we’ve analyzed different steps required to become a successful entrepreneur. For instance, in the third step we talked about deciding to begin this road. This step might look similar to the current step, taking …