So earlier today I wrote a post on how I started my first businesses and how I paid for each, now I am going to continue with part 2 of How you can money to start your own business… So grab a drink (coffee, tea or heck a martini if its 5pm where you are) and take out a pen and paper because if you are an entrepreneur who is looking for funding this may help a lot.

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Many of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world have gone from rags to riches in only a few years period, sometimes less. Look at Richard Branson, Donald Trump and Josh Bezoni of the SlimBodyCoach.com instead what all successful entrepreneurs have in comes seem to be: an incredible drive to succeed, a crazy passion for what they are doing and a ridiculous amount of stubborn ‘i’m going make it’ thinking.

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This is part 2 of the getting your MBA series. Don’t let the title throw you off, we are still on the topic of becoming your own Mobile Business Administrator (MBA)… but now we get to talk about the fun stuff, getting rich by letting your dreams run wild.\

In a book called The E Myth (something I recommend ALL entrepreneurs read) Michael Gerber talks about the way massive corporations are started is by beginning with the end in mind. Not only in mind, mind you, but with the end or “goal” being used as the very first step to success. In plain English? This means dream big, pick the dream that fits your entrepreneurial vision best & then tell yourself ‘this is where we are going’ and never look back…

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I went to school for almost five years for an English Literature degree… which I still am 4 credits short of technically “having” (lazy entrepreneur) but I got my MBA in a month’s time! How’d I do it? Well there is a bit of a catch… the MBA I am talking about stands for Mobile Business Administrator. Maybe you haven’t heard of it, because it isn’t really offered in the usual schools but I think its worth far more than an MBA from UCLA. You may doubt me, but when starting your own business or becoming an entrepreneur I think it is necessary to at least think about getting your MBA.

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Have you ever heard the term “selling your soul”? Well when you are trying to sell yourself and become the best sales person you can be (a trait no entrepreneur can be without) go right up to the line of soul selling & back up a few feet. Now you are ready to really sell, sell, sell.

As an newbie entrepreneur I’ve realized the one thing between me and money is a tricky little bugger called making the sale. As long as you have a good product and the ability to communicate (be it verbally, pen or with smoke signals) you have the ability to make money. People too often connect the word ‘entrepreneur’ with ideas of kid genius’ in basements creating the next Microsoft or venture capitalist funded superstars driving Lambos. Neither (and i know from personal experience) is true. The reality of starting your own small business is much more basic.

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Starting your own small business…

is not a walk in the park, but it can be the best thing you’ve ever done. But do you have what it takes? You may be asking yourself this very question. Even if you haven’t brainstormed a product to sell or decided which niche your business would fit into.. you can spend 5 minutes and analyze if you really have the characteristics of an entrepreneur. Because if you possess these three character traits, no matter how foggy your business plan is you will succeed at building your own little empire.

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