Hello, everyone. This is Alejandro Cremades, and today we’re going to be talking about
the advantages of being an entrepreneur. Let’s face it. Being an entrepreneur is super underrated.
It’s one of the most fulfilling things that one can experience. Obviously, at this point,
you may be benchmarking, like against pros and cons, and whether to understand if this
is something you may want to take on or not. In today’s video, we’re going to provide
you with some insights so that you’re able to decide whether or not making that leap
of faith makes sense for you. So with that being said, let’s get into it.
The first thing is that you are the master of your own destiny. Now, you don’t have
a boss; you don’t have a corporation that may decide to fire you the next day. Also,
you’re able to control your direction, the way that you learn, the way that you go about
things, the initiatives that you want to do. Then, also, the segment that you want to be
in. As an entrepreneur, you’re able to control your own destiny where your future career
is heading, and that is super fulfilling. It is also the sanest and safest path. Obviously,
being an entrepreneur is not easy. It’s full of ups and downs. It’s a super risky
scenario, but also anything that has to do with business is risky as well. As I said
earlier, you can be in a job in a corporation, and they can fire you at any point.
So, here, by being your own boss, by having your own business, you’re going to be calling
the shots. You’re going to be the master and your own boss. You don’t need to report
to anyone or to rely on a third party to control where your future is heading. At the end of
the day, being an entrepreneur is going to be the safest path to develop that career
and to have those successes being super fulfilling. You live and die with no regrets. I can’t
stress enough how one of the biggest questions or the biggest regrets that people have is
the “What if?” What if I had done this. What if I had done that. That is one of the
biggest regrets when you’re coming to the final days in your life.
So, really being an entrepreneur and taking that leap of faith is going to be super fulfilling
in that regard where you’re not going to have “What ifs?” You actually saw that
idea. You saw that opportunity. You were excited. You were passionate about that specific problem
that you wanted to address, to resolve, to bring a solution to market, and there are
going to be no regrets when you get to those years because you can surely bet that you
lived your life the way that you wanted to live it and that you had no “What ifs?”
because you actually did what you thought made sense at that point.
Being an entrepreneur, you can also make your own decisions and do it better. You can also
use data to iterate, to see what’s working, what’s not working. Obviously, those business
plans bringing to market; it’s not going to work anymore.
You can use a pitch deck, just like the pitch deck template that you can see below, to develop
your story, to see what the customers are saying, what potential employees or potential
investors so that you continue to iterate. But with data, you’re going to be able to
develop that story, that story that you’re going to be using in order to create that
possibility, that possibility around the universe that you’re creating of customers, employees,
or investors to continue pushing things forward. Then forget about the peer pressure. Here
as an entrepreneur, you’re going to have that opportunity to develop the future that
you want to see, to put that gap that you’re seeing in the market, in that future that
perhaps you’re seeing in front of you because at the end of the day when you become an entrepreneur
is because you are seeing a problem that is there in the marketplace, and that you develop
a solution to address what is happening in the market.
Then also, as an entrepreneur, you have the possibility of building a legacy, creating
something that is generating not only great wealth for your business, but also, when you
die, you’re remembered. And that is one of the biggest things because being part of
this world and putting a dent in it and doing it in a way in which people are going to remember
you is super, super powerful. You can also teach your kids to do the same
because by your kids looking at you, seeing how you’re executing. I’ve got to tell
you that some of the best entrepreneurs that I have interviewed in the DealMakers podcast,
where I have interviewed super successful entrepreneurs, their parents were also entrepreneurs.
They were able to see the ups, the downs, to see how they embrace the journey and how
fulfilling the highs are. So being an entrepreneur, you’re going to be able to teach your kids
that they can also create the future that they want to grow into.
Also, as an entrepreneur, you have the opportunity to make a difference to others. You can empower
other entrepreneurs once you’ve come across, and you’ve really experienced that journey.
Part of entrepreneurship and being an entrepreneur is the pay-it-forward mentality because there
are going to be some other people that are going to come and are going to try to go through
the same path that you’re heading into. With that being said, I’d love to hear on
the comment section what you’re up to. Then also take a look at the fundraising training,
which is the program where we help entrepreneurs with fundraising anywhere from A to Z. We
have live Q&As, templates, agreements, a community of entrepreneurs helping each other all over
the world, and I find that you will find great value in it. Thank you so much for watching.
Out Take: Then also, take a look at the video. [Daddy!] Please, I’m recording.