Comments on: 7 Business Mistakes That Nearly Broke Me… Literally

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:12:47 +0000

Awesome, as long as you’re learning about what to avoid and what it takes to make something happen I am happy.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:09:26 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion Miko. I’ll have to check that site out.

By: Best Make Money Online

Best Make Money Online — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:33:01 +0000

These are very good warnings and also very humanizing of you to show us how you are doing whatever possible to learn from your mistakes and help others avoid at least those if possible.

By: Miko Larsen

Miko Larsen — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:38:51 +0000

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By: fooduciary

fooduciary — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:45:48 +0000

Spreading myself too thin I think is my biggest weakness. So many ideas, I want to tackle them all at once. Still learning to prioritize.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:48:35 +0000

Thanks,
I don’t mind giving advice. I try and help when I can and hope people will benefit from it.
I appreciate the kind words. And hope you were able to benefit from it as well.

By: Malignant Hypertension

Malignant Hypertension — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:35:56 +0000

Wow, I hope you don’t get bombarded with requests for too many free advice, LOL. Anyway, just kidding. But seriously, that’s very generous of you to give free accounting help. I am sure lots of people will benefit from your help. That’s spreading very good Karma, by the way. I love it!

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:06:14 +0000

Taking responsibility for your pitfalls is essential to business success. Good luck!

By: Don @ Social Profit Formula

Don @ Social Profit Formula — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:03:17 +0000

Making mistakes is absolutely fine as long as you learn from them; if you think that you aren’t making mistakes then you’re probably aren’t doing anything. For me mistakes are additional motivation, after I have done something stupid I have a tendency to work twice as hard to make up for my mistake, taking the responsibility also helps, back in a days I used to blame it on somebody else but me, but that wasn’t helpful, after I started accepting the fact that I was responsible for that and it is my job to solve it, things seem to improve significantly.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:12:20 +0000

Thanks! Glad you found it useful, good luck!

By: Microsoft Contact Management Software

Microsoft Contact Management Software — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:51:42 +0000

We all made mistakes, and it’s a normal part of life. The only thing we’ve got to master is how to make use of our own mistakes in order to strengthen as up. By the way, about what you said at “Be careful whom you trust”. It is really hard to trust someone else in business. You don’t know which one should you give in and which one shouldnt. Great post Neil.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Mon, 30 May 2011 22:11:00 +0000

Yeah, integrated them into the business is the best way to improve productivity, and a team spirit.

By: abdul

abdul — Mon, 30 May 2011 01:26:14 +0000

It’s sad to hear from your experienced, yes I agreed with you what matter you had done you cannot depend 100% on your staffs, keep watching and involve even small things in your business !

By: Acai

Acai — Sun, 29 May 2011 03:18:14 +0000

Collection Agencies are much cheaper than a lawyer. You only pay when they successfully collect the debt. Lawyer is the last resort.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:09:04 +0000

That’s very true. One should be very picky with who they employ.

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By: Mr. Rechnung Bezahlen

Mr. Rechnung Bezahlen — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:51:24 +0000

All youve written is so true…

Especially the part about who to hire as an employee. I really had bad luck with some employees. And i didnt got paid too – after half a year without payments you shouldnt expect anyone to pay.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:49:08 +0000

It’s a problem that everyone faces… even me But sooner or later you start to realize it quicker.

By: Derek Jansen

Derek Jansen — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:59:52 +0000

“Dont Spread Yourself Too Thin” – great point Neil – couldn’t agree more. This was a lesson I learnt very early in my career (the hard way). Always good to see the “pros” sharing their knowledge online. Keep it up.

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By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:46:51 +0000

Thanks for the input. Luckily people are happy working for me… but I could be wrong.

By: Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 02:14:18 +0000

I’ve read a few of your posts now and quite honestly, I think that you are a fucking idiot, and that your employees must be miserable. It seems like you treat them like children. Furthermore, your grammar is atrocious, and I am shocked beyond belief that anyone would ever give you a loan or invest in any company you had started. While some of your mistakes are classic, most of your advice is either copied from other blogs or the worst advice that I have ever read. I would end this with a statement telling you to go to something else with your life, except that I cannot imagine a single thing that you would be good at. Cheers.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:08:49 +0000

Yes, a mentor should be someone who is doing or has done what you’re trying to do. If you don’t many people that are doing what you want to do, then go out there and find them . Hit up mixers, seminars, etc.

By: Singapore SEO Guy

Singapore SEO Guy — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:43:43 +0000

I would love to have a mentor to “guide” and offer a different prospective. However, I do not know of many people in the online / digital world that can offer me advices – That is my biggest challenge.

In your opinion, does a mentor needs to understand the field that you are doing? If not, what you are getting would be generic business advices right?

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 05:47:42 +0000

I think what can really help you would be to find a mentor you trust to advise you. I know that’s helped me drastically. You’ll also get a different perspective, because it’s to easy to get caught up.

By: Singapore SEO Guy

Singapore SEO Guy — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:04:55 +0000

I got myself in into point 1 (Don’t spread yourself too thin) and point 3 (Be careful whom you trust), although at the lower scale compare to yours.

Now that my business is in a position to hire people, point 4 & 5 seems to be hitting me now.

I’m in the middle of developing a social review site, and point 7 is surely on the card. Time is definitely not on my side.

I always tell myself if only I have a mentor who can guide me, I would not have got into the sort of business mistakes that I made. I’m starting to fall in love with this blog!

Excellent real life business advices.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 19:55:32 +0000

Try elance.com

By: Sona Loria

Sona Loria — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:12:12 +0000

Very nice post and right to the point. I don’t know if this is in fact the best place to ask but do you people have any ideea where to get some professional writers? Thx

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:18:37 +0000

It varies from state to state, so I would always check with a lawyer before you make any decisions. You can also speak with a company like legal zoom.

By: George Thistle

George Thistle — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:19:54 +0000

Do you have the same types of incorporated company in the states? i.e. Limited and Public limited, or do yo uhave more than this?