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

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:42:40 +0000

It probably would have made you millions

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:42:26 +0000

Yes, new and old. I found that many old timers were able to pick and choose some useful apps.

By: Dr. Michael Haley

Dr. Michael Haley — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:58:25 +0000

What an important article for new business people!

By: Dr. Michael Haley

Dr. Michael Haley — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:57:22 +0000

I wish I knew those things 15 years ago when I started my business… it would have save me thousands!

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:04:32 +0000

Good for you, at least it was taken care of.

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By: Al L.

Al L. — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:08:06 +0000

Thanks for this post, Neil. It jogged in my mind that we had not followed up on a receivable from one of our larger customers. Job now done. Many thanks.

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By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:23:44 +0000

Well… you the truth is that it’s pretty much everyone’s issue. That’s what we’re are going after…

By: Voyage Montreal

Voyage Montreal — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:08:08 +0000

Money was my biggest issue

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By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:08:52 +0000

Well that’s going to be a problem or issue anyone would have before they launch their “big” product. You really don’t know how it’ll do in the market unless you actually test it out first.

By: Quality Motto

Quality Motto — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:13:12 +0000

OMG, I almost delay my product launching if I didn’t found this article. But trying to compare with yours, my main problem has no relation with perfection, I am just afraid whether it’s gonna have good response from the people or not.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:36:39 +0000

If you’ve been able to do it once, you’ll be able to do it again. True successful people can go broke and successful with ease.

By: Textbook Rental

Textbook Rental — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:26:15 +0000

Thank you, my mom did something similar in business and gave it all away when I was studding in college I realized I could always learn specialized knowledge but it was the business expertise that would keep me in the game.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:00:04 +0000

Thanks bud… if you take the time to comment, I’ll take the time to respond.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:59:23 +0000

If you find yourself on 4-5 different projects and not finishing anyone of them… your probably spreading yourself too thin. If you focus on the next venture etc… you may then be loosing a previous opportunity. Luckily… opportunities come and go so maintain your focus.

By: forum

forum — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:42:00 +0000

Its fact Neil, Quicksprout is really much informatic blog.
I too mostly visit it for the sake of knowledge.
Your way of reply to each comment is also much impressive

By: Sözlük

Sözlük — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:41:22 +0000

Just an inkling thought, How do we know if we are really spreading thin or just losing out an opportunity. BTW, the problem with wrong decisions is that they always seem wrong at hindsight….

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:36:28 +0000

It happens to the best of us… but everyone just needs to realize that mistakes are simply a part of the game.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:21:41 +0000

lol… yeah that’s true but it’s different for different scenarios. That step program is a great way to protect yourself.

By: monik

monik — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:43:05 +0000

Your First Mistake was the one which everyone makes i suppose. Humans are damn greedy and too many opportunities don’t allow someone to think, all they want is to tap out as many as possible.

Practically it becomes impossible to be able to manage all of them, after all the age old theory, one task at a time will make it a success, comes in.

By: Brian P

Brian P — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:37:38 +0000

Yea whenever I do projects for freelancing I do a step payment plan. I will complete a process and I need to get paid or else I will not go to the next step.

100k not paid I would cry lol

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:16:10 +0000

You absolutely can… you need to push yourself to your limits.

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lung cancer survival rate — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:22:51 +0000

Everyday I am learning and motivate myself and hopefully I can achieve my target I wanted.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:18:12 +0000

The persistence someone has during their journey toward success is the “fuel” that helps them get there. Without the fuel, you’ll be stuck some where in between success and failure.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:17:00 +0000

Spreading yourself thin originally always looks or sounds like a good idea.. but really its just setting yourself up for a big fall.

By: Home Business

Home Business — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:17:14 +0000

Thanks Neil.

Steve Pavalina talked about business start ups in one of his blog posts. He mentioned letting a business idea get some traction, some results before worrying about entity type, even licensing….

I agree to a point. Timing is probably a key factor in determining business entity, but agreed, very important.

Your final point on never giving up. Thats big. If there were on characteristic that most all successful people, enterprises, and business start ups possess, it has to be persistance.

Reaching a number of points where I said to myself ” this is probably where most people would just quit ” was part of my first successful business. I have since worked at being at the front end, in the projection zone, of business. Its more peaceful, there are still surprises, but less extreme.

thanks for the great post.