How to Run a Business As a Student

Any college student can run a successful
business doing what you love to do. Make
more money than you would even after
college, get high grades, and have enough
time left to party and enjoy your life. It’s
not impossible, or extraordinarily hard to
do; thousands of college students, living
around the world and right here at home,
have taken this head start on life, their
matters in their own hands, controlling
their own destiny, and run successful
businesses.
Steps
1.Ask yourself, “What do I love doing so
much that I would pay to do it?” Imagine
that it is Saturday afternoon and you have
nothing to do. Sitting on your couch,
inspired by the task-less day, you feel
relaxed and comfortable. After you spent
the whole week living in an overloaded
schedule, spending countless hours in
classes, dealing with various day to day
dramas, and working to make those few
hundred bucks so you can enjoy life more,
today you’re free. You do whatever you
truly love doing. Suddenly, your mood
happy, light, and energized, time begins to
fly and you find yourself in your own
world. What are you doing? Do you want
to get paid for it?
2.Ask, “How can I help someone by doing
this? Who would pay me for the help?
And, how much would they pay?” Answer
as specifically as possible; for example,
instead of saying “people who want their
kids to have better grades,” say “families
who make over $100,000 a year, and want
their kids to get all A’s, would eagerly pay
me $50 an hour to help their kids learn
my favorite subject.” Check out CraigsList
to see roughly who’s paying for what kind
of help. Don’t you think helping more and
more people, over and over, for more and
more money can help you live the way you
want to live?
3.Get your first clients. Talk to your
friends, family, and coworkers first. Don’t
try to “sell” anyone, to try to convince
everyone you run into that they need you.
Rather, knowing that there are people out
there who will eagerly pay for what you
have, and all you have to do is find them,
let people know what you do, who usually
would use your help, and ask them if
anyone they know has expressed a need for
such help.
4.Ask everyone you talk to, “What
problems have you had with a person who
does what I do? What would you like
people like me to do better?” Eliminate the
problems, and do what the people want
you to do. You will immediately be
smarter than 95% of businesses that are
operating today, and will become infinitely
more successful. Remember the
fundamental law of Economics, people will
happily pay you to give them something
they truly want and can buy.
5.Say, “What else would I need to learn
to help people even better and to reach
my goals?” It is a fact that 95% of new
businesses close their doors within their
first 5 years. What if you could guarantee
your success? With a dedication to
learning everything you can about
reaching your goals and dreams, reading
books, actively seeking advice from others
who have succeeded, striving to do
everything even better, you will literally
guarantee that you will get to where you
want to go.
Credit: WikiHow
I know this attributes to the life of
Americans and the rest, but its also
possible here, Drop your Nigeria Ideas,
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