Maria Meyers is passionate about entrepreneurship and the power it has to do good—for local economies, communities and individuals.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
None specific
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Finding the funding to do it, creating the common agenda with the right people to help as advisors, we had to develop the product and we had to find the market”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Shift Your Thinking: Win Where You Stand: Entrepreneurial Thinking – 7 Strategies for Breaking the Code book by Clifton L. TaulbertFavourite Quote:
“Value yourself and what you have to offer and take a step forward”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Entrepreneurship – For people growing great ideas
- SBA – supporting America’s small businesses. The SBA connects entrepreneurs with lenders and funding to help them plan, start and grow their business
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Before you get started really understand the market and the way to do that is to ask your potential customers for advice well before starting the business, ask about 200 of them, that sounds like a big number but if you can’t find 200 of them then you probably don’t have a business. Once you get customers you just have to get ready to shift with the market because these market are changing all the time”…[Listen for More]
More About Maria Meyers:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“If you struggle with putting things into perspective, just ask yourself two simple questions: What’s the worst thing that could happen as a result of this? Will this matter in five years? Your answers should put a stop to cataclysmic thinking.” Travis Bradberry
Other Quotes From the Chat with Maria Meyers:
- “You are in charge of your own destiny so you don’t have to expect others to do it for you”
- “Win where you stand”
- “Having the strongest network you can possibly have before starting something is really important. I always say an entrepreneur is as good as the social network that they have”
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