Business Startup Advice

Advice for Entrepreneurs: Mistakes Are the Key to Success

Considering starting your own business? You are not alone. In fact, entrepreneurship has become an increasingly popular career choice in the last few years. (ARA) – Considering starting your own business? You are not alone. In fact, entrepreneurship has become an increasingly popular career choice in the last few years.
Some people decide to build their own businesses out of a desire to be out on their own or because they have dreams of turning a hobby into a career. Others may have been laid off and are frustrated with their current job prospects, or they may simply need greater flexibility in their lives.
But starting your own business can be challenging, and requires long hours and a lot of hard work and determination. In fact, only 30 percent of business start-ups survive more than five years. To avoid the pitfalls, new entrepreneurs need to do their homework and seek out all the advice they can get.
Michael Kerrison, 50, an IBM salesman turned self-made millionaire has recently chronicled his entrepreneurial experiences in a new book called