My older brother asked me that question at the start of my entrepreneurial journey and it’s stuck with me the whole way. It’s been a long road so far with setbacks and times where you fundamentally doubt whether the path you are taking is the correct one but that single question seems to make everything easier and more manageable; clearer and finer focused; far more creative and really…just downright more fun.
Think about it. What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?
I’ve learnt to keep the sentiment behind that question fresh in my mind and it has opened doors for me and given me the confidence to do things I otherwise may not have done. It also eases the long nights spent (and there will be many long nights!) trying to get things just right.
I’ve also learnt the value of talking to anyone and everyone that will listen about your idea, product, startup or business. People are generally helpful and if you are thoroughly excited about your idea they will inherently want it to succeed themselves. You will find all sorts of people come out of the woodwork with ideas and offers to make what you’re doing work.
Have you always been interested in something but couldn’t picture what success would be like? Are you stuck in a job you hate but have a passion for something else? Do you have vast knowledge about a subject or hobby that sets you apart from others?
Do you know what you would do if you couldn’t fail?
About: Photoswarm is the answer to the above questions for me. I’ve always been keen on photography and wanted to offer users photo website that is slick, simple, social and gives pro users their own www.yourname.com domain name with a minimum of technical knowledge. You can try one out for free! www.photoswarm.com
Story: Will Jennings is an electrician and keen photographer and his business partner Aidan is a web developer. They both were not really happy with what the market was offering as far as photo websites as they felt there wasn’t anything that made it simple and seamless to obtain your own www.yourname.com domain name (URL) so they decided to take the entrepreneurial route and build something themselves. Like all entrepreneurs the process has included long nights and early mornings, but the thrills of bringing to life an original concept has been worth every second.
