Is It Ever Too Late To Start Your Own Business?
Many people aspire to have their own business and have hopes and dreams of creating freedom for themselves by serving people as entrepreneurs. Some have a desire for business at a very early age and others develop the desire later in life after having experienced life as an employee.
I started my first business when I was just 13 years old installing car stereos for my friends. Basically I installed the radio for one friend and then he’d go and tell others and soon enough I was doing three cars a week which was pretty good money considering I was only 13. That was my first experience in starting my own business and it was quite fun too.
Then at the age of 21 I started another business. This one was a mortgage company and it required a whole a lot more than my car stereo installation business. My latest business was formed in 2008 and that’s my current marketing and sales consulting and coaching company and I’m well into my 30s now.
So why do I share this?
The reason I share my story is because while I started young I never stopped creating businesses that support the type of lifestyle I want and the type of work that I truly love.
I have a good friend who’s been in business for 30 or 40 years and he started a coaching company a year ago. He loves the work that he’s doing and found a way to create a business that gives him the freedom to do what he loves while still making good money serving people.
Now I ask you, if you’re looking to start a business, what’s holding you back?
I hope you understand that age shouldn’t hold you back. The length of time you’ve been holding on to your dream shouldn’t hold you back either.
In fact, Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Airlines, has created several businesses and he’s in his 60s. It seems that he creates new businesses each and every year. He is on a mission to change lives so he’s set his mind to believe that it’s never to late.
Someone once said the best time to start something was 10 years ago and then next best time to start is today.
Make today the day you decide that it’s not too late. There’s still time to start your own business. There’s plenty of opportunity for you. But it all starts with one simple decision.
Ok, now it’s your turn.
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Just like having kids, there’s never a perfect time to start your business. Whether you dive in with both feet by quitting your job and starting full time, or continue working while starting a business on the side, if you have a passion it’s worth taking the plunge. If you wait and five years from now you’re still thinking about it you’ll be five years behind where you could have been.
Just like having kids, there’s never a perfect time to start your business. Whether you dive in with both feet by quitting your job and starting full time, or continue working while starting a business on the side, if you have a passion it’s worth taking the plunge. If you wait and five years from now you’re still thinking about it you’ll be five years behind where you could have been.
Andrea Stenberg Thank you for your thoughts. Passion is one key identifier while still having to look at the concept through the business lens to make sure the business is really something that people are already looking for and spending money on.
I completely agree that you should take the plunge even if that means doing it on the side until it’s mature enough to focus on full time.
Alex, I agree that it is never to late to start a business. It is great that you had that entrepreneur bug at an early age. Unfortunately, a lot of people are discouraged from starting their own business. They are told to get an education and get a good job. We need to encourage our children to explore all opportunities.
adriennedupree I love that you mentioned to encourage our children because that’s exactly what I do. My son is 11 years old and is saving to develop his t-shirt company.
Your story is inspiring, Alex. I applaud your go-ahead attitude.
Oops. This may be repeated because I signed in with facebook. I applaud your enterprise at the tender age of 13. Thise early customers built your confidence to continue.
FranceneStanley Thank you. I never wanted someone to cap my growth so I’ve always been inclined to pave my own way and make a difference with the work I do.