Startup Lesons by Mandela

"Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do. “

This is an excellent advice to a person who are launching new startup or want to achieve new milestone. The dedication, and passion is the most important skills, which will get your dream to be successful, without this entrepreneur is slated to fail.

“If you are poor, you are not likely to live long. “

In this very simple quote, Yet,Nelson Mandela has given a profound and productive advice. Please  apply to: Idea, Vision, product, market, sales ,advertising, and scaling the startup. Tearm   'Poor' applied here is; Poor- lack of good or productive ideas, Poor-meagre product, Poor-unable to see the huge market and sales through innovative market mix, Poor- pitiable strategy which lack to scale up, the startup operation. This poor will always lead to only destination-Death of a startup, Rich will lead to success of the ones Dream.

“It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.”

This quote applies to the product or service, and team building. It simply guide us to make our product or service fit to the needs of the users.  The startup offering should satisfy users in such a manner that they feel that this product or service is their own idea conceived from back of their head. The Product or service used by them should be the way   they wanted. Know our users well and we are successful.  

"I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles."

This is a very important skills or process needed if an entrepreneur want to succeed, Every now and then you need to have the input from various person who can see the various angels of a problem and provide the idea or solution.  Than Leader should decides which idea or solution to pursue and create a product mix which everyone wants.

 "Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front."

To create a productive environment inside the company and to keep your valuable asset: Team. Leader should provide inspirations, and support in such manner that every contributions of every Team member empower the startup and members consider themselves the most prized persons who is running the company.  Leader should be in front to face the trouble, problem and let the members lead for success.

“I f you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. “

Startup’s advertising, marketing and sales strategy should be creative, articulate and honest in such a manner that it must empower the state of emotions, feelings and provide solutions to prospective Clients.

“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”

True entrepreneurs knows value of success, during the realization of the milestones, but that is just a starts. One should prepared, and energetic to take a scales new heights of milestones-one after other- and enjoy doing so and getting matured to concourse the world through your startup.

“We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”

One of the most inspiring wisdom: There are no good time or bad time to the right startups, so just don’t waste your time idealizing the dreams, but get into the startup world and show your skills.

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

Get ready to do it, you are an Entrepreneur, what are you waiting for.  Mr. Nelson Mandela has already proved that. Greatest tribute to him will be doing our startup with dedication, passion and lesson learned from this one of the greatest leader-Madiba, a True Willager.