Nothing Happens Until Something is Sold

NOTHING HAPPENS UNTIL SOMETHING IS SOLD

“Nothing happens until something is sold” is the theme of one of my high school friends, a very successful entrepreneur. After reading THE REVENUE ACCELERATOR – The 21 Boosters to Launch Your Startup, he sent the following email.

“Allan, I still think these kids coming out of Votec, High School and also college need some insight on what’s going to be expected of them when they get into the business world and how different it is from an after school job an what management needs and expects of them. Many don’t realize that management and sales create the work so they have a job to put their expertise to work and make the equipment work.

” Nothing happens until something is sold.

” Promoting the person going from working with the tools to going into the office to the “behind the desk” environment to work need to know how to treat coworkers and how coworkers expect to be treated. A critical skill entrepreneurs need is “team management” and how to build it. This is an often overlooked attribute early stage enterprise entrepreneurs fail to recognize and is a leading cause of startup failures.

As Mary Bara, President and CEO of General Motors cautions, “You must explain the “why” in order to achieve the “what”. Nothing happens unless something is sold. #team #entrepreneur #entrepreneurs #startup