5 start-up tips from Jamie White, The Start Summit founder and owner of Leading Social

5 Start-Up Tips

Before starting, get to know yourself

This is something I always tell young entrepreneurs before they take the leap into business. Get to know yourself and your own interests first. Otherwise you’ll find yourself in an industry not aligned to yourself and when the going gets tough you’ll quit, whereas if your business is aligned to your interests you’ll have that extra determination to persevere and make it a success

Expect the unexpected

In business, it’s a hard truth, but things never go as you expect. There will always be roadblocks that you haven’t accounted for. It’s so important to be able to adapt and always stay on your toes. When an unforeseen circumstance presents itself, how you react is so important.

Hire people based on your weaknesses

This sounds like an obvious one but it is so crucial. Often people look to hire people similar to themselves as they want to work with people on their wavelength. I think the best approach to recruitment is break down the areas where you lack in yourself, from there, you can literally look for candidates that have those lacking areas as their main strengths. This goes for skills as much as it goes for personality and characteristics.

Done is better than perfect

For all the perfectionists out there, this is a hard pill to swallow. The reality is that when you start out, you don’t have the budget, experience or time to have everything perfect. Getting something moving is so much more important than obsessing over the little details.

Give yourself time to assess and take stock

Being in start-up mode is like being in a bubble, you can get so focused on the work at hand that you forget to take a step back every now and again to reflect and assess. I recommend scheduling weekly time to assess what’s working and what’s not, you’ll be amazed and how more efficiently you could be running!

The Start Summit takes place on June 8th in Dublin Castle, tickets are available here. Thestartsummit.com

Author

Jamie White, who has won Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur twice in recent years, is the founder of the event he hopes will inspire and support the business leaders of tomorrow, The Start Summit.

He has founded numerous successful businesses, including CollegeTimes.com and TeenTimes.com; two fast-growing youth websites that collectively reached over 100 million 25-35 year-olds weekly. Jamie now works with brands worldwide on their social media marketing through his business Leading Social.

The Start Summit aims to inspire early stage entrepreneurs and accelerate their business journey. Over the course of the day, attendees can expect to be inspired through keynotes and panel discussions from some of Ireland’s most successful business people. Attendees will also benefit from expert workshops focusing on delivering best-in-class advice for starting and growing their business together with one to one advice from our 20 exhibiting experts across an array of services, such as accounting, taxation, marketing, sales, PR and more.

Attendees will leave with a fresh perspective on business, invaluable information for their own startup ideas and connections to last a lifetime

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