This blog post has been authored by Florence His, Business4People
The Entrepreneurial Journey is filled with challenges and opportunities and at its heart lies an epic human adventure.
Among the key traits of successful serial entrepreneurs is their capacity to continuously
– Uphold and nurture the vision of what is yet to come into existence
– Find support as well early adopters for that service (or product) which may only be a concept, a simple landing page or a prototype at the moment they start out on on their journey
– Follow through, reach out to and secure the resources needed, against all odds and the nay-sayers, the haters who will hate
– Surf an ocean of uncertainty, complexity and waves of messy trial and error as they refine their initial idea; confront the “oh so sought-after” and challenging market-fit moment that will make or break them … to finally (oh no wait, you are actually just only starting this new step …) reach the sacred implementation phase that needs to be executed successfully … and pivot their offerings and business model to adapt to evolving market conditions and the global environment … for ever more
How do you befriend uncertainty and fear, develop resilience, engage partners, establish trust and community to transform a simple idea or concept into a real product or service, which then turns into a family (suite) of products and services that sell and support the formation of an enterprise that thrives and morphs to adapt over time ?
Well … the road is long, hectic and the learning curve rather steep…
In our experience, the entrepreneur’s mindset and inner-game are the catalysts that ignite and nourish the spirit powering-up any entrepreneurial journey and venture. Then, the only relevant questions are : Who do you need to become for your next step to unfold and how do you build the inner-skills that support your continuous evolution through the milestones of your entrepreneurial journey ?
If this resonates with you, we suggest you take a step back from your business plan, your marketing plan, your product launch … the Why, Who, What, Where, When, How which are second order considerations compared to what seats at your core and focus inward instead, even for just one hour, on making sure you have your inner-game figured out.
So, take a deep breath … do you recognize yourself in any of the following situations ?
– No matter how many trainings, classes and knowledge you have been accumulating … you are still not feeling confident to make an ask, expose your offering to the world, reach out to your network
– Each time your are about to take action you let your inner-critic (works with outside critics also) sabotage your every attempt and talk you out of even trying
– You are always questioning your capacities through your own vivid inner- dialogue, along the lines of “who do I think I am I to teach people about this topic ? there are so many other experts at established companies offering a better product; why would anyone trust me or choose my product?
– Are you questioning your value and whether your product, service (also works with yourself and job remuneration if employed) are really worth the price you are asking for ? are you always selling yourself short, not daring to ask for a raise, are you anxious to talk about money and face a negotiation ?
-Do you come from a non-for profit environment (any type of unpaid work habit/culture also applies) where the norm is that helping people solve their problems is a moral obligation and obviously free of charge by construct (nature)?
– Do you think people who charge for their “help” (ie: product, services) exhibit low ethics? That marketing and sales are but vile and mercantile practices?
If the answer is YES, then we invite you to join us for a one (1) hour conversation dedicated to accessing and exploring the many dimensions of your entrepreneurial core, understanding what drives your mindset, fuels your inner-game and how to create bespoke, supportive conditions for your entrepreneurial endeavors to manifest and thrive in the material world. In this session, we focus exclusively on developing the first order mindsets and sustainable behaviors that will shape your inner-game and inform your inner-journey.
Our methods draw from the work we have been doing for the last 10 years supporting early-stage and growth founders start-up and scale their businesses as well as our experience with social-technology frameworks which we have adapted to the entrepreneurial context from the fields of Psychology (developmental, cognitive, behavioral, integral and process oriented (pop) psychology to name a few sources of influence) Innovation, Creativity and design thinking; Leadership, Change management, Mindfulness and presence based practices as well as coaching Highly Performing Individuals (such as athletes, artists and CEOs) and Teams in Sports, Business and Non-for-Profit/Philanthropy sectors.
The program is available in English and French.
The Entrepreneur Inner-Journey is a “soft-skill” focused variant of the Power Conversations package and is part of the EQ* Program.
Florence leads Business4People, an advisory, marketing, coaching and investor relations platform she founded in Paris (France) to support Mission-Driven Founders and Impact Investors internationally. She also serves as Director of Marketing and Head of Impact at Crito Capital, a boutique Placement Agent headquartered in New-York (US) with presence in London (UK) and focused on providing advice and capital raising services to small/mid-cap Private Fund Managers and Companies in the US, Europe and Emerging Markets. Florence spent over 17 years in the Investment, Private Equity, M&A and Risk Management functional disciplines leading multi-disciplinary teams prior to embracing the Entrepreneurial Path. She holds an undergraduate degree in organizational psychology from Yale University, an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business Administration and a Masters degree in Sustainable Studies from the International Institute of Management in Paris. Florence is also trained in the fields of Organization and Relationship System Coaching, Integral approaches for Generating Transformative Change, Digital marketing, branding and online business models . She speaks six languages, French, English, Italian, Spanish, German and Portuguese, listed in order of fluency.