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Trump University Entrepreneurship 101: How to Turn Your Idea into a Money Machine, Second Edition
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Trump University Entrepreneurship 101: How to Turn Your Idea into a Money Machine, Second Edition

by Michael E. Gordon
September 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
299 pages
8h 16m
English
Wiley
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TRUMP UNIVERSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP 101
Figure 3.1 Under, Over, Around, Through Obstacles
Launching and
Growing Your
ONE Opportunity
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Obstacles
YOU
Source: The Center for Competitive Success, www.CompetitiveSuccess.com, “Under, Over,
Around, Through Obstacles.” Copyright
C
2000 by Michael E. Gordon. Used with permission.
Obstacles
You know deep down why you want to be in business for yourself: creating
value from practically nothing, pursuing your life passion, the possibilities of
great wealth and living large, being your own boss, being rewarded for your
successes, feeling alive, feeling successful, feeling the warmth of self-esteem,
being in the center of the Money Machine that you created, having resources
to pursue your life vision, controlling the most precious asset you have—your
time. But there are real and perceived obstacles and risks. Your task is to figure
out ways to get over, under, around, and through these obstacles. It can be
done, and in fact it is done every year by about 750,000 entrepreneurs. Next
year, the number will be at least 750,001, including you.
The first thing to remember is that entrepreneurship is a trial-and-error
activity, as illustrated in Figure 3.2: The Trying Game. Each arrow represents
an attempted
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