Personal Considerations Before Starting, Part 1: The Best Time to Start a Business

In this video I discuss the personal considerations of starting a consulting startup. Because starting a business is not an easy leap with so many uncertainties, it is important that you are grounded and not in crisis mode. Therefore, your entrepreneurial leap should be preceded with thorough preparation ahead so that you can decrease your chances of failure.

There is nothing wrong with keeping a side hustle but if you’re ready to take it full time, then there is some things you’ll want to consider as you embark to make that decision. Watch to learn how to start thinking like a business owner instead of an employee and build your business the right way.

Feras Alhlou

Feras has founded, grown, and sold businesses in Silicon Valley and abroad, scaling them from zero revenue to 7 and 8 figures. In 2019, he sold e-Nor, a digital marketing consulting company, to dentsu (a top-5 global media company). Feras has served as an advisor to 150+ other new startup businesses, and in his current venture, Start Up With Feras, he's on a mission to help entrepreneurs in the consulting and services space start and grow their businesses smarter and stronger.

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