Entrepreneurial Motivation, Part 2: Building Something That Provides Unique Value

Money is rarely the sole motivator for a lot of entrepreneurs. How can you find the motivation you need to succeed? Building something unique and providing a higher social value can help with this. When you create something different but useful you become passionate about it. And you always want to offer a great customer experience. That is key to producing results. You need technical and people skills.

Feras Alhlou

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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