Summary: Stop making excuses! You’ve got everything you need to start a business – full-time job or not.<br> But here’s where the first time sidepreneur usually falls at the first hurdle: you don’t have to quit your full-time job to make your idea a reality. Keep your full-time job and develop your idea on the side until it is market-ready.<br> The only thing you need is to be committed to your product/idea and believe in it!<br> About Dennis:<br> Dennis is the CEO and co-founder of Orderella, a mobile ordering and payment plan for hospitality. It turns your smartphone into a mobile waiter and your nightlife companion!<br> Image credit: <a class="irc_hl irc_hol" href="http://eatoutmagazine.co.uk/new-orderella-smartphone-app-end-bar-queueing">eatoutmagazine.co.uk</a><br> Challenged Issue: <br> In this podcast, we challenge the issue what you need to do to start a business whilst working a full-time job? What are the three steps you need to take right now?<br> Dennis’s Actionable Tips:<br> <br> * As quickly as possible, create a product that you can show and share.<br> * Keep things simple when it comes to your core product. You can add features later on.<br> * Scale: Secure partnership with larger brands and corporations.<br> <br> Top Quotes:<br> <br> * “At one point, I was kind of tired of the corporate world, and decide … you know what … I wanted to do my own business.”<br> * “Technology is making people’s lives incrementally easier.”<br> * “Nothing is stopping you.”<br> * “It shows the initiative. It shows the entrepreneurial spirit.”<br> * “You just gotta follow what you want to do.”<br> * “Does your idea have legs?”<br> * “See if people love it or hate it, and then go from there.”<br> * “Just do it!”<br> * “There are different (funding) options out there.”<br> * “It’s better to have a percentage of something fantastic than 100 percent of something that is not very good.”<br> * “Nothing will be perfect, so just start doing it. Take that first step!”<br> <br> Guest Links:<br> <br> * Orderella (<a href="http://www.orderella.co.uk/">http://www.orderella.co.uk/</a>)<br> * LinkedIn (<a href="http://in.linkedin.com/pub/dennis-collet/19/610/84a">http://in.linkedin.com/pub/dennis-collet/19/610/84a</a>) <br> <br> Resources:<br> <br> * Podcast Movement (<a href="http://podcastmovement.com/">http://podcastmovement.com/</a>)<br> * The Essential 14–Day Guide to Cutting Your Working Hours and Increasing Your Impact (<a href="http://www.excellence-expected.com/cwh/">http://www.excellence-expected.com/cwh/</a>) <br> <br> Key Timestamps:<br> <br> * 0:38 Challenged issue<br> * 1:00 Introduction of guest<br> * 2:53 On-demand services<br> * 4:47 Concept to fully functioning business<br> * 8:15 Being open to opportunities and ideas<br> * 10:49 Finding time<br> * 12:34 Telling people and getting caught<br> * 13:27 Benefits<br> * 14:30 Actionable tips<br> * 22:47 Focus and assigning roles<br> * 24:52 Recap of actionable tips<br> * 26:18 Guest’s links<br> <br> Don’t forget, the more you expect from yourself the more you WILL excel!<br>
