Create Value

Entrepreneurship - Create Value

All business and professions are about one thing – creating value for someone else. When you are able to create value for someone, you can expect to be paid for it. The more value you can create, the more you will earn. Focus on creating value and you will have a valuable enterprise.

Advice from Masters – Quotes & Tips on Creating Value

Your income is determined by how many people you serve and how well you serve them. Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment.

Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interests first.

The most valuable thing you have to give people is yourself. No matter what you think you’re selling, what you’re really offering is you.

Bob Burg – Author – The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea

The key question you must consider is, “What problem do I solve?”

Christopher Locchead – Author – Niche Down

Questions to check your value hypothesis:

Is a problem or desired benefit strong enough? Does the solution fit the customer expectations? Is the customer ready to pay a certain price? Do we know who our early evangelists are?

Donatas Donikar – Author – Start-up Evolution Curve

Value is created when a person makes something useful and shares it with the world.

Chris Guillebeau – Author – The $100 Startup / The Art of Non-Conformity / Side Hustle / Born for This / The Happiness of Pursuit

Fortune-seekers can rarely sustain their passion through the hard times. Successful enterprises are laser-focused on Value Provided to Customers. Entrepreneurship is not about you; it’s about effectively serving others.

Timothy Clark – Author – Business Model You

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