Find Your Hidden Potential With Rishi Chowdhury

By Angela Kaye Mason

I recently had the privilege of interviewing Rishi Chowdhury, co-founder of YHP Ltd, or Your Hidden Potential. Rishi shared with me how he and a friend from college by the name of Joseph had started their company in 2012. They seek to turn the UK into a country which is more entrepreneurial based, and encourage everyone to have a more entrepreneurial mindset, even if they do not wish to start their own business.

What YHP does is to interview top entrepreneurs as well as up and coming ones. Their main focus is those in the UK, although they do reach out to other countries as well. They provide inspiration, advice, and motivation to those who come to their website. Rishi shared that as many as twenty thousand users a month take advantage of the benefits of their site. YHP also plans to add community interaction or social networking to the site as well.

Rishi explained to me that he had always been business minded, and that he feels that when you have your own business, you have more vested interest, and thus makes you work much harder. Rishi compares having his own business to nurturing your own baby, watching it grow from an idea which was born in the mind, and grows to make a difference in the lives of others. He loves receiving emails and letters from those who share their appreciation for what YHP offers them.

Rishi also compares owning your own business vs working for someone else as buying your own home vs renting a house. He explains, "Renting, you are paying but not actually gaining any ownership just making the owner (CEO) money whilst getting the short term benefit of accommodation (salary), compared to buying (where you can decorate the house as you wish not with a landlords permission) which might be more of a strain (life of an entrepreneur) but your end goal is complete ownership of the house, that's like a successful business."

For those who are trying to balance running a business, family, personal time, and more, Rishi offers this advice, "I think it's important to take breaks and still keep a social life otherwise it will affect what you do in your business. I think there is always enough time to fit in running a business, managing a relationship and socialising, you just have to be really smart with your time. Don't get into the habit of saying yes to everything it can take up too much time, I found that at one point I had too many projects at one time to fully invest myself into anyone one effectively." Rishi also shares that it is very important that you find time to sleep. He says it will help you to be more productive. He adds that exercise is very beneficial as well.

Want to make your business dreams into reality?

At Renegade Entrepreneur Group we provide entrepreneurs with inside strategies and systems of mega-successful businesses. You can learn more by visiting our website: http://renegadeentrepreneurgroup.com

Angela Kaye Mason is a contributing writer for Renegade Entrepreneur Group.

Thinking Outside the Entrepreneurship Box

By Angela Kaye Mason

While more and more people have been hearing the word "entrepreneur," business men and women are struggling to find ways to survive in a harsh economy. Many people are unaware of the differences between these entrepreneurs, business people, and the entrepreneur as they are all business savvy, hard working individuals. In today's business world, the entrepreneur stands out in the crowd because of his ability to think outside of the entrepreneurship box. They are not afraid to take a different path and lead the way to a new route. Here are some of the ways that entrepreneurs differ from others.

Making it Work Without an MBA

Most every business man or women in the world has heard the story of Steve Jobs. With Apple, he blazed a new path in the world of technology that not many people could have ever dreamed up. But do you know of his background, his education, his origins? Steve Jobs was adopted by Paul and Clara jobs from non-married parents in the 1950s. Although his birth mother insisted that the Jobs promise that her son would get his education, Steve Jobs only attended one semester at Reed College in Portland Oregon, and then dropped out.

Although education is always a good idea, it may not always fit into the renegade entrepreneur's plans. There is a lot of time and sacrifice needed to graduate from a business school, and often, the renegade entrepreneur already has a business plan in his head that will take up so much of his time that he could not possibly make it through school. Sure, that MBA certificate would look great hanging on the wall, but if it won't get you where you want to go, it could possibly slow you down from getting there.

Entrepreneurs Want to Start at the Top

While many in the business world have to start out at the bottom of the company, the renegade entrepreneur is ready and able to start off at the top. Instead of spending his time making money for another person's company, or building up the success of some one else, the renegade entrepreneur is busy building his own future.

Although some business men and women are more comfortable starting at the bottom, the renegade entrepreneur is not. The bottom is safe, it offers a safety net to those who are not yet ready to strike out on their own. Some may even choose to stay at the bottom, and make a salary without ever taking a risk.

The renegade entrepreneur, however, steps will step out from the beginning and totally skip the bottom rungs of the ladder to success. Although he will have to build his business from the bottom up, he will start off at the top of that business. In order to succeed at this, the renegade entrepreneur must have a great deal of confidence, work hard, and be highly motivated.

Want to make your business dreams into reality?

At Renegade Entrepreneur Group we provide entrepreneurs with inside strategies and systems of mega-successful businesses. You can learn more by visiting our website: http://renegadeentrepreneurgroup.com

Angela Kaye Mason is a contributing writer for Renegade Entrepreneur Group.