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