Friday, November 13, 2009

Eric Van Maren

  • He did 18 thousand homes anything to do with relestate from construction to relestate finance.
  • Key attributes of being an entrpreneur

- Work hard: dont become one if your planning on taking lots of holiday's or only thinking of working 6-8 hours a day, because when you're an entrpreneur you have to work long hard hours.

- Passionate: the best workers are the ones who are passionate about what they do.

- They learn from their mistakes.

- concerned about their reputation: "a reputation takes a life time to build, but it only takes a moment to destroy"

-if they need more employees they hire the best: dont be afraid to hire people who are smarter then you make sure you hire some employees that have skill's that you don't have.

- and finally stick with what you are good at.

  • networking - build your network, 5000 names in his contract, use your contacts ask for help.
  • dont make hasty decisions.

partnerships- what does your partner bring to the table.

known knows-lumber cost

unknown knows- snow removal

unknown + unknowns- crisis- exit strategies.

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