Considerations for Starting a SharePoint Business #SPSCPT

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Presented at Community Saturday Cape Town on 7 Sept 2013

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Veronique Palmer 7 Sept 2013

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“I’m a SharePoint expert so I’m

starting my own business!”

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Reality Check!

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Perception

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Reality…

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Factor

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Atychiphobia?

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or Chrometophobia?

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Your Status

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Ask Uncomfortable

Questions

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Why is this so

important to you?

Motivator

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Not for everybody

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Go it Alone, Build a Team,

Partner?

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“I’m a good leader but I can’t manage people”

?!?!?

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Running the Business

Dog Food

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Marketing, Sales

Cashflow

Staff, Partners

Client Satisfaction

Products, Services

Infrastructure Legislation

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What Do You Speak?

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“I can’t sell”

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Deal?

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“I don’t do admin /

document!”

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What Are You Prepared to Do?

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Heart Broken Sick

Had a Fight Depressed

Sleep Deprived Stressed Lonely Angry Broke

Frustrated?

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Personal Brand

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Entrepreneur Magazine

Succeed Magazine

The 4 Hour Work Week

The eMyth Revisited

Top 4 Resources Year 1 and 2

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#RESPECT

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?!

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Not about the technology…

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Endless opportunities

Specialise

Is it worth it?

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Stay humble and remember where

you came from

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Learn to

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It’s ok to make

mistakes

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A final thought…

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It’s just

business,

it’s not

personal

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It IS personal!

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STOP!

THINK!

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It doesn’t have to be

this way

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You don’t need to be like everyone else

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There is enough for everyone

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New rules for a new world

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Kindness Understanding

Compassion Empathy Love

Respect Tolerance Gratitude

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You can still make money

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What kind of business will

YOU build?

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