Mindset behind a successful Start-up

-by Aaditya Holani

A start-up starts with an idea, generally against a problem faced in our day to day life. It not only requires a good idea but also a thorough initial stage planning. It’s just like sailing a ship. No matter how hard and rough waves a sailor faces he keeps on moving by modifying his sails and continuously remodelling his ship to face the obstacles coming ahead. Similarly, a start-up would sail the ship while building it. As the tides grow higher and the ship poses a certain requirement, the designer adds them along and keeps sailing it. That's how start-up works.

Similarly, one requires a definite mindset to break through the obstacles and make his idea a success. Some of which are:

#Dive head on in the ocean of opportunities:

This world consists of a ton of opportunities, the only thing is one has to find them. No matter how small it is. If you believe in it, you should give your all to make it a success. Of course, each opportunity comes with a definite risk, but at the same moment one should not chicken out by just seeing a shorter image but should consider the broader opportunity and thrive for it. If you are able to see this broader image then you have a start-up mindset.

#Embrace the waywardness attached with uncertainty:

While following your own path to make your idea a success, one may face countless difficulties and will always be uncertain about what would come next. There may be times when there is a steady growth rate times when growth rate abruptly increases and also when one might face heavy losses. At such a moment one must believe in himself and his idea and should keep moving forward without having doubt in himself and getting fazed due to the current situation.

A start-up needs to progress keeping the uncertainties that could be faced in future in mind and simultaneously preparing for it beforehand.

#Don’t be scared of failing more than once:

A start-up is just like a gamble. The only difference is that it is a calculated gamble. But failure is inevitable. Instead of chickening out due to it one should embrace it and should use it as a milestone to jump ahead. Its just like when a child is learning to walk, he falls for multiple time before actually start walking. Thomas Edison failed thousands of time before actually inventing the light bulb, one of the most important inventions of all time. Each time he failed, he said that he had learned another way in which he can’t make the bulb.

This kind of attitude towards failure is required for a person to have a successful start-up. Multiple failures makes the very foundation of the startup strong and will in turn definitely lead to success.