For starters, Sara Blakely was the inventor of a product that apparently today is something that women and men now consider necessities: underwear made with adjustable fabric, Spanx.

Spanx is a registered trademark of Sara Blakely. This fabric allows the garment to mold the body of the wearer.

The first thing that happened to Sara were the footless pantyhose, i.e. you can use socks with sandals.

Sara Blakely take the path is not easy, but it is extremely rewarding. Sarah had an idea, $ 5,000 and the stubbornness of a mule. What follows are their tips for success in business.

1. If you have an idea, do not tell it to your friends or family for as long as possible.

According to Sara, and I agree totally with it, when an idea is born, is too vulnerable and we must defend it from those who want to kill, to give their point of view, which usually tend to leave us dead in the boot track and leave you exhausted trying to explain to people the idea instead of pursuing it.

2. Do not be intimidated by anyone who sees no rhyme or their ideas. Sara faced town lawyers who felt that his idea was not a patentable invention, stubbornly refused to change it and persevered until the came true.

3. You are your best focus group. If you believe in your idea and the need that this will solve, then do it. Many people told Sara that her idea of ​​footless pantyhose, would not work and she just went online and found no one offering the product.

4. Be able to do everything. No job is beneath you. Sara Blakely personally sold his footless pantyhose, into account department store found on the road.

You cannot expect things to be sold it out to kick the street. Sara said that there were many women who gave idea to “share with the owner of the company,” not knowing who spoke with the owner itself. Learned a lot about sales and because women buy the things they buy.

5. Do it for yourself. If you think your idea is a real blow, do not try to sell it to another, do it yourself. His big idea is your opportunity to achieve their dreams so does not sell, work on it and make it reality.

6. Invest in marketing and selling your product. Sara Blakely began her business with only 5 easy dollars, as we said, so I had to write the patent lawyers, advertising buy or rent an office.

Instead, she approached the media to let you know your product, traveled throughout the United States, and spent the day in the hosiery department stores teaching women the benefits of the product.

She called all friends and asked them to buy Spanx. She even put your product in high-end stores, but next to the cash register. We must do everything possible to sell your product.

7. Do not let not knowing to intimidate you. Sara says she never attended a business seminar, but because it had the courage to call a buyer for Neiman Marcus, which at her insistence, offered to attend to just 10 minutes.

Many people will not start because he expects to know absolutely everything a business. Do not let those things stop you, go ahead with your idea and realize your dreams.

1. Leave everything and go to bed. The president and editorial director of the Portal Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington says that the trick she uses to be more efficient to “stop doing what you are doing and go to sleep a little.”

Nobody in their right mind is going to oppose you, to be more productive, must rest.

2. Be consistent. As much as we are tired or not feeling able to produce anything else, try to be consistent. It’s what bestselling author advises, Stephen King, which undertakes to write 10 pages a day, including weekends and holidays.

That is common among writers, but can be an excellent way to discipline an entrepreneur to get to work even in difficult times.

3. Go to the gym or running. For Richard Branson, Virgin Group chairman, that is a solution to be more productive. Branson says that exercise gives you a daily equivalent of four hours of productivity per day.

4. Play online. For Stephen Gillet, vice-president of Starbucks digital projects, online games let you interact with other players and their developing solutions for specific problems in your work.

5. Keep a manual performance. For the investor Shiram ram is always good to keep a journal about their performance. Itemize in that time you were more productive conditions or had a great success or failure is key for people who are concerned about their productivity. This way you always know how to behave.

6. Fire your assistant. That’s what I advised Larry Page, Google co-founder who realized that his assistant programs, both he and Sergey Brin, unproductive meetings to which they did not wish to attend. Now people just ask them whether they wish to attend other meetings planned.

7. Use the hours of Sunday to catch up with emails, because in this way on Monday as a good start, and have a very productive week.

This is advised the manager of the business side of the Harper’s Bazaar magazine, Carol Smith, who spends four hours of Sunday to answer all mail that has accumulated.

Really interesting topic and you, What things made to be more productive?

Today more than ever, in the era of connectivity and social networks, self-learning is extremely important.

And that is it no wonder there are so many online alternatives such as courses, seminars, specializations, master remote, video tutorials and video conferencing, there is really no reason to stay with the knowledge once acquired on business.

It was said that people who never stop learning and actually implementing the study as part of its corporate culture generally lead the largest and most successful companies in the world. But regardless of company size, whether a personal business, a micro enterprise, the principle works similarly.

Remember what you learned yesterday, today could be obsolete. Therefore, the constant updating is critical for success in undertaking. And my call today with this post is to encourage you to learn more, never stop studying, you reported that you maintain constant thirst for knowledge and to transform them into a personal culture that helps you become better in your business.

What’s more, you should keep in mind that competitiveness is an issue that has more to do with the speed to acquire and apply new knowledge that you possess the knowledge themselves.

So if you’re thinking about starting a business, or expand your business, you will find many alternatives on the web that will surely help to expand your horizons, to be a creative person and especially to differentiate yourself from your competition.

And the best part is that most are inexpensive and do not have to attend in person. What knowledge you have gained your experience in undertaking it sees to your success?

Eladio had come far. After finishing his career and work in various jobs, 5 years ago decided to open his own business. To do so, had the help of a Risk Capital who fell for its Business Plan and had great support from your personal brand, which of an entrepreneur convinced of his ideas, open-minded, visionary.

The first two years, still no return of investment, Eladio business was taking up positions and increasing their revenues in a progressive manner. Eladio got to give value to your company, its services and products. To give greater impetus to business, Eladio soon found it necessary to enlist the help of some “senior” to help him channel the business plan. Hired 5 people who, although not yet gathered enough experience in the business sector, were carriers of energy, enthusiasm and motivation.

Shortly after it, ZAP! shows the worst side of Eladio crisis and is forced to take measures to safeguard the company. To begin, cut wasteful spending. Being an inadequate measure, decided to dispense with some executives. The criterion was to choose those who dismiss it cost less money, regardless of its value. Later cut salaries by 20% and eliminated allowances and bonus. Called a computer to prevent their employees could connect to Facebook, Linkedin, YouTube, and Twitter …, which won with a simple manipulation of the server.

The morale of other workers began to decline. At the time Eladio decided to hire an outside consultant to help their employees find the motivation they had lost. Eladio forwarded to the consultant should further engage their people in decision-making processes, which should delegate more so that they feel share in the company and that should give a greater role in external activities of the company. The consultant considered that in this way get Eladio regain motivation and would also have much more support in project management.

The consultant’s ideas were scorned as Eladio all I wanted was to convince employees to work longer hours without demanding anything in return. Eladio was afraid of promoting their people. In the background thought that if he did, soon abandon taking all the secrets of the company.

Today, the company has closed. The worst is that could have prevented it. Just needed to believe in your team, provide leadership and improve internal communication. That would get motivated.

The fear of career-enhancing the key people in a company is common. We do not understand that our people can become ambassadors for the company, passing like no VISION, MISSION and VALUES, helping to generate a value chain.

The moral of the story? The machines are only resources and require that people are back to work, to pay. If we must go for something is by the people without any fear.

Dreamer Entrepreneur

This type of entrepreneur is the person who can view the plans and ideas in a highly creative. Visionary / visionary has the ability to see beyond what the social circumstances, the economy or other limitations allow. It is the power to think “outside the box. Many visionaries devote much of his energy plan, and sometimes do not have the dedication to put into plan ideas, which is where the proactive entrepreneur.

The Proactive Entrepreneurial

If something needs to be done is done. Shoot first and later fill. This entrepreneur has the ability to understand that an idea that does not take reality dies, and therefore should implement ideas and to be able to mold (or point) over time. They like to have concrete ideas that just need to execute and realize, looking for ways to solve problems instead of planning for that to happen.

What type of entrepreneur is better?

The reality is that very few people have only one end. Although there is a side that is more dominant than the other, the key is to recognize our mistakes and opportunities that may arise to be working on them. Are you more of a dreamer / a, focus on implementing your ideas and read literature on how to make your ideas come to life. Are you proactive / a try to see things from a long term and to think big.

If you reach a point, you recognize that you cannot be both, or you need a person on the other side of the algebraic formula, and then try to find the ideal person to be your right hand / partner. Many companies have a president (visionary) and a business executive (proactive) to have equipment that can work on the vision and direction of the company.