Failing In Your First Startup Business, do not panic here is solution

 You’re determined to build your own business. No more freelancing for you from now on! Good-bye hard-work, cranky clients and days of constant uncertainty about whether or not you’ll win that $3000 dollar project!

Welcome to that "12:00 o’clock going-to-the-office-never-have-to-answer-to-nobody" dream life! You’ll finally have the time and resources to do all the stuff you wish you’d done. Trips, vacations, freedom and prestige!

Well, you’ll first need to start your business. And guess what? You’ll very likely to end up closing it or selling its assets! And that’s a good thing. Let me explain.

That’s right. You could say it’s a never-ending, always-fashionable trend. Entrepreneurs, whether they’re dirt poor, millionaires or even billionaires, just keep on losing. Don’t believe the hype. That’s the real state of entrepreneurship. If you want to go into business for yourself, get ready for feeling failure and pressure about 90% of the time. But don’t worry. You’ll at least be in good company.

And the reasons why this is happening are even more ludicrous. According to StatisticBrain, the #1 reason all businesses fail is emotional pricing. That’s to say, entrepreneurs usually overprice their products or services and are too stubborn to adjust to the market. They fail and give up. It’s not the economic climate, the industry or management.

The list of bankruptcy reasons goes on, with increasing audacity and disregard for common sense:

• Living too high for the business
• Nonpayment of taxes
• No knowledge of pricing
• Lack of planning
• No knowledge of financing
• No experience in record-keeping

These high failure rates and stupendous reasons for failure are actually really encouraging for any budding entrepreneur. What they mean is:

• Competition is really low.
• You’re bound to succeed if you keep at it.

These reasons paint the picture of failure as being the most common element in business today. That’s normal. Because of this, the only winners in business are the ones who:

• Apply common sense (no emotional pricing, paying your taxes, planning and adapting, etc.)
• Continue practicing business after failure

That’s the big secret you don’t hear in the interviews: being an entrepreneur isn’t really so hard. Just keep at it and apply common sense. You only need one win and bam: you’re a hero. Even billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban admitted this in his book:

"It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success."

I can predict with great certainty that your first business will be a disaster. I’m happy to be the first to let you in on this secret. Wisdom comes from practice, so it really doesn’t matter how much you’ve read or been taught, how many PhDs you have or how much encouragement you get from family and friends.

You won’t have that common sense. You’ll reach too far. You’ll overexpand, overprice and treat clients and employees wrong. I know I’ve said it’s easy, but most of us aren’t born with that much needed common sense.

You’ll fail miserably. Almost nobody makes a million dollars with their first business. Almost nobody makes that first jump. Not even superheroes. Neo from The Matrix Series can fly and dodge bullets but even him didn’t make that first jump in the movie.

After your business fails, here’s what you need to do:

Find comfort in the facts and figures given in this article. Re-read them. Internalize them. You are not special. You didn’t make the first jump. You’re normal and that’s OK.

Evaluate asssets. Every business, no matter how bad, has some sort of assets. Cars, equipment, office space or maybe intellectual property, employees or client base. Even if the business is making no money, you still had to have some clients or maybe you’ve worked and had ongoing relationships with different companies. Those are still valuable assets. Maybe you have an nice commercial lease worked out. That’s a plus in any buyer’s eyes.

If you have a brand name, that’s awesome. Brands carry a lot of value for investors. I’ve seen business saved just because they had mass appeal thanks to their brands. Open up a spreadsheet and list all your assets. If you aren’t happy with what you have, add another column. Call it "Experience" and in the corresponding cell write "Invaluable". You’ll feel better and it’s absolutely true.

Sell the assets individually or collectively as a business. Another scenario would be to give it away and keep a certain percentage if you think the business still has potential. If you have trouble finding a willing buyer or person to take over, consider these routes:

• Contacting the competition
• Contacting business partners
• Asking your accountant or lawyer. They’re usually well connected.
• Being honest and asking your employees.
• Being honest and asking your employees if they know somebody.
• Ads, forums, blogs, newspapers
• Universities. Find a young, hungry wannabe entrepreneur. Give it away for free and keep a percentage.
• Try gatherings or conferences from your industry. Don’t be shy.

Now you’ve sold it or gave it away and kept an interest, sit down. Relax. Detach. Open the spreadsheet. Write the top 3 mistakes you’ve done while owning the business. Write the corresponding 3 lessons you’ve learned. Once you’ve done this, it’s time to restart.

Restart as soon as possible. You’re now closer than ever to being a successful entrepreneur.