Create Your Own Ecosystem

Building a business is like building an ecosystem and as with nature, your ecosystem has to fit into the lager ecosystem.

But DON’T try to do it all by yourself.

A successful ecosystem draws on others: customers, suppliers, government, regulatory bodies, etc.

At last week’s Entrepreneurship 101 lecture, Tony Redpath covered the ‘Basic Nuts and Bolts of Building a Business‘:

• business registration
• distribution partners
• industry contacts
• lawyers
• human resource specialists

Tune into Tony’s lecture video and begin building your ecosystem.

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