What I Learned Starting My Business From Home And Shying Away From Incubators&cie

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Hey guys,

I started entrepreneurship more than a year ago. Our team is fully remote, and we have always been shying away from the main "hubs".

I wrote a piece on Entrepreneur.com earlier about what I learned through building an online product, Feedier.com. Today, I feel this is the right time to share this with the community.

I think everyone has its own tricks which are worth sharing.

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Learn from the best
There is a common myth around entrepreneurship that if you are not incubated in hubs where you are surrounded by "believers" and people who inspire you, you are putting yourself in an awkward position. Which is why I want you to take a brief pause and think about whether this should stop you from starting your business or not.

Don't get me wrong, it certainly helps, but you can succeed without doing this. The point is that you don't have to be incubated at Station F to meet the inspiring people who are developing their businesses at Station F. You can easily manage to set up calls with the same inspiring founders and CEOs by introducing yourself on LinkedIn.

Behave like a human, be friendly and push your product on people -- without being pushy. Get a deeper understanding of what they are doing, do your homework, figure out how it can help them and then reach out.

You don't know everything, you won't know everything and you must be fine with that. Humility is your most important trait. You've got a lot you can still learn and therefore more room to grow.

There are great online communities you can join -- such as this community -- use them as feedback channels. As long as you behave like a nice person and you are not spammy, you will go a long way.

Differentiate your personal from your professional life
This is true for everyone, but particularly true for budding entrepreneurs. We could easily get trapped into working from our room, or a very sloppy environment. Keep in mind that you have to differentiate and balance your time between friends, time to work and time to relax, in order to ensure that those different things are clearly defined, enjoyable, and effective.

This is why setting up a proper desk room outside of your main room is very important. Finally, though keeping busy and hustling is great, don't over commit. Always keep tabs on the three aspects mentioned above, and balance your time.

Apply the same to your employees
Striving for the best environment for yourself is very important, but this also applies to your employees. You want your partners to be involved and committed to the success of your business as much as you are, and this can't happen without a positive and effective working culture. In your very particular case, this applies to your employees working remotely.

Ask them where they work and live, what their working environment is like and work with them to improve it if necessary.

Create your own routine
Success does not happen without proper organization and scheduling. Successful people have their own routine and they are usually glad to share their best tips. Research those you admire and learn from them.

But, that's not all. You won't get amazing productivity gains right off the bat without proper time management and being able to focus. Those two things are the key to success in a remote environment. The freedom of working from wherever you want can also be your worst enemy, you must be disciplined and have healthy habits.

With humility, grit, and passion, you can nail it as an entrepreneur. Sure, you will encounter hurdles to overcome along the way, but these can propel you too and maximize your chances of success.

Let me know if you have any questions or question! 👋