Don’t Stall - Get Started!

Do you have a great business idea? Don’t wait around, start now! Lack of inertia is the number-one killer of great ideas. According to a survey performed by Yahoo! Small Business, 66 percent of Americans over the age of 18 have considered starting a business, but many never take the leap.

If you have a great idea for a business, don't put off writing a business plan, or at the very least, putting your ideas down on paper. Business writer Tim Berry gives valuable advice: “Don't wait until you have enough time, don't wait until you have the right people, and definitely don't wait until there's an urgent reason. Instead, just do it now.” Writing your ideas down is the first step to actually getting your business up and running.

As great as your business idea may be, it is fragile, and it is easy to lose inertia. The key is to develop a business idea that gains momentum and takes on a life of its own. In order to make this happen, you need to make a commitment to your idea, stick with it, and make sure to follow through.

Not sure what steps to take first? Getting started is not about knowing exactly what to do. There's plenty of expert advice available about every aspect of running a business – you will learn by doing. The hard part, and also the most important part, is to take the initiative to get started and implement the idea.