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ABEL Business Institute offers training, seminars, consulting and coaching. These services, enhanced by the self-help modules we offer, teach Skillpreneurs to be successful business owners--to work on their businesses, not in their businesses.
What is a Skillpreneur? A "SKILLPRENEUR" is a person who has talent and expert ability in a specific art, trade, or technique that is acquired or developed through training and experience.
What a Skillpreneur is not: Being a Skillpreneur and opening a business does not automically qualify you as a successful, capable and profitable business owner.
Consider this...
Statistically, 40% of businesses fail by the end of the first year. The reason for that is small businesses are mostly created not by entrepreneurs, but by skillpreneurs. Skillpreneurs think they can do their craft better, and they can--up to the point where entrepreneur meets skillpreneur. That’s when the collapse begins. It's like oil and water. What happens is they don’t mix. They have different fundamental philosophies.
- An Entrepreneur is not a doer, he's a leader.
- The Skillpreneur is a doer.
Sooner or later, Skillpreneurs sadly realize that what they really know is how to work in their business—not on their business. They know little to nothing about hiring, training, financing, billing, inventory control, payroll, quality assurance, sales, marketing, management—you get the picture. Our Skillpreneur Training Services offer the training needed to succeed.
The way to build a sustainable business is through a set of key principles we teach our clients. The first being systemize your business. You're now at a point in the road where you must make a change. The change is one of two: hire someone to come in and run the business and you can continue to be the skillpreneur, or you hire someone to do the job and you become the entrepreneur. That’s where most need to be educated, into that change.
First, successful business owners delegate. They know they can only go so far on their own. In fact, entrepreneurs look forward to the day they can hire employees or independent consultants, so they can focus on growing their business.
Successful business owners also recognize the value in hiring those who possess the skills they lack. "Skillpreneurs," on the other hand, typically believe that by hiring a staff or working with independent contractors, they are giving up control of their business. But by refusing to get help, the only thing "skillpreneurs" give up is their ability to grow their business.
Another thing successful business owners understand is the value of creating systems. In fact, the Internet, software programs, and the ability to automate just about every aspect of a business are some of the greatest gifts to entrepreneurs. Because "skillpreneurs" are caught up in the day-to-day tasks of running their business, they go crazy trying to keep up.
At some point, successful people, no matter how smart or talented, get help. They hire experts. I like to call these experts "secret weapons." With them, business owners can focus on what they do best and let their secret weapons focus on the rest.
Can you image Derek Jeter doing his taxes, negotiating his contract, or acting as his own financial expert? I'm not saying Jeter's not informed, what I am saying is that he hires experts, so he can focus on and practice what he does best: play baseball.
Besides hiring experts to handle the personal side of his life, to make sure he's at the top of his game, Jeter has access to the best coaches available. These coaches are the athletes' secret weapons, working behind the scenes to make sure the athletes are playing at peak performance. If you want to play in the "big leagues" and build a superstar business, do what professional athletes do get coached.
Call today to inquire about these services:
Skillpreneur Mastermind Groups: These group coaching sessions consist of 4-6 members and meet once a month. Share ideas, network, overcome obstacles as you reap the benefits of your very own "board of directors".
Fee: $495 per month. 3 month commitment. Pre-payment is required for each 3 month interval.
Skillpreneur One-on-One Coaching: Personalized, target coaching with a trained, experienced iPEC certified trainer who masters the skillpreneur progression to lucrative business owner.
Fee: Monthly Retainers will be quoted based on individual client assesment and hours required of coaching. Pre-payment is required. 3 month commitment.
Skillpreneur Modules, special reports and lessons: We offer downloadable and printed modules covering a range of topics from self-assesment, writing your Mission and Vision Statement to customer service skills. Prices vary, so please call to inquire 212-564-7584 or email Info@Abelbusinessinstitute.com
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