Hi and welcome to the LiveMyGoals.com Entrepreneurs Blog!

Becoming an entrepreneur is a goal that many people will set for themselves at some stage of their lives.

In fact many of you will have already included the goal of starting your own business in your LiveMyGoals powerpacks, and many of you will already be fighting the fight, battling every day to turn your dreams into a reality.

Others still will have will have been through the entrepreneurial cycle many times over, some successfully and some not so successfully!

But regardless of whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a perspiring entrepreneur, or an inspiring entrepreneur - this blog is for you!

This is the blog where we go in search of the answers to one simple question, "How do you create a thriving, successful, profitable business from nothing?"

And when I say nothing, I mean nothing, because that's where many of you will be today. No money, no ideas, no experience, no support. Just a desire.

In fact that's exactly where I was when I started looking for the answers to this question 10 years ago. Having just started my first full time job as an accountant, I was earning the princely sum of $24,000pa (no I'm not talking USD!) and at that rate I figured, to become a millionaire, not only would I have to double my salary, but I would not be able to spend a single cent for 20 years!

It was at that point that I committed myself to doing whatever it took to become a world class business builder, although at the time I had absolutely no idea how to make this happen.

But the great news is this. It can be done. You can do it. Regardless of what you have or haven't got right now, if you're committed to learning what it takes, if you're committed to taking action, and if you're committed to never giving up, you will be successful.

In this blog I'll do my best to share with you some of the lessons I've learnt over the years, and the lessons I am still learning as I continue my journey in the years to come. 

Some of the topics we'll discuss are:

• Attitudes and beliefs - Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?
• Ideas and opportunities - Where do you get them and how do you know if they're any good?
• Principles of wealth creation - Where does money and wealth come from?
• Skills and knowledge - What do you need to know?
• Tools and resources - How can you accelerate your learning?
• Sales and marketing - Essential entrepreneurial know-how
  
• Getting your business started - You've got an idea so now what?
• Entrepreneurial myths and misconceptions
• Lessons from current events

In addition we'll also be interviewing successful entrepreneurs, getting the inside story on how they got to where they are, and looking at the questions you, the LiveMyGoals community, want to discuss.

My hope for this blog is that by sharing some of the things that I and others have learnt, we might accelerate your learning, support you in your journey, and inspire you to do the same for others.

Once again, on behalf of the LiveMyGoals team, welcome!

Richard Liew Entrepreneur In Training! Richard Liew started his first business at the age of 23 and founded the Rev Sales Network, a personal and professional development network for salespeople when he was 27. Along the way he has helped develop sales strategies for several startup’s, helped extreme sport ‘le parkour’ (freerunning) find it’s feet in NZ, and is a regular newspaper and magazine contributor on the topics of sales and marketing. Richard is passionate about helping young entrepreneurs succeed and is currently working on a new recruitment related internet business.