A Dream is Only a Starting Point

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If you are an entrepreneur -- or aspiring to be one -- you probably spend a huge amount of time dreaming about your big idea. That makes sense! You have a vision of how you can impact the world. You want to build a better future by solving a huge problem, and the dream of how you can do that consumes you. Here’s the thing, though: as important as it is to have that dream, dreaming on its own is not enough. As I always say, an idea is just an idea until it’s materialized. If you want to find entrepreneurial success, you need to go a step further. You need to have good preparation and then do it. Without those last two steps, your idea will stay just that: an idea that will never see the light of day.