“10 lessons I found while trying to set up a online business as a student”

It's simple to fantasise about being the next Mark Zuckerberg and conquering the world as a student, but achieving such goals might be difficult.

Don't expect to be able to drop out of university.

At some point, every student entrepreneur has stated something similar. You can't just drop out and start a legendary company. Don't expect to be able to say goodbye to the educational system until your company is so successful that you don't have a minute to spare.

It is not enough to drop out of university to launch a successful business.

The startup culture has been heavily inflated.

The wrong, overly glamorous, and embellished scope is now being used to judge startup success.

All of these lofty concepts about how to become enormously rich and famous by founding a startup are easily swallowed by student entrepreneurs. However, this mentality will not add value to others, particularly your consumers. What is your startup's mission: to make you famous or to transform the world?

Concentrate on realising the startup's vision, and success will follow.

Be tenacious.

Every day, set aside time for your business. It makes no difference if it's the last day of a project or a test. Every day, devote at least 1% of your attention to your startup. He is not going to construct himself.

If you want to start a successful business, you must realise that this is not a side project.

No one is going to steal your ideas.

Many student entrepreneurs are concerned that if they tell someone about their startup concept, it may be stolen.

The point is that without a plan of action, ideas are useless. You can tell everyone that you're working on a new search engine that'll be better than Google, but no one will believe you until you show them how you created the algorithm.

Competition is a wonderful thing.

Competition is unavoidable, and it is beneficial for three reasons:

• It's up to you to catch your competition making mistakes. Take notes from them.
• It is promising if other companies are developing in the same market as you.
• Competition is a motivator for businesses to improve their offerings.
• As a result, do not alarm if you discover that you have a competitor.

Don't try to accomplish everything yourself.

Nobody can accomplish anything on their own. We tried to learn everything on our own at first: frontend development, marketing, and finance.

We rapidly recognised, however, that we lacked both the time and the capacity to execute a competent job. Tasks needed to delegated and staff needed to hire. It's strange to hire a student as a member of your team, but it's vital. You require assistance.

Students enjoy receiving assistance.

Many entrepreneurs believe that we are fortunate to be students and to be able to start a business because we have access to resources (internships, seminars) that they do not. Furthermore, if we were not students, these founders would not have spoken to us.

They are correct: kids have access to a wide range of resources. Universities give resources for young entrepreneurs to get started.

Whatever you do, business models are critical.

We used to believe that business models only required for commercial organisations. This, however, is not the case.

It is nearly hard to fulfil a goal without funds in a world controlled by money. You can improve people's lives while also making the money you need to build your business by developing a solid monetization plan.

You need to understand why you're in business.

Those who have bad news for you if you're in it for the glory. Elon Musk always said, “Registering a business is like swallowing glass and looking into the chasm.”This is particularly true when you are still in university. If you want to start a business while you're still in school, you'll have to give up sleep, education, and social life.

You must be an entrepreneur to be an entrepreneur.

This is the most crucial lesson to learn. Examining the biographies of renowned businesses and startups from the past can help us better understand entrepreneurship.

However, nothing beats firsthand knowledge. Only by immersing yourself in this atmosphere can you have the vision and the skill to get out of difficult situations. You must be an entrepreneur to become an entrepreneur.