The Biggest Mistake You Can Do When Building Your Business

Why I keep doing it and how I plan to stop

Frank Elda
3 min readMar 21, 2024
Photo by Kyle Broad on Unsplash

The trend is about solopreneurship.

Not even a real word if you ask a dictionary, but it has a nice ring to it. It’s appealing to the flood of hungry online wannabe entrepreneurs — like me.

Except that it sends the wrong message because…

It’s Not About You

Using the prefix solo is misleading. It puts a strong emphasis on you and your ego.

As in any teamwork, playing solo is not good. And succeeding in the online world is a team game.

“Play long-term games with long-term people.”
— Naval Ravikant

Plus, it makes you think you have to do it all by yourself.

At least that’s how I think. Playing solo all the time. I did it all my life and see how little success I had.

By yourself, you have very little leverage, hence very little impact.

Because you spend all your time…

Reinventing The Wheel

That’s one of the biggest issues you can have when starting your entrepreneurial journey.

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Frank Elda

Build a lifestyle of freedom by designing the life you deserve.