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Entrepreneurship: Is it ok to validate more than 1 idea at one time? Or should you only focus on 1 business idea at a time?
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Jyotsana S, Entrepreneur IT Consultant Marketing technologist answered:

Hello!! That's a very good question you asked. Having been a entrepreneur for more than 7 years now, I understand how entrepreneurs are often serial thinkers and the rate of idea generation is definitely greater than that of execution.

Focussing your thoughts and actions on more than one business idea at a time could be labelled a tough task, but surely not an impossible or unadvisable one.

At the start of my career, I was trying to launch a fashion retail business and an IT consulting firm, two business niches completely apart from one another. I was able to shape both of these into successful businesses while working on them simultaneously.

The key is to learn how to shift your focus and yet retain it for the right things at the right time. It's pretty much like setting out meeting times for the coming week in your calendar. When you're in one meeting, there's no talking about your other appointments. so while you're working on one of your ideas at some point in your day, THAT idea should have your complete attention like there's nothing else in the world. Day after day, you will see your ideas progressing simultaneously.

Please feel free to request a call for detailed understanding of how you could put this into practice

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