6 Winning Mantras for First-Time Entrepreneurs Must-follow insights in order to become a successful fledgling entrepreneur.

As a business mentor, marketer, writer and storyteller, along with a successful stint as an entrepreneur, I get asked this question many times: "Can you share the most important mantras for becoming a successful first-time entrepreneur?"

Here are my half-dozen tips for building a successful new business:

1. Timing is everything