ISLAMABAD – Behind every successful business venture lies an individual whowas passionate about what they’re doing, and were willing to face anyhurdles along the way. Passion is something that allows businesses andentrepreneurs to thrive in the most challenging times, overcome them, andeventually achieve everything they intended to attain right from thebeginning.
Once you’ve managed to achieve your dream, what’s the next step? When yourcareer is your passion and if you’re like Nabeel Ahmad, you take all yourknowledge, experiences, mistakes, and success, and share it with people whoaspire to be the same by learning and listening to someone who has beenthrough it all.
Nabeel Ahmad is a serial entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of SkyrayVentures – a modern-day parent company that owns various companies indifferent industries including technology, media, and marketing.
Belonging from Pakistan, Nabeel had moved to the United States in 2016 tostart college. However, he dropped out after his first semester to pursuehis entrepreneurship dream. He said, “Dropping out was inevitable and itcame naturally as I knew deep down that it was the right move. And I wasright.”
Nabeel’s entrepreneurship journey started when he was 19 years old, andover the last few years, he has built multiple successful businesses thatare generating millions of dollars in revenue. He saw many ups and downsalong the way, but we wondered what kept him going, and what were thefactors that led to his success. He shared three major reasons that heattributes to his success.
PersistenceNabeel says, “Persistence is perhaps the most important trait for anentrepreneur.” And, to be honest, we can’t agree any less. Nabeel facednumerous obstacles along the way, but he kept pushing himself because heknew the moment he gave up, it’ll be as good as accepting the fact that hefailed.
Nabeel believes that on the path to becoming successful, you’re bound tocome across setbacks that will push you to your limits, and that’s whenhaving persistence comes in handy.
Nabeel said, “If you don’t quit, you can’t lose.” He has always beenpersistent, and once Nabeel sets his mind to a goal, he makes sure he doeswhatever it takes to achieve it, even if it means having sleepless nights.
“In the last couple of years, there were uncountable times when I failed,and times were tough,” Nabeel said, “If I had given up in those times, Iwould not be in the position I am in today.”
Self-BeliefBelieving in yourself is another secret that has helped Nabeel achieve thesuccess he has always aimed for. Nabeel believes having a vision for thefuture, typically a certain milestone you’re working towards, starts fromhaving a solid belief in yourself that you can achieve it.
This self-belief of yours will help tune your mind to keep working in amanner that will help you reach that level of success, and eventually,you’ll be able to attain a frequency where success becomes easy.
Nabeel says, “If you don’t even have faith in your success, then there isno point in doing anything.”
Hard-WorkNabeel believes having the ability to work hard is vital to success. Thisis particularly important in business. It may perhaps be one of the mostimportant traits an entrepreneur should possess, as this determines how farthey go in making their business venture a success.
The game of entrepreneurship is very competitive. The harder you work, themore the odds of success. Some of the top entrepreneurs like Elon Muskclaim to work more than 100 hours per week.Nabeel understood the importance of hard work a long time back when he knewhe wanted to pursue his entrepreneurship journey, and this has been crucialto his success.Nabeel says, “As an entrepreneur, you have to be prepared to work hard,otherwise you can’t hope to win.”
By eschewing himself to his passions, and always remembering these threetraits, Nabeel has achieved immense success, respect, and recognitionglobally.Nabeel’s story is an inspiration to every aspiring entrepreneur. With thesehabits followed properly, entrepreneurs can increase their odds of successin business.