Any successful entrepreneur needs to be able to identify opportunities, make things happen while taking calculated risks. Identifying opportunities requires vision to see what others don’t see so you can carve out a lucrative niche for yourself, the ability to be tactical to make thing happen, but core is to take calculated risks. I have seen people take risks just because it seems fun and end in a hole only to keep digging and digging and never get out and not even realize they are in a hole or choose not recognize it. Hopefully, through this blog and other resources we can learn how to calculate our risks and be more aware of our blind spots. So how do you identify opportunities, make things happen and calculate your risks? Stay tuned….

I may be gregarious or reserved? I may or may not be have an MBA? I may or may not have access to powerful people. However, I am willing and do challenge what I think. Well the best way to really learn about entrepreneurship is to just try your hand at it. Next best thing is to talk to successful entrepreneurs you in your community and learn from them about the many different kinds of entrepreneurs.

At the core of all entrepreneurship in the luxury industry or otherwise is the entrepreneurs or in our case the Luxpreneur’s mindset. The right mindset will empower you to make the seemingly impossible possible (within the laws of physics or maybe not )

Your mindset is your set of underlying beliefs and assumptions about the world. These beliefs and assumptions drive your thoughts and actions. Some of our beliefs and assumptions hold true in reality, however, some maybe outdated or simply incorrect.

A Luxpreneur is constantly willing to test their assumptions and flexible enough to change their assumptions in order to make their dreams come true. ( good)

In other words mindset is at the core of Luxpreneurship. Each week on this blog we shall seek to provide you with nuggets of knowledge, insight and tips on how to develop and maintain entrepreneurial mindset that grows your brand and increases your bottom line.

REUTERS– Italian luxury fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo plans to enter as many as eight new mainland cities over the next three to five years, said chairman Ferruccio Ferragamo. The company will not change its old-fashioned way of operating despite cost pressure to shift factories to China he added. – ORGINALY FROM — HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL

Luxury Atelier will be hosting its annual consultative training session from Monday, October 22, 2012 to Wednesday October 24, 2012. Here is a link to the schedule.

Luxury Atelier will be hosting its annual consultative training session at the Ritz-Carlton Tyson’s Corner.

Luxury Atelier provides consultative training for emerging entrepreneurs with a focus on fashion, accessories, beauty and other brands seeking to become thriving international brands.