How to start your own business without investors | Nicholas Hänny | TEDxHochschuleLuzern

Nicholas Hänny is the co-founder and CEO of NIKIN, a sustainable clothing brand from Switzerland that plants one tree for each product sold. NIKIN has been in the top 3 of the Swiss Economic Award 2019 and won the “Swiss Brand of the Year” Award for best cost-benefit ratio in the Swiss clothing industry. With NIKIN, Nicholas is responsible for already 500’000 trees planted. He has also been elected “Aargauer of the Year 2019”.

[SUNNYKUMAR-qmed]

1. It's not about idea but about implementation
2. Don't strive for perfection
3. Ask for help
4. Be flexible
5. Google

[ImtokyotheDog]

As somebody who's starting my first business, all the people I talk to, and all these business building videos and everybody says it has to be a completely unique idea. Has to be totally unique and something the world has never seen.

I say "there are thousands of gas stations out there. Hundreds of gas station brands. They all basically do the same thing. There are tens of thousands of fast food restaurants. Hundreds of brands. They all basically do the same thing. And they all make a ton of money"

[ai.simplified..]

1-Start now
2-dont wait for perfect product to start get feedbacks and make the product better as you go
3-ask for help dont afraid of no
4-be flexible
5-read the best book in world & its google
6-just do it its basiclly about doing it

[daisymayy]

Amazing video, A friend of mine referred me to a financial adviser sometime ago and we got to talking about investment and money. I started investing with $150k and in the first 2 months, my portfolio was reading $274, 800. Crazy right!, I decided to reinvest my profit and get more interesting. For over a year we have been working together making consistent profit just bought my second home 2 weeks ago and care for my family.

[MrRishav]

Lessons to learn ❤

🔰its not about ideas its about implitation
🔰Ask for help
🔰don't wait for perfection
🔰Be flexible and just start

[samuelmungai]

The mentality of "you have to have a unique idea" has made me postpone my startup for a very long time. Thank you so much for this video

[beloveddreamersllc]

This is a great video
I started my own Business during the lockdown and it is going well. My advice to anyone, JUST BEGIN!

[jamesT]

He is honest, humble and surely hardworking. Very good tips.

[jeremiah]

Really needed this level of sincerity. He's down to earth.
I'm starting my own startup with very little money as well. I can already relate to a lot of what he's saying. Love it.

[alexanderhikanyemu]

I like him. Right on point 👌
His experience can be felt 🙏
God bless your work

[Teaching_Days]

Well, I really think that this guy made me think that business isn’t so hard thing, everyone who wants to make smth just have to try even if they don’t have any results they will get a really valuable experience in their life 😍

[sulemanmohammedng]

This is the most conscised and high content Ted talk I have ever seen. He did a great job. Thank you very much for sharing.

[divyeshmansatta]

Very sincere advise. Procrastination and perfectionism does not really help. Believe in yourelf and have faith. Sometimes you learn through the process and at least you tried.

[pratikpatil]

1. Implementation over idea.
You don't need a great or idea, all you need is courage to implement whatever idea you have. Just go and do it, don't wait for perfect or unique idea, just DO IT.

[naciriy]

Great presentation! Honest advice from someone who’s actually doing it. 👍

[tahoefor]

good man. honest advice from someone who used all of the tips he offered. not these career coaches who have no career

[abikelife]

Yes often budding entrepreneurs and young business people think that they have to have every step of the way figured out before diving in. Well this isn't even possible because things will come up that you didn't even imagine happening. Just get started, tunnel vision looking at one step at a time. Start step one, when it's rolling, proceed to step two, etc. This keeps your mind from becoming tangled up in seeing the way through it all. "Let's cross that bridge when we get there" is a quote that is so applicable to starting a business.

[renibheybernal]

Hands down one of the best things I've watched here on youtube!!!! 🙌🙌🙌👏

[mohamednajeeb]

Thank you very much for sharing very honestly

[foreignermakingmoney-phili]

Great vid with lots of good common sense ideas explored and examples provided. Fantastic