We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a skills training business:

#1: Saakshi Choithani, founder of Mindynamics:

We chatted with with Saakshi, founder of Mindynamics ($1.5K/month). In our interview, Saakshi says:

The day you stop experimenting, you will find yourself in a trap where your business is stagnant and things are not just moving right.

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Collaboration is the key today. The more you collaborate with people the better reach it would give to your brand.

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#2: Sumit Bansal, founder of TrumpExcel.com:

We chatted with with Sumit, founder of TrumpExcel.com ($10K/month). In our interview, Sumit says:

It was a huge learning curve for me and I made a lot of mistakes. I invested hours everyday learning. I didn’t make any money for 16 months, but I consistently pushed out content and videos. I was getting traffic and was also collecting email subscribers

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Another mistake I made was to not learn about SEO in the initial days. I was lucky that my content worked and I started getting traffic, but I could have done better had I known SEO better.

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#3: Andrew Kamphey, founder of Better Sheets:

We chatted with with Andrew, founder of Better Sheets ($8.33K/month). In our interview, Andrew says:

Try not to optimize too early. And try not to stick contractors on a problem that I mon’t even understand.

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You can scale almost anything. Either through hiring, outsourcing, automation apps such as Zapier, or programming code.

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#4: Andrew Kamphey, founder of Better Sheets:

We chatted with with Andrew, founder of Better Sheets ($8.33K/month). In our interview, Andrew says:

I learned the true meaning of Launch and Launch again. Keep going. Never quit.

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#5: Stephen Somers, founder of Marketplace SuperHeroes:

We chatted with with Stephen, founder of Marketplace SuperHeroes ($350K/month). In our interview, Stephen says:

A strategic partnership could also bring your business access to new products, a new market and the opportunity to increase customer loyalty. It really is the true synergy of two plus two equals five!

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We found that the success of a campaign or project depended a lot on our team. The team has to be strong - but it can only be strong if there’s an effective communication strategy.

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#6: Andrew Kamphey, founder of Better Sheets:

We chatted with with Andrew, founder of Better Sheets ($8.33K/month). In our interview, Andrew says:

Google is full of answers to your Google Sheet questions. YouTube is overflowing with explanations of functions. But I saw that there was a huge gaping void in creative uses of Google Sheets. Uses that businesses could use right now.

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#7: Andrew Kamphey, founder of Better Sheets:

We chatted with with Andrew, founder of Better Sheets ($8.33K/month). In our interview, Andrew says:

You can choose for it to be hard. You can choose for it to be easy. You can choose. So Choose.

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Optimize for yourself. Creating a business can sometimes feel like we’re pushing a boulder up a hill. It can feel like a thing that others know the secret of, and others are doing easier. Choose the boulder. Choose the hill.

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