To Thrive is To Share All with Hamza Ahmad

Best thing I ever did was let go of the fear that someone will steal my business idea if I share it with them.

Sharing is the best thing you can do when you’re an aspiring entrepreneur with many bright ideas. How else will you know which ideas are worth acting on and which to abandon?

Sharing your ideas with others gives you instant feedback and free suggestions on how to improve your idea. Never fall into a rabbit hole of bias, thinking people will like your idea without having ever received feedback on your idea.

Additionally, sharing your ideas with friends and family will take the idea from living all alone in your head to thriving in reality. Something special happens when you share your ideas. Seeing people’s reactions sparks a fire inside of you that makes you want to take it to the next level.

Share it with someone that you trust and is always honest with you. This way, if your idea is bad, they won’t sugar coat it and make you think it’s good. Tell them you’re thinking of creating a business around this idea you have and ask what they like, what they dislike, and what they would change.

- Hamza Ahmad, Creator of The Journal for Muslims