Fattmerchant Founder, Suneera Madhani On Going From Startup To 5 Billion In Payments

<p>Ronne is joined by <strong>Suneera Mahdani </strong>who shared her early life and how she started her company.</p> <p>After graduating from college, Suneera discusses her journey from working at a consumer goods company straight out of college for three years and realizing that the corporate world wasn’t for her. She was later recruited by a payment-processing company. After she analyzed how the business works, Suneera decided to start her own.</p> <p>To become a successful entrepreneur it isn't as easy as 1-2-3. It takes a lot to make it right. </p> <p>Suneera provided a few pointers on how to become a successful entrepreneur:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Give yourself hard deadlines</strong> – Don’t chase things that are never going to come into fruition. Listen to all the feedback you will get, no matter who that person is. </li> <li><strong>Execute your ideas –  T</strong>here is ALWAYS a step-by-step process<strong> </strong>In order to turn all of your ideas into a well-established business. </li> <li><strong>Running a business isn't a vacation – </strong>You have to brace yourself and think about it deeply if it is what you really want. It entails a lot of responsibility.</li> <li><strong>Reflect on why you are doing business – </strong>There's more than the revenue that makes a business successful. Is it your passion? Is it something you really want to do? You have to consider such questions.</li> </ul> <p>Also, she gave us some tips when starting your business:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Make sure your business can accommodate investors – </strong>show the investors that their investments will be returned. Generate proof that their hard-earned money can gain some profit while it is in the business' hands. </li> <li><strong>Have a large market – </strong>investors are looking for big opportunities.</li> <li><strong>Be passionate –</strong> Have a good team. Know where your zones are.</li> <li><strong>Meet investors in person –</strong> Find where your networks are, find where the experts and find out where they go.