{"id":4784,"date":"2012-03-20T13:12:18","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T17:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/?p=4784"},"modified":"2024-02-14T10:39:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T15:39:31","slug":"the-value-of-staying-focused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/blog\/the-value-of-staying-focused\/","title":{"rendered":"The value of staying focused"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St\u00e9phane Elie, founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.symbiosecommunication.com\/en\/index.html\">Symbiose Communication<\/a> in Longueuil, Quebec, knows that a smart businesses sticks to their vision \u2013 even if that means turning down opportunities along the way. A sharp focus has helped St\u00e9phane build Symbiose into what it is today: an inbound\/outbound call central with a global reach, employing 120 people and offering services in eight different languages.<\/p>\n<p>St\u00e9phane has this advice for other entrepreneurs:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen we started Symbiose Communication, the need to provide our customers with a diversified and flexible business offer impacted our company\u2019s direction. This strategic vision allowed us to respond to opportunities and get our first contract. However, we were always careful to remain focused on our specialty and to avoid falling into the trap of accepting all opportunities that came our way. It is extremely important to understand the capacity and limits of your business, never to lose sight of your purpose or specialty, and to avoid interfering in a business sector where your business does not belong. Remember that it is not a bad thing to refuse a contract. When you have to do so, be sure to explain the reasons for making this decision. In the end, you will likely generate a win-win situation for both parties!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/cybf_success_stories\/symbiose-communication-inc\/\">Click here<\/a> to find out more about St\u00e9phane Elie and Symbiose Communication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St\u00e9phane Elie, founder of Symbiose Communication in Longueuil, Quebec, knows that a smart businesses sticks to their vision \u2013 even if that means turning down opportunities along the way. A sharp focus has helped St\u00e9phane build Symbiose into what it is today: an inbound\/outbound call central with a global reach, employing 120 people and offering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entrepreneurship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}