4 Ways Having No Professional Background In An Industry Can Actually Help Your Business Succeed

Hint: you’ll discover new and interesting ways to run a business that you wouldn’t have if you had kept to industry standards.

By Roi Shlomo, founder and CEO of Kale Me Crazy

With a clean slate, you can create your exact vision without anything holding you back.

Many entrepreneurs think they need to have deep knowledge and extensive history in their field to be successful.

Of course, having relevant experience before starting your company can help-you already understand how things work, you have a network of contacts, and you can avoid some of the headaches that come when things inevitably go wrong. But there’s something to be said for entering an industry with zero background in it.

You may find greater success without any experience in your chosen industry.

Since I didn’t come from the restaurant industry, I was free to reinvent the wheel.

But it wasn’t always easy, and in some ways, the industry infrastructure wasn’t ready for my concept. For example, rather than obtaining my inventory from…