How to Be an Entrepreneur in Turbulent Times

In a world where prices change overnight, banks are breathing down your neck, and global crises enter our offices faster than the bills — the real question is: how to survive, how to grow, and how to be an entrepreneur who not only survives but soars above the storm?

The answer is not in luck. Nor is it in the perfect moment.

The answer is in your internal compass, in mental toughness, and the ability to find your path amidst chaos.

1. An entrepreneur is a pilot – not a passenger

When things go downhill, most people panic.
The entrepreneur? He goes back to the instruments. He looks at the numbers, the people, the processes and tells himself:
“I am in control. I choose the flight altitude.”

In turbulent times, decisions must be faster, more precise, and cleaner. There’s no room for delay. No waiting for ideal conditions. No fear that the sky isn’t clear.

2. Capital comes and goes – but character remains

You can lose a project, a client, a million.
But if you lose character, you’ve lost everything.

In tough times, you see who keeps their word, who stands behind their business signature, who pays the worker before themselves, who doesn’t back down when it gets tight.
Reputation is a long-term currency.
And in crises, it’s worth double.

3. The best deals are made while others sleep

Turbulent times create cracks.
And opportunities hide in those cracks.
While others get scared, paralyzed, give up — you seize the moment.

All my biggest deals, from buying receivables to major investments to creating new companies, were made exactly “while the ground was shaking”.
Because that’s when you see who has the courage to take the first step.

4. Surround yourself with people who carry light, not burden

In crises, the team is more important than ever.
You don’t need “yes” people. You need those who see what you don’t, who think three moves ahead, who dare to challenge you.

Likewise — toxic people, disloyal “colleagues”, people without energy or vision — remove them without regret.
In critical times, every drop of wrong energy is a burden.

5. Rely on knowledge, not improvisation

An entrepreneur in turbulent times must know law, finance, basic marketing, psychology, strategy — well enough not to be fooled and wisely enough to recognize opportunity.

That’s why Miloš Masterclass exists: to open your eyes, to teach you to think like a leader, to lay the foundations from which you can build an empire.

6. Always have two perspectives: today and ten years

An entrepreneur must know how to survive today, but also know where they want to be in 10 years.
Without that picture — there’s no strength, no patience, no drive.

Why do you fly? For whom do you build?
Who will sit in your office in 10 years signing contracts with you?
That horizon gives stability in the storm.

7. In the end: the greatest peace in chaos comes from the mind

Everything you are — comes from your mind.
Peace, vision, patience, focus… that is your superpower.
That’s why an entrepreneur must work on themselves more than on their project.

Turbulent times are not a barrier.
They are a call.
A call to become bigger, stronger, more precise, and brighter.

If you want to learn how to fly above storms, how to build an empire when others fall —
welcome to the series “Miloš Masterclass: Fly Over. From Zero to Hero.”