"Oops. I dropped the ball."

It's a phrase that many small business owners are bound to use from time to time. But it's also a concept they come to embrace — simply because they often consider themselves as risk takers. After all, it takes guts to set out and accomplish a vision that others may not deem as possible or achievable.

In fact, in most cases, small business owners have to be willing to look a little foolish or irrational to everyone watching from the sidelines. Because, try as they might, they are bound to fail. Not once. Not twice. But it's likely they will fail multiple times as they attempt to pursue their dreams. Yes, they'll drop the ball. They'll even trip and stumble sometimes as they attempt to sprint to the goal line.

Yet, even though failure hits the fan, they often come out on top in the end.

So how do they get beyond the whole risk taking thing and lead a small business with passion and success? What are the ingredients to that recipe? And how does it all play out?

Vivint continues to be front and center in many aspects of the smart home arena. They have emerged as the biggest smart home player largely because of everything they do to take care of their customers.

The kind of service they provide allows customers to come away with confidence in using their products for the long run. And Vivint's in-house products are simply the proof of their ability to invent the best user experience possible.

In addition, it's a seriously awesome business opportunity for anyone that wants to help others obtain a smart home through Vivint. With RS&I, you can become a Vivint.SmartHome Authorized Retailer and make it a viable business venture. Below are just three of the many compelling reasons why you can succeed with Vivint.

RS&I is among the nation's leading fulfillment service providers with more than 45 years of highly successful experience meeting distribution, warehousing, delivery and installation needs. We make sure our current network of over 2,500 authorized retailers has every piece of equipment they need to get the job done in a timely manner.

We manage an integrated distribution network of nine strategically located sales and distribution centers serving the western U.S. Having nine different locations means product is always available at the nearest location when one of our retailers needs to place an order.

With the close proximity of our distribution centers, it also saves time and money for our retailers.

Hundreds of business opportunities are available in the market today. You can pick everything from franchises, to investments, to e-commerce, to authorized retailerships and more. But why choose Vivint? What benefits can you expect as a retailer? And why would your customers choose Vivint?

To quickly summarize the answers to these questions, Vivint provides a simple and affordable smart home solution. Everything they do is to make life better for their customers and to even save their customers' lives when disaster strikes. It's a mission they're happy to pursue and it's a whole lot of fun.

When you team up with RS&I and Vivint, you get to go after the same mission. And yes, you can earn a significant amount of income at the same time.

Take a little time to read below and see what you could accomplish as an Authorized Retailer.

Getting off the starting line is the first accomplishment as an authorized retailer. But what you do next will have a big impact on the future of your business.

So the question remains, what should you do next? While there may be an assortment of strategies and ways to grow your business, we've identified four specific ways to create some competition with other small businesses.

Many businesses miss the boat by not following these four guidelines, but if you put them into place on a regular basis, you'll be sure to set yourself apart.

Let's take a look.