Entrepreneurs that Don’t Adapt

I love talking to entrepreneurs and hearing about progress, current challenges, and the vision for the business. Naturally, I have one or two ideas on their business, and know that many of my ideas are worth what they cost ($0). So what’s the challenge? The challenge is entrepreneurs that keep talking about their issues and don’t make progress. Entrepreneurs need to adapt.

Once I hear the same issue two, three, and even four times from an entrepreneur I start to get disillusioned with trying to help. My mentality is to tackle an issue head-on and start talking about progress, not about the issue that hasn’t been addressed yet.

Any advice? How do you deal with people that talk about the same problems, yet aren’t making progress?