Three Pieces of Advice

For First-time Businesses

I often have to discuss the nitty-gritty parts of business that you might not want to hear, because being in business is not for everyone.

​In January, it is worth taking a review (if you're already trading) and take stock of your business achievements, disappointments and of what you learnt in 2016.

​You'll now be ready to take new steps in 2017, to move and grow your small enterprise.

1. Be practical about your money.
   
2. Realise that building a business is a huge time commitment.
   
3. Hold yourself to your word.
   

The reasons businesses don't survive is because they don't realise how hard it really is, how you have to be fully committed to it and how much needs to be learned but in all things business by not doing any of these means setting yourself up for failure.

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