Thinking of packing in that boring job in 2011 and venturing out alone?
I heartily encourage people to start up their own businesses - but beware - it takes a lot of hard work. So if you are working in a job you hate; going through the motions of showing up every day and dragging yourself home every night - before you burn your bridges, think about these tips from some Kiwi entrepreneurs:
* Know yourself (warts and all) what are you good at what are you NOT good at, because in the early days of working for yourself you have to do EVERYTHING YOURSELF
* Have a realistic plan and workable budgets (I know, this sounds boring but believe me - you need monthly goals and targets so you have something to measure progress by)
* Leverage what you need done with people who are good at those things - offer an exchange of skills for a while - they are good at accounting (you are not), you are good at writing great advertising copy (they are not). Swap your services
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Posted by Ann Andrews CSP, filed under Tool-box News and posted on 05/01/2011
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