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Feisty Enterprise Tip #7: Look For Multiple Income Streams to Survive the First Eighteen Months

Jun 23, ’13 12:45 AM

If you think of yourself as an enterprise zone rather than just one business type then it makes perfect sense to make enough money by whatever legal means to survive. This often means having many ways of earning money whilst your main business develops a customer base and a successful trading format. You need as…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #6: Find Some Business Owners You Can Trust and Ask Them Questions

Jun 16, ’13 7:12 AM

Then do something in return for them so that you feel able to ask more questions another time. You help them to succeed and they’ll help you to succeed. There is no better way. It is why the Enterprise Rockers Movement was founded. Existing micro enterprise owners know more about running a business than you…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #5: It’s Often Better To Pay For Professional Advice Than Accept Free Advice

Jun 9, ’13 6:21 PM

Examples of free advice might be that provided or funded by national, regional or local government or banks or help from volunteer advisers, coaches and mentors that haven’t successfully run their own businesses. It can be dangerous rubbish you get from them but because you’re starting out you don’t know that. Most accountants and book-keepers…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #4: Seek Advice From Those That Have Started and Successfully Run Their Own Micro Enterprise

Jun 2, ’13 11:55 PM

Yes, I know that this means that there’ll be some good advice that you’ll ignore because it has come from someone that hasn’t started a business. Equally, I’m not saying that you should accept all advice from those that have started and run a business. After all, Tony Robinson OBE is an example of someone…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #3: Don’t Be An Idiot Wasting All Your Time Complying With Red Tape and Regulations

May 25, ’13 10:30 PM

The downside of free start up advice from governments is that it is often their way of ensuring you comply with all their regulations and they collect the maximum amount of money from you. Most countries have so much bureaucracy and regulations in place to favour big business, and make it difficult for micro enterprise,…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #2: Get a Support Network Behind You, Say ‘I’ll Get Back To You’ and Then Phone a Friend

May 19, ’13 8:37 PM

The scariest words to a prospective or existing small business owner are ‘I’m from the government (or bank) and I’m here to help you’. If the schemes and websites of free support for starting a business are primarily run and sponsored by government and financial services companies then B-E-W-A-R-E. My opinion is that they are…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #1: Suck It and See – Find Out If This Is Your Right Time

May 11, ’13 7:00 AM

If you have other ways of earning a living and you feel that you haven’t enough know-how, or enough available time and money, to get through the first eighteen months of your own business – don’t do it. In my opinion there is no better way to earn a living than being your own boss…

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