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Hi Mel,
I guess everyone approaches the start up stages differently. I am not academically gifted, so decided the hands on learn as you go approach worked best for me – you certainly make more errors, but then that is the method of learning I like the most.
If you are a list person, make lists, there really is no right or wrong way to do it, just the right way for you.
I always love the story Richard Branson (my hero) told in his first autobiography, that when he had his first Virgin records shop, he was taking a van across to France and bootlegging all of the CD’s to avoid the VAT – he eventually got caught and fined, but it is how he got off the ground.
I am sure he wouldn’t recommend that nowadays, but do what feels right for you and you wont go wrong
Up0Hi Mel,
I am sure that it sounds daunting, but I would highly recommend writing a business plan.
It does not have to be complicated, but I found that it made me think through things in a different light as well as provide me with a lot of tasks that I could break up so I didn’t have to keep looking at the “big” picture all the time and get overwhelmed.
You can find heaps of good starting points at http://www.business.gov.au/Howtoguides/Thinkingofstartingabusiness/pages/default.aspx
Good Luck
Sam
Up0Hi Mel
I was in exactly your position a couple of months ago. I’m usually someone who can remember and recall twenty things off the top of my head, but after nearly two years setting up my business, my brain started going to mush
I now use a Gantt chart and use Outlook Calendar…it’s been brilliant for me.
Happy to chat about it if you like – just PM me
Wendy
Up0I set up my husband’s business this way – we did a business plan and TONS AND TONS of research and planned everything down to the dollar and minute but after two years we had to pack it in, it just wansn’t profitable enough – my own business I just started wtih clients and the rest I am still trying to catch up on. I am trying to see a business coach at the moment to sort it all out retrospectively but haven’t managed it yet. I am now overwhelmed by the next stage – going pro – from micro busienss to small business. Doing my head in
Up0Hey Mel,
That ‘overwhelming feeling’ can be turned into motivation, if you let it. Instead of seeing each ‘thing’ that you have to research as an obstacle standing in the way between you and your dreams, view it as an opportunity to get closer towards achieving your dreams. It doesn’t sound like much of a change – but believe me, once I made this change in the way I perceived my ‘to-do list’, I started ticking everything off at an incredible rate.
As soon as we feel we ‘have’ to do something, we naturally build internal resistance towards it, but if we instead view it that we ‘can’ do it, that it’s simply a choice, and that doing it would be of great benefit, than it’s easier to get the necessary things done to achieve your dreams.
Hope that helps! Good luck Mel
Brentis
Up0Hey Mel,
The reason it feels so overwhelming is because you need to build momentum. It’s like pushing a huge snowball (excuse for the lame expression), but it’s dam hard. You need to put in more effort at the start to get things rolling. Then, it doesn’t matter if you work harder – it still feels easier, because the momentum pulls you along.
Brentis
Up0my (perhaps miguided) philosophy has always been “Bite off more than you can chew – and chew it!”
Gets me into trouble sometimes, but life is never dull
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