The Old Tin Shed

Im being a bit naughty tonight, no its not yet another hookup for some blindness sex, its something way better. I have my bully staying the night, I will get cuddles and a tongue bath for a wake up in the morning, have a lead here so will walk her when I get up. Been struggling hard this past 4 days and John suggested that having her here might help me.  So although the complex allows dogs the land lord does not.  But for one night at least she can stay here. I have a really tight 6 weeks coming up, im kind of really down over it all.  Its the last of the hangover from the move and will I hope finish an end of having more expenses than income.  I have an advertising plan all sorted and costed just no money to do it.  Im going back to the way I built my first business and its a method that works. More importantly I helped a client make  a smart decision this week, he seems to have some confidence in me again and I hope that means I can make some more...

Was thinking earlier today about the amount of effort it takes to get a small business off the ground. I know its different for each business and is heavily dependent on what area of small business you are intending to operate in.  The easiest of these is of course the franchise, where financial numbers are provided by the chain operators.  These are generally taken as is by the banks when loaning to open one.  There is of course all the pre-work of employing staff and ensuring build/fit out are to your standard. Franchises are generally a safe bet, but you loose a lot of the flexibility that comes with business ownership.  Things like supplies and pricing are often set and may not represent the best value to market. This post however is more about the time that small business owners invest in the months even years before the opening of the doors for trade.  There is always a list of things as long as ones arm to do.  These will include formulation of...