Thought that I should just put up a few thoughts here for you to think about.

Getting a great small business idea is the very easy part of starting up a small business.

Getting the idea.

Hell if you are stuck for ideas then why not pick up a copy of the yellow pages? page through it and there are thousands of ideas.

You could use those free magazines that get delivered to your letterbox for as many good small business ideas.

Just on the subject of hairdressers you could come up with  20 different types of small businesses.

Getting your planning done right.

This is perhaps the most important part. I have a completely different website that just covers small business plan templates. If you are serious about starting up a small business then you have to do your planning in very fine detail.

Planned for years into the future too. Do not underestimate how important this step is.

In fact I normally suggest that you do the same homework on three different business models – to see which will be easier, and which will be more profitable.

Getting your finance right.

People all over the world are managing to start up small businesses these days without capital. But I gotta tell you that it is very difficult.

I have been down that road many times, and my honest opinion is to tell you to NEVER try to start a business without more than enough capital.

Doing the work.

Sadly most people think that starting up a small business is all about hard work. They will tell you with total seriousness that they are not scared to work 18 hours a day for years – if that is what it takes.

My honest take on that is – if you have to work 18 hours a day for years to get your business onto its feet then you planned it very badly.

Go to the Mirror and crap on that person that you see there.

Finally.

This very medium that you are reading this blog post on – is so powerful, that you can take a dead business and turn it around if you know what you are doing online.

The great part is that you can hit profits within a few months, and need only to have a capital out lay of about R15000. You could even do it for a lot less – but you will have to work 10 times as hard.

So. Do not let your friends scare you away from your business ideas. Just plan it properly. From the very Beginning.

Take care

Rob

Hi all.

Rob Here.

I am here just to put up a very quick post here on this site for you.

What I wanted to tell you is very simple… I was chatting to a friend who also works from home. He passed a few comments that left me wondering if this is a normal attitude.

Here is what he “sort-of-’said” he seemed to think that other businesses treated him with less respect because he is a work from home person. He felt that big business and corporate business all looked down on the guy who works from home.

Now while this may actually be true in some cases, what I came here to tell you is one very important fact!

If you believe that – it will be true!

If you keep giving cut prices because you “work from home” and if you keep thinking that you are less professional that the guy who is sitting at a desk with all the support that goes with that position – I want you to think about this…

Do you really think that the guy who is your equal, but works from an office, do you think he is better then you?

do you think he tries harder than you?

do you think he works longer hours than you?

do you think that he is more committed than you?

I bet you ( a lot) that he is none of the above.

stop undervaluing yourself.

EVEN IF YOU ARE ONLY DOING A CRAFT OR OTHER PART TIME BUSINESS!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

I need to visit this quickly just to tell you all quickly that I am adding a lot of new information relating to Business Plan templates.

I have developed a link to over 200 detailed small business plan templates that are very accurately targeted to every small business that needs to have a business plan template written for it.

I do not really need to tell you how important this is – every business really needs to be carefully planned out in detail from the very first step.

Failure to do this exact planning will probably end up with you owning a failing business.

Do not take a chance – Plan Properly from the very beginning.

Thanks

Take Care

Rob

HERE IS THE LINK – BUSINESS PLAN TEMPLATES