Five Things I’ve Learned from Being a Business Owner
22/10/2015
— June Stead
Senior Business Advisor, June Stead, shares her experience.
- Business is all about building great relationships. Customers, staff, suppliers, accountant, lawyer, bank manager – the list goes on. Get good at it. Surround yourself with a support network of people you trust (and like) as you can’t do everything yourself.
- Don’t expect everyone to work the way you work. Let people work to their strengths and make an effort to understand what those are. Be approachable and genuine.
- Always stay on top of your finances, running out of a flow of cash is both stressful and damaging and can ultimately close a business down even if the cash is due in.
- It’s an honour and a privilege to successfully run your own business regardless how big or small – don’t ever take it for granted
- If you don’t love what you’re doing stop doing it.