You Bright-Eyed-Bushy-Tailed Business Fledgling

I have this new client (a start-up) and they are so tired that I am tired for them.  Just totally exhausted.

What do we do as self-employed types? Eat chocolates and curl up in bed? (No, but that's what my dog did today while I was out all day, sigh.) 

Here are just a few of those many hats:

  • budgeting
  • paying bills
  • entering expenses
  • communicating with clients
  • creating estimates and invoices
  • buying office supplies
  • maintaining mailing lists
  • creating newsletters
  • researching
  • facebook, twitter, instagram, linkedin
  • maintaining equipment
  • paying taxes

Oh, right, and then there is doing all the actual work people pay you for...

Are you scared yet?  

Is it a lot of work? Yes.  Yes, it is.

Are you bored yet? Does some of it suck?  

Yes.  Yes, it does.

That being said, I have so much respect for those people who are running businesses with no prior business experience.  

Talk about BAD ASS PEOPLE BITING OFF MORE THAN THEY CAN CHEW.

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The slope is steep. (I know!)

This is one of my most treasured parts of working with fledgling businesses.  

I like to coax all of those threads of confusion into beautiful tapestry.  

  • Make things simpler.
  • Follow a plan, yet be flexible.
  • Create something EFFECTIVE.
  • Work within your capacity.

I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.  TRUST ME.  I BELIEVE IN YOU.

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