Welcome to a new series – How Not To Start Your Business.
There are hundreds of books and blogs (including this one) that tell the budding entrepreneur how to start and run a business and many of them are excellent. Unfortunately the reality is that when starting and running a business you’re more likely to spend your time making mistakes, dealing with problems and generally trying not to screw up.
So this is the first post a new series of on my blog. The articles are about – not screwing up. There’s no single right way to run a business, but there are lots of wrong ways, by examining the mistakes that other entrepreneurs before you (myself included) have made, I aim to tell you how NOT to start and run your business. That way you’ll have a better chance of finding the right way to start and run your business.
Rarely do we like to admit to our failures, or the mistakes we’ve made, but by doing so we can learn from out mistakes and each failure then brings us closer to success.
If you’ve made a mistake in business that you think others should avoid and you’d like to share then please contact me and I’ll add your story.
This blog is about business opportunities and ideas that I spot, think of or hear about and think are useful and interesting. It is intended to provide ideas and inspriation for you to help you find the right business idea for you to then grow it into a successful business.
Great idea, John.
I get lots of emails from readers of my books asking about the pitfalls and obstacles to avoid when starting businesses online.
I’ll be reading for your advice, too.
Best,
Scott
Thanks Scott and if you want to contribute any of those stories as guest post please do get in touch.
Regards, John
i will be a follower of this one. wish you had started it 2 years ago when i first started up, i know i have made loads of mistakes and i bet there are some i havent made yet.
dennis