- In terms of finding advice >
In terms of finding advice and who to lean on for support, I look to people who run their own business a lot of the time. When I first started I asked my former clients, entrepreneurs, about what it was like to run your own business and what it entailed, including the pitfalls and the bonuses.
It must be my journalistic instinct, but I ask a heck of a lot of questions when I meet people who run their own businesses. The best advice comes from experience, the ‘been there, done that’ school of advice’, so entrepreneurs are the first people I look to, and that’s been so beneficial.
I don’t think I’ve ever had somebody say to me, “I’m not prepared to help you.” Even if it’s a difficult question, I’ve never had somebody not give me a sound answer.
People have gone as far as giving me copies of legal contracts, recruitment contracts, bits of pieces of advice, processes, contacts and paperwork that they use in their business, and it’s all been really good, sound, practical advice.
Other people running businesses is the fast track way to make sure yours is a success. Especially when it comes to avoiding making mistakes. Quite often I come across people who say, “I did that, you don’t want to do that, this is how you avoid it.” You can’t read that kind of stuff in a book.
Kari OwersO Communications
