One of my buddies
told me
she had the knowledge
to start her own business
due to her years
of being an executive
in a Fortune 500 sized
business.
All business experience
can help
but starting or even running
a small business
isn’t like
helping to run
a big business.
In a small business,
EVERY job
is your job,
EVERY decision
is your decision,
and you touch
EVERY customer.
If you don’t complete tasks,
nothing gets done.
You might find
these differences to be terrible
and/or absolutely awesome.
“Fewer meetings,
fewer resources,
fewer constraints.
The biggest advantage
that a small business has
is that the owner
can look customers in the eye.
And vice versa.
Instead of
policies, groupthink
and leverage,
the way forward
for a small business
might be the very thing
that fueled you
in the start:
find out what people need
and help them get it.
Right away.”
Don’t expect
to run your small business
the same way
you help run a big business.