SO, YOU WANT TO START A BUSINESS!

Over the next several weeks, I want to discuss a number of things to do BEFORE you even go into business for yourself. Too often, people will have an idea for a business, or a business they want to go into, and all they can do is think about how happy they will be "if only", and all the money they will make "if only". But they have no prior business experience, and no business background.

So they go to the local bookstore, and buy some books on small business. The problem that they will face with these books, is that you have either the "Goofball's Guide to Biz", which has fairly useless information such as "Your customer is your business!" or you have "How I Ran the Largest Company in the World!" which tells you NOTHING about how to start a small business. My goal, with this and a large number of my posts, will be to help those that want to start a business, even if it's not real estate related. What I've learned in my years of business is worth a fortune. At least, that's what it cost me! But I hope that you can learn from my mistakes, as well as my good fortunes, so that perhaps your business education will come with a scholarship, so that it can save you a tremendous amount of time and money!

The first topic which we'll cover in the next post will be about something you can't afford to do without. A bookkeeper and CPA!