Have you ever thought of starting your own Business?
Maybe you had better think again.
The exact failure rate of new businesses in Britain is kept dark but it is reliably estimated that less than one in ten survive more than 5 years.
If you were a gambler you may place a small bet on a horse with 9 -1 odds. But would you re-mortgage your house to bet on those odds? That is what most business start-ups do!
It may that starting a business is the right step for you how can you be sure? How can you be confident the time is right?
The good news is that the nature of business is changing. Up to15 years ago starting a business usually involved most of the following: setting up premises, buying stock, buying special equipment and hiring staff. These were all costs and liabilities one took on before the business started to generate any income.
Today there are other many avenues. One major reason has been the emergence of the Internet as a trading channel but business thinking has changed in other ways. As Governments have sought to increase the regulation of businesses and employers, so people have been more ingenious in finding ways of avoiding that burden.
In this learning area we aim to explain some of the major changes and trends that are taking place in the business start-up area and show you the major options available to you.
At least as important is for you to learn to think like a business owner. Roberet Kiyosaki made a major contribution to business thinking with his book The Cashflow Quadrant (1998). In this book he identifies four ways we can generate income in order to survive and prosper. These are: as an Employee; a Self-Employed person; a Business Owner or as an Investor. Most important he explained that in each of these categories, the thinking is different.
If you wish to join the Business Owners, and you are up to it, then you need to develop the thinking of a Business Owner. Positive Input will help you do that.
There are lots of organisations who say they will help small businesses to get started but they will take your money but not take any of your risk. They will almost certainly never tell you that you that you should not start your business or that you would be better off as a Beachcomber.
At this stage we can offer a limited selection of books and recorded material to help you start your investigations. In due course more material will be added.
The Cashflow Quadrant – Robert Kiyosaki
How to start & Run your own Business – Alan Le Marinel
What no one ever tells you about starting your own business – Jan Norman
Rich Dad’s Before you Quit your Job – Robert Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Before you Quit your Job – CD – Robert Kiyosaki