mike16v
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Any1 on here started up there own business? How did u originally go about it?
Im just doing abit of research into it, any helpful sites any1 knows of?
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Karen
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My pals in the middle of setting up a jap perfomance place iv no idea wot hes doing tho!
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Teddy
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In in the process of doing this to! Not cheap! Warn you
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J4CKO
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me mates got his own buisness selling wooden flooring !! hes doing well and loaded as well he has jobs booked in for september totalling 50 grand !! most expensive flooring he does is 197 quid a meter
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mike16v
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Im not expecting it to be cheap, im goin to start off small and then expand as the sales do, no point diving in if its not going to be sucessful
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Teddy
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Take it slow mate - its all about the set up.
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mike16v
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i know mate, got about 9 months left at uni to pla nit before i start anything
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kandkstyling
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Bloody hard work, and its all about roundabouts!
If you haven't got the cash to do the advertising its hard to get the business known but if you don't have the sales you haven't got the cash to do it!
Do a business plan and a financial forcast. The forcast is a pile of rubbish cause you really don't know how you are going to do, luckily we have tripled our estimated annual turnover in the 1st 7 months!
Get in touch with Business Link and Princes Trust. I got £1500 worth of grants to help with advertising and the website.
Post over, sorry its so long :-)
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mike16v
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no worries its a long post, its been helpfull, ive been on a fair few local websites that offer grants to new businesses, will be deffo worth applying for, Already started putting together a rough business plan, u have u2u mate
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cargraphics4u.com
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www.businesslink.gov.uk
[Edited on 20-08-2004 by graficxpress]
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mike16v
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quote:
Originally posted by graficxpress
www.businesslink.gov.uk
[Edited on 20-08-2004 by graficxpress]
very good site that, just spent a gud hour and half reading it, thanks
If any of the small businesses on here have time for a chat i have a few questions, u2u me if you could, thanks again
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mike16v
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up
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Rich S
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Very hard work mate, we work at least 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and still rarely taking a wage out of it. Fair enough we've gone into much bigger premises etc than we expected to be at this point but then we've also done it with no financial help. I use www.startinbusiness.co.uk quite a bit for advice. If you need any help mate, just give me an u2u and ill do my best to try and advise you.
Cheers
Rich
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cargraphics4u.com
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quote:
Originally posted by Rich S
Very hard work mate, we work at least 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and still rarely taking a wage out of it. Fair enough we've gone into much bigger premises etc than we expected to be at this point but then we've also done it with no financial help. I use www.startinbusiness.co.uk quite a bit for advice. If you need any help mate, just give me an u2u and ill do my best to try and advise you.
Cheers
Rich
I know the feeling! 
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timrud_
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Mike if you need any advice drop me a line, I've a degree in business and related stuff, more than happy to help in anyway matey...
[Edited on 21-08-2004 by timrud_]
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mike16v
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ive got a business degree too mate, well nearly but im up for a chat, also cheers rich i'll be in touch fella
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timrud_
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I'm really good at telling you which way to the pub ROFL
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mike16v
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quote:
Originally posted by timrud_
I'm really good at telling you which way to the pub ROFL
sounds gud mate 
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