Prepare Your Small Business for Growth …
… and do it from the day it’s born.
by Stuart Livesey
If you’ve been reading my scribblings here over the last few weeks you will know that we’re expanding. In fact we’re basically bursting at the seams with new staff, new clients and new premises.
It might seem that this expansion of our business has been sudden and almost unexpected but that’s not how it has really been. Instead we have been planning for this expansion for quite some time and Toni has been developing her business to be ready for this expansion.
We’ve even carefully planned for the added overheads that we will be facing and we can meet those overheads right now … we haven’t hit the new premises and taken on new overheads and then looked for the work to cover these added expenses.
The work is there already and it’s going to be there for the long-term - we don’t have to rush around in a panic looking for new work just to pay the rent or the wages.
Instead, even before the move actually takes place (we’ll be there from next Tuesday) we’ve already begun executing a marketing plan that will take us to the next level. We may not be as ‘out there’ as some of our competitors are right now but we’re also not facing the same problems that they could be facing … if the local grapevine is to be believed.
So our suggestion to you is that you plan to expand your small business right from the start and that way, when the chance to expand does come, you’ll have your plans in place and you won’t make any sudden decisions that you may regret later.
