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<blockquote data-quote="binky" data-source="post: 478085" data-attributes="member: 490"><p> steady on now! :^O </p><p></p><p>Isn't there a long post on here somewhere about starting your own business?</p><p></p><p>One other thing, the first 6 months is easy, you'll get work from family and friends (although they can be the worst customers), it's after that it gets hard. It takes about 2 years to get a good reputation and client base. You will have to advertise to get your name around. Do you have enough money to survive that length of time on minimum wage, cos that's roughly what you will earn over that time unles you have good contacts already. (incidentally at least half those contacts won't give you any work no matter what they say). I'm not trying to put you off, if you can handle the long hours off the job to do paperwork and visit clients then you will enjoy being your own boss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="binky, post: 478085, member: 490"] steady on now! :^O Isn't there a long post on here somewhere about starting your own business? One other thing, the first 6 months is easy, you'll get work from family and friends (although they can be the worst customers), it's after that it gets hard. It takes about 2 years to get a good reputation and client base. You will have to advertise to get your name around. Do you have enough money to survive that length of time on minimum wage, cos that's roughly what you will earn over that time unles you have good contacts already. (incidentally at least half those contacts won't give you any work no matter what they say). I'm not trying to put you off, if you can handle the long hours off the job to do paperwork and visit clients then you will enjoy being your own boss. [/QUOTE]
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