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A few years ago my brother and I were skiing.
“That proves it” Said my brother, “You fell at least four times today and I didn’t fall once, that proves I am a better skier then you”.
Actually, I am the better skier because I fall. Falling shows me my limits. He is playing it safe.
Do you know the limits of your business or are you playing it safe?
Nothing wrong with playing it safe, on the other hand, do you know how fast can you grow without having growing pains? Only one way to find out, grow fast and see what happens.
How is your human resources department doing?
Great, no lawsuits.
Maybe that’s the wrong thing to measure. Fire a few people. You don’t want poor performers or people who are a bad fit working for you.
How are your credit sales going?
Great, not a single write-off.
Again, wrong measurement. Credit sales are supposed to extend your reach into markets that otherwise would not be customers. Maybe you have no write-offs because you are just giving credit to people who would normally buy your stuff with cash.
Losing any customers because of pricing?
No?
Then you are under pricing yourself and losing profits.
Be bold, find your limits.
After working on it for over 5 months, I am proud to announce today that numia.biz version 2 is now up & running at www.numia.biz.
In incorporates numerous new & improved features including enhanced backup (more file formats), more reports, ability to sort columns in reports, and lots of online video tutorials. Check them out here- http://www.numia.biz/video_tutorial/index.php.
Can you guess how much we are raising the price of our free service for all these new features? Nothing, nadda, zilch. Free to begin with, free now, always free (we hope).
So come on by, check us out, tell your friends and let us know how you like numia.biz, your free small business online accounting software. Also let us know if you find any bugs or would like improvements made.
Your success is our success.
- You are not your business.
- If it’s easy to fire someone, the likelihood of being hired goes UP.
- You learn more from failure then success. Try, try again.
- Start small.
- It’s better to do & apologize later then ask permission or never do.
- 92% of businesses employ less then 4 people.
- If women earn 80% of a mans salary, only hire women.
For some really good reading about entrepreneurship, click here for an article by the Economist Magazine.
