Solopreneur or Business Leader – What Do You Want To Be?
Why did you start your own business?
- To be your own boss?
- To live your dream?
- To bring certain products or services to market?
- To help others?
- To earn the money you know you’re worth rather than receive a salary working for someone else?
- To control your life?
- To create a successful business?
- To contribute to the lives of others?
And perhaps right now you’re currently working by yourself – being self employed or a ‘solopreneur’.
How’s that working out?
Are you achieving your business dream or are you a slave to the work? Are you working vast hours to generate a decent income, serving your clients, dealing with all aspects of your business (accounting, debt collecting, social media – the list is endless)?
Is being self employed or a solopreneur all that it’s cracked up to be? You’re just a glorified employee, aren’t you? But with more risk, pressure and less time to do what you’d like to in your life.
What’s stopping you?
What’s stopping you from going from self employed to business owner, where you’re managing a business and have a few (or many) staff working for you?
As a business owner, hopefully you get more time working ‘on’ it than being working ‘in’ it. The business engine still fires without you – your staff are working for you, driving the business forward alongside you.
When you grow a business, you’re creating a business asset, something that can possibly be sold one day (so long as you create, manage, grow and lead it correctly).
Sadly, being self employed doesn’t generally give you that option. When you stop working, that’s it! The business stops.
Which sounds better to you?
Growing your business
How about deciding to grow your business in 2017? If that sounds exciting, what needs to change?
How do you go from self employed to business owner?
Firstly, your mindset needs to change. Are you ready for the next stage?
Then you need to plan for the growth in your business.
Do you have clarity of purpose and vision over your business?
How are you going to grow your business? What will your marketing and sales strategies involve?
What systems and processes need to be put in place to integrate new staff members?
Customer delivery should always be a focus. How will you ensure your customers receive excellence from you and your team at all times?
Finance – do you need working capital to fund the growth? If so, where is that going to come from?
How will you recruit your team? Outsourced workers to start with or will you have a team fully employed by you? How will you go about recruiting them? Remember, hiring great team members is one of the most important jobs you’ll undertake in your business.
There’s so much to think about, plan and execute as we grow our businesses.
Need help?
There is nothing more exciting than to see a self employed person grow their business into a sustainable, profitable asset, that as it continues to grow creates more value for everyone involved.
If you’d like support in taking your business to the next level of growth, then let’s talk (via a short Skype call) about how I might be able to assist you with some exclusive coaching or mentoring to achieve that goal. Here’s my calendar to make an appointment.
Imagine looking back in a few years from now at where you are today versus where you want to be and can be in a few years. How exciting does it feel?
I’ve just done this exercise with one of my businesses – Small Business Huge Success™ – we’re getting ready to take it to the next level with a HUGE purpose and vision to achieve in support of small business owners around the world.
Yes, it’s scary, but it’s also very exciting too. Bring on 2017. I can’t wait for it to unfold as I grow the team that will support me.
I’d love to help you achieve greater success in your business too. So, if you’d like to talk about how I might be able to support you with coaching or mentoring to grow your business, let’s arrange a Skype call. Here’s my calendar to make an appointment.
