What surprised you when you started up?
For those that have been through the start-up process, what surprised you the most about it?
Were you surprised by your co-founder or how much time your start-up took of your life?
For those that have been through the start-up process, what surprised you the most about it?
Were you surprised by your co-founder or how much time your start-up took of your life?
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Not meaning to sound arrogant, but what surprised me was just how easy it is to get a business off the ground. To be fair, my business was a pretty small enterprise and so not a 'start up' in the sense that you often hear about, that required high levels of investment. I just operated within my means and things slowly grew over time.
Paul
Probably moving from the public sector - where salary had been a regular and reliable occurrence and where I could close my eyes and largely ignore the taxman knowing all the PAYE etc . would be taken care of. Then suddenly I was in a big world as Director of my own company. Knowing I wanted to be ethical but realising I had a steep learning curve in running an effective business. ( but thankfully there was a lot of help out there).
Also was surprised at first how doing things I had done for years, for someone else, suddenly became a challenge to my confidence when doing it for myself.....thankfully that quickly wore off. But at first the world seems big and a bit scary...but thankfully fun as well !