Alan Channing started this topic @ 10:29 on 08/09/2005
Just started a business - new to this site.
We need accurate, honest advice. Not spin. Not lies.
Your headlines say that 2005 is the best year to start a business. That business confidence is at a high. These are lies. We know that things are tough right now and are about to get a lot tougher over the next 2 years.
I've started my business being aware of this. Therefore I have planned for it. Pretending that the economy is going to boom for the next few years is of no help to a new startup if they are basing their sales projections on a continuation of the last 10 years.
Still, good to see there is still some humour on this site: I liked the joke about "estate agent" as being a good startup business in the year 2005! It was a joke yes?
RE: Poor quality advice on this site
thecreative | 08/09/2005 05:26 PM
No time is a good time to start a business if you havent got the right idea and researched the market correctly. Alternatively 2005 is a great year for starting a business that genuinely fills a gap in the market and offers a service that people want. Saying that i would be interested in where they got the business confidence is at a high - possibly Labours website.....
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RE: Poor quality advice on this site
Bizal | 16/09/2005 08:17 PM
Business live and die by sales and there are more ways to do this and for the small company to take on the big boys than ever before.
A good idea helps but selling is the key to success and for that reason 2005 is not a bad year to start a business.
PS people will still move houses so why is an estate agent a bad idea if they can do it well
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RE: RE: Poor quality advice on this site
Delmare | 19/09/2005 11:25 AM
Puzzled by this Alan - think this has been up since the New Year, when it was clear we were pulling out of the global downturn. Not massively sure what will happen over the next 2 years (and who really can predict what will happen? Mystic Meg maybe) but I think with interest rates, inflation, unemployment, growth etc as they are, 2005 is as good a year as any to go for it.
As has been said, your business is what you make it, the economic factors only provide a backdrop to your idea. And I think if you look at the housing market and the amount of money new estate agents make, the only joke would be is if you set up a decent estate agency and didn't make a profit! Why should estate agents be singled out as a business you can't start up? Where do you think they started - did they all sprout up from the ground one day?!
