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Things I’ve learned in my six years of business 

Things I’ve learned in my six years of business 

by Susan Walsh | Jun 13, 2023 | Classification Guru, Entrepreneurship

Six whole years as a business owner, and I’m tired, that’s the honest truth. I really need a holiday and to make more time for myself, that’s my top tips for the year ahead. And if I thought last year was hard, well hold on to your hats this one was even...

Things I’ve learned in my five years of business

by Susan Walsh | Jun 6, 2022 | Entrepreneurship

Wow. I made it to five whole years, and for me this is a huge milestone as many don’t get this far.  But what a year it’s been.  I would say in all honesty it’s probably been the hardest year, and that includes the ones where I couldn’t pay my bills. ...

Things I’ve learned in my four years of business 

by Susan Walsh | Jun 6, 2021 | Entrepreneurship

FOUR WHOLE YEARS!!  It’s astonishing.  Little over a year ago I thought I’d have to get a job, and then things turned around dramatically.  My turnover increased 500% on the previous year, I have a team now, have written a book AND I managed to squeeze...

Things I’ve learned in my three years of business 

by Susan Walsh | Jun 3, 2020 | Entrepreneurship

Wow.  I made it to year three, I can barely believe it!  This last year has been THE hardest and most rewarding so far, I gave up temp work, was a huge financial risk but if this business was going to work, I had to be all in, 100% of my time devoted to...

Things I’ve learned in my two years of business 

by Susan Walsh | Jun 3, 2019 | Entrepreneurship

It’s now been two years that I’ve been running my business, I wrote a blog last year about what I’d learned in my first year and while all that is all still true, there’s more I’ve learned…  You always need more money  You...

Things I’ve learned in my first year of business 

by Susan Walsh | Jun 3, 2018 | Entrepreneurship

It’s been a rollercoaster year, that’s what everyone tells you and you expect but even at my second time round running a business I can tell you the highs and lows still hit when you least expect them.    Here’s what I learned: ...

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