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25 April 2011 - 3:08pm
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Hi My name is Nancy and I was born in a place called Murupara about a half our drive from Rotorual, I now live in Auckland, I am fully qualified Chef who has enough of making other people rich and so I decided to start my own business Homemade Soul Food. I must say its not easy starting out.

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27 April 2011 - 11:19am
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Welcome to the wonderful world of being your own boss (apart from every single client and prospect ).

You're not the first to discover how tough it can be. There's a section in a book that describes a fair bit of how you're probably feeling. It's called "The E Myth Revisitied". Not sure when the first E Myth was published - but it was certainly before E stood for e-commerce - The E is for entrepreneur. This book is very readable, and contains much wisdom - I recommend it to everyone who's in business.

When you were just the chef, your duties were fairly clear cut. But now you're also entrepreneur and manager, and since those two roles require almost diametrically opposed personalities, no-one can expect to succeed naturally at doing everything. So build relationships with others in business, and make use of people who have the skills you need. (e.g. marketing, accounting, etc).

All the best

Phil Astley
www.businessacademy.co.nz

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