So..

You have started a business - Do you know how to run it?

Yes? Read Ahead. No? Read Ahead. Don't care what I say? Read Ahead...

Don't Hire!

As a start-up biz, you won't get good talent readily available. Even if you pay big.. you just lose money.. No one wants to join a start-up as an employee..(unless you are funded, etc., etc., coz ppl looking for a job are smart)

Just wait (for the right guys) and don't bleed..

Get Customers!

Oh wow! What a revelation you say?

Oh yeah, you can do all the spend, all the $hit to start a biz.. rather than conceptualizing, planning & what not, aim to have customers from Day1.. not Day 2 nor Month 2.. Day 1 is the key..

If you can't get customers from day 1, then you are losing money from Day 1 remember that! which is not a good business plan or strategy or whatever the F@#k u want to call it..

Get Things Done!

Remove Dependency.

Just go get things done. If you depend on anyone, forget it. Don't depend, if you have to depend.. well, just get it done.

Manage Time

Well.. you got it.

You save time, you save money.

Time spent = Money spent.

Time Managed is Money Earned.

In the end..

Don't Doubt!

If you doubt, think, think, and think.. either you close down your business or fix it.. the earlier the better..

If delayed.. it means close your startup before its too late..

Yours Pessimistically..

BTW, I never did run a "successful" business..

Cheers! Slainte! Salut!