Here are 10 business tips for all young entrepreneurs who read this blog so they can stay away from the debt and avoid the chances of what I call “Premature Failure”.
1. Take charge of your personal finances
Managing personal finances can seem a program just for adults. However, if you really think about it, the money and the state of finances not only play an important role in his life, but also influence the course of your company. Check into a personal finance software and begin to understand the debt and profitability.
2. Set financial goals
Like running your business, you need goals to track your progress and to provide motivation and take action. Personal finance goals can be divided into short-term goals, including expenditure budgets, the amount of monthly savings and long-term goals, such as a long-term projection of their personal assets.
3. Begin reading on Money and Finance
Learn how money should work for you and start by reading relevant books and resource sites that are able to acquire some basic ideas of how to make the most of the money he has earned and, ultimately, success financial in the future.
4. Start saving
Why save? Have you heard of the popular saying, “Prepare the umbrella before it rains?” In addition, through savings, which are keeping up cash that could be invested in your company or next could be used to expand the current.
5. Do you really need it?
Admit it! About 90% of the time, we buy fabrics and regret later. Maybe not, but the product will be on a corner in the years after the excitement of buying it.
6. Avoid credit cards and debt
Being a teenager or a young person is not easy today. Banks and financial institutions are aimed at all people like you and me to sign up for a credit card or have your signature on the contract of Sorrows, ie a debt deal. Read: Avoid the “Generation Debt”
Spend the money before winning it always seems attractive, but the reality is always uglier. Do you know what will happen if you realize later that you can not pay the debt? Well, you will be in a state called “premature bankruptcy.”
7. Understand how the investment is made.
All young entrepreneurs who have read Rich Dad Poor Dad, or those in the investment should be aware that with higher promised yields are higher risks. Thus, improve their knowledge is fundamental and, in fact, the emphasis should be on the stage of research before putting your money into an investment.
8. Understanding how they work 8. Financial Statements
The financial statements are very important for a business. The figures presented are able to give a very accurate of how well a business is being managed image.
Whether you are using it to evaluate companies that are interested in placing their money, or simply to measure the performance of your own company, you should at least have a basic knowledge on how to interpret financial statements. By the way, you need not have an accounting degree to understand them.
9. Think twice before Business Opportunities
Most entrepreneurs are boiling pots of ideas. Some ideas can be started immediately, while others may require considerable initial capital. Apart from this, we often get “revolutionary ideas”.
properly evaluate these opportunities before wasting a lot of money on them. As you choose a company to put their investment money, you need to be careful and see through the bells and whistles of the ideas presented.
10. Filter your business expenses
Every business needs to incur expenses, but sound an entrepreneur collects your expenses with due care. Avoid unnecessary expenses and save funds for emergency use, such as an unexpected crisis. We have often observed bouts of excessive spending on things like a large office space even though the product is only in the development stage.
If there is a cheaper option for service providers and suppliers without diminishing the quality level choose that option. You are in a business, not a charity for its suppliers.