Today David Green, an adviser from business link came to Artswork media to do a presentation on self employment. The presentation lasted two hours in which time David went through the requirements for starting your own business, from examining personality characteristics to formulating business plans. He encouraged us to invertory our strengths and weaknesses using tools like a SWOT analysis. He talked at length about the positive and negative about working for yourself, your earnings aren't capped, job satisfaction are plusses, whist long hours, no benefits and no floor on earnings can be negatives. David also talked about many of the roles involved in running a business, marketing, sales, financial, administration etc...He suggested that its helpful to be realistic about your skills and workload from the outset and to ask for help when its required. I spoke with Dave about my situation as a self employed free lance presenter, he offered me some 121's and agreed to follow up with a telephone call soon. I found his advise very helpful especially when thinking about offsetting tax and taking out business insurance. I recorded the seminar which, i will edit and put up on here soon.
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