A Bad Girl's Guide to Business

3. Surviving Your First Year in Business

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10 Takeaways from Our First Year in Business!

  1. There is no perfect time to start a business
  2. Always have a lawyer to hand
  3. Half of the battle is simply showing up and being okay with feeling like you have no idea what you’re doing.
  4. Set up your bookkeeping/accounting system properly (have a qualified accountant to hand).
  5. Hire slow, fire fast.
  6. Have your calendar organized and split everything up.
  7. Be ruthless about what you commit your time and energy to.
  8. Outsource whatever isn’t in your zone of genius or isn’t generating revenue.
  9. Cash flow is the lifeblood of any business but only accept clients that are the right fit.
  10. Hire someone to help you sell or teach you how to sell

    11. Recommended Books:

    The Psychology of Selling - Brian Tracy
    $100M Offers: Alex Hormozi
    $100M Leads: Alex Hormozi
    Deep Work - Cal Newport
    The Challenger Sale - Matthew Dixon
    Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill


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    A Bad Girl's Guide to BusinessBy Ebony Lewkovitz and Rachana Patel