Sara Blakely founded Spanx, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple, William Harley and Arthur Davidson started Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, and Sandy Lerner and her husband Leonard Bosack founded Cisco Systems. What ties them together? Besides their businesses becoming global giants, they all began as entrepreneurs with a vision, starting small.
Every business, whether it’s a local café, online store, or legal practice, begins life as an idea. Importantly, despite the diversity of businesses, all start-ups encounter a similar category of challenges in the form of finance, sales, marketing, human resources, operations, technology and more.
Truth be told, launching and running a business is challenging, with a higher likelihood of failure than success. There are, however, things you can do to reduce your risk exposure and improve chances of success. In today’s digital age, information is readily available to help you navigate challenges, and technology can be leveraged for so many benefits in a start-up.
In addition to educating yourself and leveraging technology, it is always wise to seek advice from experienced business advisors like our team here at Benchmark Business Advisory. Learning from others and working with advisors helps avoid costly mistakes or missing out on valuable opportunities.
So why us? Our advisors are all hands-on practitioners; business owners, entrepreneurs, with a passion for helping others build successful businesses. We’ve all had successes. Failures. Leant a lot along the way. We’ve been involved in many start-ups and have had the pleasure of seeing ideas turn into commercially viable businesses time and time again. Importantly, we believe in building trusted advisor relationships and delivering value at all times. Our focus is on you, your team and your business.
This is why if you want the right advice for your start up, contacting our team here at Benchmark Business Advisory will be the right move.