Introductions, a virtual handshake.
So I’m the new kid on the team. Just joined last week as the new product manager for Billing Manager. I have to admit…I couldn’t be more excited. My job description is to ‘Help new small businesses succeed.’ It can’t get much better than that.
And why, you may wonder, is that so appealing? (And if you weren’t wondering, I still implore you to keep reading, this won’t take long).
A while back I started a small business. It was computer service for the technically un-savey. Things went well for about a year and I really enjoyed it. I worked hard and the team helped a lot of customers fix their computers. But at the end of the day, the company just wasn’t pulling in the money. We had to shut it down.
Retrospectively, I learned a lot. The operations weren’t built to scale, my larger customers were taking too much time away from the bread and butter business, the people I hired were good, not great. There’s probably 10 other reasons why we failed that I didn’t mention. Maybe 20. Starting a business is hard stuff. There isn’t a manual to help you do it. YOU get to write the manual every day. Which is admittedly a fun and exciting challenge! But it’s not easy.
Which brings us back to my current job description. ‘Help new small businesses succeed.’
As the product manager for Billing Manager, I’m not just here to ensure this is the easiest invoicing solution out there (although that is a goal!). At the end of this day, the team is here and Billing Manager exists to help make your business succeed.
In light of that vision, we’ll start sharing some ‘help my business succeed’ tips here on the blog. These will be bitesize pieces of knowledge that will hopefully be not only useful but also motivating.
Feel free to suggest and share your bitesize tips and tricks for others in the comments of any post! Looking forward to hearing from you.
Bermster
Twitter: @freeinvoicing
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First Bitesize bit: Business plans are sometimes most useful for the purpose of clarifying your vision. You can be the primary consumer of your business plan, not the investor. It’s just like shooting a free throw, you want to visualize making the basket before the ball is out of your hands. Business plans are just a visualization of you making the shot. Start visualizing.
http://community.intuit.com/library/articles/elements_business_plan
