tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667984752324216670.post8931884349921284369..comments2023-08-29T14:36:43.600+01:00Comments on Making customers happy: Do I have to be an Entrepreneur?Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14758914366419054434noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667984752324216670.post-75854807406765200212009-04-21T03:43:00.000+01:002009-04-21T03:43:00.000+01:00@M: Good for you but remember Mark's words - we ca...@M: Good for you but remember Mark's words - we can't do it all (you have a virtual assistant right?) but in all things be happy -that's job no. 1. <br /><br />I'm a 1-man band as well but that doesn't preclude doing JV's, working with others to share in a project etc.Dennis Howletthttp://www.accmanpro.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667984752324216670.post-83424723209404664882009-04-19T20:21:00.000+01:002009-04-19T20:21:00.000+01:00Thanks Tom and Mark for your comments.
I like the...Thanks Tom and Mark for your comments.<br /><br />I like the analogy with craftsmen and women, especially as my grandad was a self-employed carpenter.<br /><br />And it's good to know I'm not the only one who's put off employing people by the complexity of the related laws :-)<br /><br />MMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14758914366419054434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667984752324216670.post-74031827477096110892009-04-19T00:08:00.000+01:002009-04-19T00:08:00.000+01:00Hi M
I share your views as expressed above. When I...Hi M<br />I share your views as expressed above. When I established the Tax Advice Network I too resolved NOT to employee anyone - at least partly because of the constraints caused by employment law.<br /><br />My experience may be of interest (or not):<br />I outsourced certain support functions and as the Network grows I am finding that I have to outsource more and more as I can't do everything myself. Some of my fellow entrepreneurs suggested this would be the case when I launched the Network. I wish I'd listened to them and involved other people much earlier. I suspect we'd have achieved faster growth and more success earlier.Mark Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11524316185528362603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667984752324216670.post-73359460788163351232009-04-18T19:48:00.000+01:002009-04-18T19:48:00.000+01:00Hi Emily,
Nothing wrong with being a technician, ...Hi Emily,<br /><br />Nothing wrong with being a technician, the word that once would have been used to describe what you do, is a craft.<br /><br />In the past the crafts where weavers, woodworkers or blacksmiths, now they're trainers, wordsmiths or datasmiths as in my case. <br /><br />Those with specialist skills (crafts) have <br />traditionally been self-employed, had to run businesses but as doers not as entrepreneurs; we're just carrying on a very ancient tradition.<br /><br />(My own family on my father's side where self-employed stonemasons going back generations).<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com