Leadn:


Thank you sire for this piece. I have been battling with same issue and this post just gave me all the needed final push to kicks start my new venture.

I appreciate. Thanks once more.

You are welcome

chlowi:
Op, I will write from experience, 3years ago, I was working at a kitchen company, my pay W's btwn 50k to 70k, well I worked for the company as a sales person and made a lot of contact, as times past, the zeal of being my own boss continued to grow in me, I had a knack for hair making, during my stay at d company, I saved up to a million naira, because all I could think of was to start a beauty parlour of my own.
Well to cut the long story short, I resigned, against all words of advice I got from family and friends to keep my job then, start the business and keep it running for a year, before leaving finally.

I got a place, and all the equipment required for a standard unisex salon, boom, d salon was up and running but within three months, I started to see why I W's advised to keep my job and run the business for a year, the first year was very challenging, because it entailed. Building a strong loyal clientele who would have to get used to patronising and getting used to your location, the cash wasn't coming in as I anticipated.

I wasn't even making up to what I earned after deducting salaries, and paying bills monthly, as a matter of fact nothing, I also had some challenges that required extra finances to settle to boost my business up, but because at that initial stage, there wasn't any other source of income and I as d ceo W's making barely nothing a month, I became stuck , broke and didn't even know where my next rent (house and shop) was to come from.

Behold, after 6months, I was back to the market, hunting for job, I soon got another job! And it became much easier.

Where am I headed? All I am saying in a nutshell is, stay with Ur current job, kick strt ur business, run the 2, give your business 3 years to stabilise, before you finally resign. I only pray, you can jiggle through both.... all the best.

Hmm what an experience.

However, I will say that the business you decided to venture into is a business that constantly fails. Salon has a high failure rate. Therefore you cannot rate all businesses on this experience

persius555:
You shouldnt have sourced for proffesional advice on nairaland. Many are kill joys. Go on the streets, ask the everyday washman on the street(no matter how small)what the challenges are, do not present yourself as a CEO or something before setting out, look around you and see how you can offer a better service and find out what the present challenges are, get involve in the initial dirty laundry tasks, start with the low paying clienteles first(of course that might depend your choice of location, leverage on the internet and lastly your customer's satisfaction should not be ignored. Wish u the best.

Take this point serious please. LEVERAGE ON THE INTERNET