I don’t know if “confessions” is really the right word to use here, maybe the title should be “The Why of a 40+ Business Woman” but that isn’t nearly as attention grabbing. What could I possibly be crazy enough to confess to in a blog that anyone can see?
I DON’T KNOW HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS!
Okay, that might not be quite true….I DO know how to run a business, quite well as a matter of fact, NOW. I did not know how to run a business years ago when I first started my journey.
There is a natural order to things, a beginning, a middle and an end. I am squarely in the middle of my entrepreneurial journey. I have been a successful full-time business owner for almost 10 years. I think back to the beginning years of being in business and remember my frustration with what I didn’t know. The most frustrating part was not being able to find answers to the questions I had:
How do I know when to hire more employees?
What is the best way to open a second location?
Will my accounting software work for both locations?
How do I communicate well with my team?
How do I track key metrics?
What key metrics do I track?
Funny thing was, I didn’t even KNOW the term Key Metrics so I couldn’t even ask the right question.
Everywhere I looked there was help for starting a business but not for GROWING a business, at least nothing that was in terms that I, as a new business owner, could understand. I’m sure the information was out there, I just couldn’t find it. I was at a pivotal point in my journey, I was at the point where many business owners fail and like most people, I don’t do failure well.
Eventually I found the resource I needed in the form of a Mastermind. I finally learned the questions I needed to ask and began to build my tribe of like-minded business owners to support me as I grew personally and professionally. Over the last few years, I have realized I need to share my experiences with other business owners to help them avoid some of the frustrations I had and hopefully give others what they need to keep them from failing too. Thus, “Confessions of a 40+ Business Woman” was born. I have been assisting other business owners through coaching and mentoring but now it’s time to share what I’ve learned with you too.
I still have struggles and I still don’t have all the answers, but I do have experiences and yes, even more confessions and I’d love to share them with you.
