Starting a business – the early years

Starting your own business is the dream that many people aspire to.

It sounds great right?

• You work for yourself, no boss!

• You can finally do what you enjoy doing

• You can work when you want and for how long you want

• You might even be able to work from home – no more dreaded traffic or lining up for the bus or late trains!

However, ask any business owner – once you get over the daydream of starting your own business and actually get going with it, a whole new world emerges – in some cases, the daydream turns into the ultimate nightmare.

I’m not trying to put you off in wanting to start a business – rather, in this blog, I’d like to share with you our own journey from start to where we are now with Aperture Accounting in the hope that some of our learnings may be able to help you in your early years of start-up.

The foundations you set in those early years in the life of your business (aka make or break years), are very crucial to the o