A-Z of business operation

[Dave A]

Growing pains by the sounds of things.

There are times when you need to make a decision as to just what is sustainable growth.

How quickly can you obtain competent, affordable staff to delegate to?
What are the cashflow implications of growth?
Will you need external finance?
Will the growth result in your business being more profitable?
Will you be able to maintain the core cause of your success? (Or if you must replace it, is it worth it?)

These things cannot be assumed - as I know to my own personal cost at times.

[Snoopy_inc]

Chat i have seen this many times in my life now... with my folks owning multiple companies and me handling some of them during crisis i can honestly say that when you get to the stage where you loosing yourself to the company (overworked) your time management goes out the window... and all it takes then is one of your staff to leave you and you down the kak street.

The idea here is to make sure you on top of the work and not under it. Stress and negative thoughts cause you to be under the work instead of on top.... I know it sounds airy fairy but it really does work.

there is a reason why there is a 90 / 10 divide in the world.
90% of the people make 10% of the profit while 10% of the people make 90% of the profit.

Your company is growing which is BRILLIANT but sometimes you have to not accept new business to keep your quality of work high.

hrm on a personal note why not increase your rates a bit... normally i find that you will loose the people that arnt great clients that way instead of telling them you to busy. Gives you time to focus on the core of your business.

Just my personal opinion.
Hope it helps.