5 Business Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make

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marketing planA round-up of common business mistakes new entrepreneurs make and tips on how new businesses can try to avoid them

When entering the world of business, many new entrepreneurs make mistakes. Even though making a few mistakes is unavoidable, it’s a great idea to make use of the lessons learned by others in order to help your business stay afloat.

And why is this the case? Well, we all saw plenty of entrepreneurs making rookie mistakes over and over again, and by avoiding them you’ll set your business off to a great start.

That said, we’ve come up with a list of 5 mistakes new entrepreneurs tend to make and tips on how to avoid them.

Business Mistake: Not Researching the Market Before you Start

Many entrepreneurs have entered the business world with the idea of conquering it all, only to end up shutting their businesses down to early. Why? Well, they didn’t do their homework before they launched and eventually, they got beaten by their competitors.

Even if you come up with a great product or service idea, you have to check whether that’s what the market needs. It’s very important that you try to spot a gap in the market and start a business that’s going to fill it.

Business Mistake: Not Listening to Your Customers

No matter what kind of industry your business is in, your customers will always make comments about your product or services. Companies that have failed to respond to comments made by their customers are long gone and you should make sure your business doesn’t follow them.

That’s why every morning you have to wake up thinking that you have to do everything in your power to retain your customers. In fact, you should encourage your customers to review your products or services and try to respond to their reviews immediately.

Business Mistake: Mismanaging your Finances

A lot of people who gave their business a go thought they knew absolutely everything about finances. Still, dealing with money is quite a complex task and even just a small error can ruin your whole company.

You shouldn’t follow the example of “business experts” who underestimated the importance of managing their finances and made their companies fail. If you’re new in the game, you should definitely think about outsourcing your financial services to a company specialized in this field.

Business Mistake: Not Being Ready to Learn

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Enter the market with the impression that you know everything, and you’ll hardly be able to make it through the first couple of months. Instead, what you should do is be ready to learn and improve when it comes to running your business.

For example, there will always be high-stake meetings and important conferences, which means turning to a company that offers performance coaching services might be a great idea. Also, you should always aim at investing in employee training and development.

Business Mistake: Lacking Integrity

If you want your business to succeed you’ll have to hold off telling lies, even if these untruths can help your business grow. There’s just not enough place on the market for businesses that lack integrity.

Every day, we read about little “white lies” being uncovered and the companies behind them being shut down. Therefore, you’ll simply have to be honest unless you want to risk failing completely. Just take a look at the example of Scott Thompson, a CEO who was fired from Yahoo after lying about his university degree.

By avoiding all of the mistakes mentioned above, you’ll save you and your company a lot of money and energy, which can instead be used to help your business grow. So, no matter what you do, you should always keep an eye on other people in the world of business and try to learn from their mistakes.

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Dan Radak

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Dan Radak is a web hosting security professional with ten years of experience. He is currently working with a number of companies in the field of online security, closely collaborating with a couple of e-commerce companies. He is also a coauthor on several technology websites and regular contributor to Technivorz.