After helping others start their businesses for over three years now, a very interesting thing happened to me the other day.
A buyer of my carpet cleaning business package contacted me and was unhappy since he couldn’t access some of the information on the CD. Although I provide the information in several formats, this person didn’t have any word processor or any applicable software on his PC. I did help him out by creating custom forms just for his business and supplied them in PDF format. As most readers would know, adobe pdf readers are free online.
But then the new business owner complained he could not change anything since he couldn’t edit the PDF files. Now I suspect he has taken my advice and spent some money on software but only time will tell. But the entire problem made me seriously consider the situation of those starting a business today.
In very frank terms, if you are seriously going into business, you have to be prepared to spend some money on a trusted business plan, cleaning tools and equipment and computer software. How will you ever followup with customers, make brochures, print ads and so on if you don’t have any basic software?
You might not consider it until after you read my business plan but advance preparation and the ability to print up advertising is very important if you want to have any customers. So I’ve found a great deal on basic office software that anyone going into business should have. Please take advantage of it, if you aren’t already prepared.
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Doc has been working in various areas of home maintenance for over 40 years now. He has business start-up guides for the carpet cleaning, power washing and house painting businesses and more. Learn to be profitable working a "real" business from your home.
