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The success rate of new businesses still trading after 3yrs is only 5%, that means a 95% failure (good at maths me), this is nothing to do with the trade skills, it's all to do with the business side of things..
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1st year i booked 16k and this year on course for booking £34k. Yes you can earn a nice living out of it and all that with time to spare.
Last year i worked a total of 5.5 months and still earned that and thus far only worked just over 3 months and netted £13k.
Be reday for crap months tho. This month £3k, July only £300, that is hard when your starting out!!!
1st year i booked 16k and this year on course for booking £34k. Yes you can earn a nice living out of it and all that with time to spare.
Last year i worked a total of 5.5 months and still earned that and thus far only worked just over 3 months and netted £13k.
Be reday for crap months tho. This month £3k, July only £300, that is hard when your starting out!!!
I went on the NETT course and can honesstly say Darren says it how it is,no buls**t.He tells you what its possible to make but tells you bluntly that its down to you how much you make.
I lost over £30,000 in my last venture which I worked 6 days a week in for 3 years.I put the work into it but it just didn't work out.I'm not moping about it,within a week of my shop closing I was on the course and learning a new trade and buying all the tools I needed with the money I still had left.That was 4 months ago,I was only getting the odd job at first earning roughly £200 a week on average but now I have regular work and earn about £700 a week for 3 or 4 days work.I can guarentee within 2 more months I'll be earning at least a grand a week because I won't be worrying about taking days off to look after my son on school holidays and I'll be alot quicker hopefully(I'm a slow bas***d at the moment,make sure the works good first,speed will soon come).
I personally think I'm a bit cheap with my quotes so that'll soon stop.I have quite a good business brain so how I see me progressing is in another 6 months I'll be quicker,my prices will be going up to a good rate instead of a reasonable one,I'll be taking on an apprentice to help with all the things that slow me down plus after a while once he's capable I'll be sending him out on his own jobs(for me) and we'll each have an apprentice.
I want in 5 years time to be finding the work for a bunch of good tilers that'll work for me.I think you have to set yourself goals to aim at and once you've achieved a certain goal you raise the bar and go for a bigger goal.
I want a flash car and a big house and believe you me I'll bloody get them.
Dont go thinking I'm a cocky young git with no respect,I'm just hard working and very driven:wink_smile:
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