whistle Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Ok so weeks before I left a large national to start up I had the following in place, this was almost 10 years ago now. Car already signed up Loads of stock All of the tools, ladders etc A years wages saved up in the bank as a backup Loads of contacts potential customers I had met over the years Accountant in place Ltd company set up and ready to trade Docket books, invoice books etc printed and ready to use. I think it cost about £6k to put the above in place excluding the years wage I had saved up. Then a lot of very long hours to get things up off the ground and running and finally never give up just keep going and trying. And get approval ASAP. Would I do it again, NO WAY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJames Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Would I do it again, NO WAY. I was only saying to one of my engineers just the other day, you boys think its easy for me sitting in a nice warm office, drinking tea made by fair maidens, you forget everytime you have a bad day I also have a bad day, the problem is theres several of you,and sometimes several of you have a bad day on the same day and that means I have a bad day several times the size of your bad day. Then theres the customers, they do their level best to get out of paying, "but the engineer said its the service guys fault" or " I pay £79.00 per year so call-outs should be free" Then theres the admin staff "I didnt send an invoice because the engineer didnt sign the paperwork" or " I thought I would order an extra one of those for stock because we didnt have any" never mind the fact that we have only used one of those in the last twenty years and its likely to be twenty years til we need another then. Yeah running your own company is a barrel of laughs most days. Still at least I have plenty of £50.00 notes to light my cigars with 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Loads of stock All of the tools, ladders etc Yeah, ADT are still pretty lapse with stock and plant control now. Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElecTech Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I'm sure the benefits massively outweigh the guy who has just ordered stock of 60 x claw hammers. An engineer will always look at the gaffer and think they have it good as in there eyes your creaming the money of the top... Probably don't understand the effort gone into the sales enquiry and the general upkeep of the business let alone the stresses of keeping the company afloat. But that's business in general, everyone thinks there job is the most important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo66 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Yeah, ADT are still pretty lapse with stock and plant control now. Yep, see loads of subbies with ADT ladders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJames Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 But that's business in general, everyone thinks there job is the most important. Everyone is replaceable and usually by someone better, because the boss learns from his mistakes and knows what to look for, a good business is ever evolving. That said I have yet to find the perfect employee, most are successfully running there own businesses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPEDEVON Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Whistle is it worth it? Do you make a good turn over? I'm definitely going ahead with it and just want to put everything in place now so I don't fail. Hopefully I'll succeed, I have a lot of contacts who'd I could work for, It's exciting! Hopefully all goes well, I'll probably take on my mate, who will be a fully qualified sparky next year. So all needed for bare essential is obviously tools etc. I know all that but obviously insurance, back up of money incase all fails etc? Anything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goncall Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Everyone is replaceable and usually by someone better, because the boss learns from his mistakes and knows what to look for, a good business is ever evolving. That said I have yet to find the perfect employee, most are successfully running there own businesses the sad thing is you actually believe that..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PeterJames Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 the sad thing is you actually believe that..... I said Most Gaz, you are probably the exception, and everytime I have lost an engineer I have got a better replacement ....though in some cases that wasnt hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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