I've recently become a franchisee for a company which offers a local service. Prediction of earning supplied with franchise pack seemed a little over optimistic but the lowest figure far exceeded anything I would of been making from my part time job after maternity leave so decided to go for it.
I've been actually in business about a month and although bookings are low at the minute I love it and my overheads are relatively low (about 550 a month) so in my first month I'm about £100 shy of breaking even.
The problem is I'm still in a blind panic, I'm doing everything I can and I know most business will be from recommendation/word of mouth. We did the figures and we can survive on my husbands wage and can manage a few months of a slight loss from savings but we will have nothing other than bill money.
I've had a parking ticket today for an over stay the thing I do took slightly longer than expected and I've got to pay £100. Its not the end of the world but when you're just starting out and making no money it feels like it is.
I think I'm just looking for some reassuring stories! How long did it take you to make a profit? How are you doing now and are you glad you took the risk?
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Early start up reassurance needed!
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MustBeAWeasly · 21/01/2019 15:58
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