Self-employment - Setting up our future!

[Leebear]

Hello fellow parents and parents-to-be!

Me and my amazing wife are getting ready to expand our family, only a few months to go now!, and id had a thought. Although I have a job whilst she's been off resting and i have no issues supporting us i was thinking about looking into self employment on the side. wed discussed that we could do arts & crafts and some local services down the line(not got it all figured out yet) but we were wondering if any other lovely parents had business experience? I want to hopefully run this on the side and hope it could take off, any extra income to spoil those two would be great and being better prepared and setup for the future would be incredible! I know my way around a spreadsheet but i think i need more than basic bookkeeping skills. does anyone have blogs/books etc i could read to get better attuned to the self employed mindset and any ways to bolster my resources beyond spreadsheets?
Id love any ideas!

Thank you, LeeBear x

when i became self-employed i had no idea where to start and was in a similar situation to you just after my pregnancy but i found blog.i24app.com/ really helpful and had everything i needed to know on there, good luck with starting up and congratulations!

I have a lot of Business experience.
You need an idea that’s more than “being self employed”, you need to provide goods or services that people actually want and/or need and a solid Business plan. It doesn’t have to be elaborate - just what you want to sell, who to, how you will do it and how it will make money. If it doesn’t make money it’s a hobby not a Business