How to get the services you need as a small business and a start up
As a small business or a start up, to be successful there is a real need to bootstrap it for as long as humanly possible, that doesn't mean you should forego growth if there is cost involved, but it does mean that every penny is a prisoner in terms of costs.
This issue is that there are things that the business needs, which are essential but bloody expensive at the same time, if you don't have the skills or experiance in those areas yourself.
Specifically im thinking:
- Marketing
- Contract law
- Incorporation
- Book Keeping
Although there may be other areas which you need some help with. If you get creative you can use some other strategies to get what you need without the need to spend as much as you may think or in some cases any of your hard earned cash.
Really?
This is possible, we just need to be creative and for the most part think about what we can barter with our peer businesses and those service providers that we use.
In the case of services that are paid for like the lawyer for example. A good contract lawyer probably runs to $500 per…
