Tip 4: Try it out first or focus fully?
Self-employed people constantly wonder how to allocate their resources and how much time their self-employment should take up. To start with, many entrepreneurs experiment and deal with their own business alongside their main job which provides a regular income. But at some point there comes a time where they need to make a decision: Is it time to quit my normal job and concentrate 100% on my own ‘baby’?
Stefan Hamann became self-employed as a schoolboy: “I believe that what is important in the initial phase is that you have good time management, you set yourself realistic targets, and your own cameroon telegram screening business grows slowly but steadily. You eventually reach a turning point where time, energy and income are out of balance and you definitely have to make a decision and choose your main focus.”
As the saying goes: “You never stop learning.” This also holds true for self-employment which often turns out to be a process of continuous learning. That’s why we asked Stefan what he would have done differently in the course of his business, looking back from today’s perspective. His answer can be summarised in three points:
Focus on one topic much sooner
Think about the products internationally right from the start
Relinquish responsibility much sooner, step back from the technical level yourself and find the right people to do.