Starting a profitable agency in 7 months – The ‘learn from our mistakes’ guide

An honest insight into the treacherous undertaking of starting an agency and the multiple mistakes made in the first years of business, according to Sim Kaur.

Tip 1: Find your reason for starting your own business

Launching your own business is extremely challenging. You leave behind job security, a cushy wage and the familiar and swap it for uncertainty, stress and the ever-present fear of failure.

So, that being the case, you have to have a damn good reason for doing it.

For me, the motivation was a need to live a life with meaning and values that I could impart to my children and to women who wanted to make a change but didn’t believe in themselves.

Tip 2: Get shit done

It ain’t glamorous but it’s what pays the bills and keeps the enterprise afloat.

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