There’s nothing like the excitement and challenge of getting a new business off the ground. When managing a new company, it’s important to have a plan and build on a firm foundation. Things move so quickly at the beginning, it’s easy to not invest in a foundation that will stand strong over time. If planning, teambuilding and organization fall by the wayside, you may find yourself in a bind down the road. This is why it’s so important to start off on the right foot, no matter how much extra time and work it may take.
Have a Written Plan
First and foremost, you should have a written business plan. The plan should encompass everything from industry opportunities and individual strengths to marketing strategy. If you don’t know who your niche market is and how you’re going to reach them, how will your business grow? More importantly, floundering and losing your direction early on can lead to chaos later as you grow.
It’s Okay If You Diverge From the Plan
At the same time, as important as it is to have a written plan, don’t be married to it. Planning is so important, but you may find out that most of the practices you’d like to utilize may fall by the wayside. For instance, say you open your business and think your market is one group, but then find out another market is much more interested in your product. It may be important to let the original marketing plan go and focus on how to better reach this new audience.
Invest in Your Network
Even as you’re flexible on your planning and you have the ability to pivot as priorities change, you should not be compromising on your network. From storage to speed, you’ll want to optimize your network as you hit the ground running. Investing in a 5G service communications proxy will help secure and manage your network while providing routing control and resiliency.
Make the User Experience a Priority
Investing in your network is so important because often, it’s the first channel of communication between you and your customers. As a new business, it’s important to prioritize customer service. Listen to your customers and solicit their feedback. What will make them keep coming back to you? Make sure your customer interactions are smooth so that your first interaction with each customer turns them into repeat users. As you interact with customers, think about ways to improve the user experience. Can you make it easier for customers to access you and your employees to provide feedback or ask questions? If your business is online, have you made the online checkout process and mobile browsing experience uncomplicated? These little touches that will help you standout.
Agree, plans particularly in a startup world need to be adaptable and agile. Having gone through the journey, i realize each time we went to pitch to an investor the plan changed or something in the product changed etc. It was these continuous improvements which enabled us to move further with the bsuieenss