When anyone starts p their own business, they will need to get advice at some time ior another. There is always someone out there who has done the same route before and will know any pitfalls and ways to avoid problems by just working smarter or taking action a bit sooner. Take the old problem of someone not paying their bill to you. A business adviser will be able to tell you the best way to get them to pay up and how to avoid having to take them to court. That is not the best route as there are always costs involved and invariably the bill dodger trys to dodge court as well. Taking practical advice from teams who really know all the answeers will truly be the most useful thing a small entrepreneur can do for himself. There are various organisations that help small businesses – their subscriptions may seem a bit of an unecessary luxury at first, but by heck, the help and advice they offer will very soon offset that minor concern. There may well come a time when you can start to employ other folk. The driver to deliver all your goods, or the secretary to take the load off your administrative shoulders. How to manage staff is always a learning curve. Some folk are naturally good at this and other struggle over the years and invariably, if they don’t take advice from professionals, it can make a small problem mushroom into something very unrewarding and off-putting.