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How To Get Prepared To Run A Family Business?

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Many families have a big dream of running their own businesses&period; Some families are able to gain sizable wealth by running such a business operation&period; In order to gain above average wealth&comma; the likeliest way is to have a successful business&period; Many families started their businesses from the ground up&comma; while others acquired small businesses from other&period; Many families are eager to get involved in business operations&comma; because they see an opportunity to introduce new services and products that are not available in the local market&period; Some family businesses are not only able to make millions in a year&semi; but can also expand rapidly to make billions&period; Many self-help and self-improvement books always push us to open our own businesses to gain success that&&num;8217&semi;s only an arm&&num;8217&semi;s reach away&period; However&comma; we should know one bitter fact that many family and small businesses are not able to survive their third year&period; When opening a small business&comma; we need to prepare enough cash for initial capital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In many cases&comma; we also need a sizable cash reserve to allow our business to survive its first year despite poor sales and repeated monthly losses&period; During the first year&comma; our service and products are relatively unknown and we need to compete with current competitors&period; It means that business owners don&&num;8217&semi;t take a salary for a year&semi; before the business can become profitable&period; Some families make mistake by thinking that success is just a few steps away&period; They recklessly borrow huge amount of cash&period; Without enough preparation&comma; the family can arrive to a situation where they have no more financial options left&period; They can&&num;8217&semi;t apply for more loans and their cards have reach the limits&period; Each month&comma; the interests of their debts continue to pile up&comma; while their businesses still have poor sales and losing money&period; In fact&comma; their financial conditions were much better when the relied only on a single monthly salary&period; Instead of bring financial success&comma; family business is their financial downfall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Before starting a new business&comma; it is important for the family to be aware of the possible risks&period; There is a good possibility that the business operation will simply fail to bring any financial benefit&period; Failure in business can bring a feeling of guilt&comma; especially because the financial burden can be felt for many years to come&period; It is important that the family is fully prepared before they start a new business venture&period; During the first year&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s important for them to work hard and not to be discouraged by consistent losses&period; Without support from the whole family&comma; it will be quite likely that the business will eventually fail&period; It is important to be prepared of making sacrifices&comma; such as working on the weekends and until late at night&period; In fact&comma; because they business may lose money initially&comma; it is important for the family to cut expenses&period; It means that they won&&num;8217&semi;t be able to have vacations&comma; dine out and do other family activities&period; Despite some of the obstacles&comma; the most important thing is to maintain proper growth to make sure that the business will eventually become profitable&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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