How To Grow A Small Business By Working Smarter On The Right Things

How To Grow A Small Business By Working Smarter On The Right Things

Want to know that special, secret formula for how to grow a small business? Turns out it’s not some kind of magic pixie dust. Just plain old common sense, but missed by so many start-up business owners.

Dean talks here about the expansion of his own small business, and what it specifically takes to enable the growth of a small business…

How To Grow A Small Business – Dean’s Story

Something Was Said To Me Last Weekend That Really Made Me Reflect

“Something was said to me at the weekend by my mum’s husband, and it really kind of made me reflect and think about things over the last 24 hours. And I want to share that with you today.

Hopefully you’re having an excellent week in your business and are moving everything forwards. I always talk about consistent daily and weekly progress. Make sure you’re at least taking small steps forwards every single day and every single week towards your goals.

I want to talk about something that happened last weekend. I had a great weekend. One of the things that we actually did, my fiance Robyn and I, we went over to my mum’s house, to see my mum and her husband Malcolm.

We’ve Been Going Through A Massive Transition Over The Last 12 Months

And long story short, my mum’s husband used to – for like 30/40 years or so – run a successful plumbing and heating company in Nottinghamshire, here in England, which he recently sold and retired from.

We were talking… I’ve been going through for the last 12 months – I don’t talk a lot about it – but my company…

Internet Profits Has Been Going Through A Massive Transition

It’s Been An Exciting, Stressful, And Challenging Time

Huge, huge changes and transformations, and reinvestment back into the company here at Internet Profits for the last 12 to 14 months.

If you’ve followed me for longer than that, you’ll have seen that I went from running the business out of my home office – the garage that we converted. To now… We’ve got our main UK headquarters here, 2,500 square foot.

We’ve grown the team, we’ve grown the company, we’ve grown the resources. I’ve reinvested hundreds of thousands of dollars. And in all honesty, the reality is, it’s been a stressful, challenging time. It’s been exciting, but it’s definitely been challenging – more so than I thought.

Cracks Were Appearing And We Had To Grow The Infrastructure And The Team

Because it really took me out of my comfort zone, y’know. We were doing very well, outgoings were very low. But I knew that in order for us to be able to continue to grow and achieve what I know we’re capable of achieving, we had to expand. We had to grow the infrastructure, we had to grow the team.

Cracks Were Beginning To Appear In The Business

And it was causing problems. So I went through all these changes, and now we’re definitely in a much better and more sustainable place. And a much more exciting place.

Whenever You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, It’s Like A HUGE Deal, Right?

Whereas before, I started to think, “Geez, the cracks are beginning to appear are that big. Are we gonna make it through?” I didn’t think we were gonna completely collapse. But we were going backwards instead of going forwards, if that makes sense.

So I made all these big moves. And it’s been a very scary, but exciting time. I think the bottom line is…

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