Hey guys, welcome to five minute Friday. It's you and me today, and I'm answering one of our most

commonly asked questions to new listeners on the podcast, and that is how do I start my boutique?

What are the steps I'm missing? What are the things I could forget about? How do I do it right from

the very beginning? And here's the truth. Let me just put it out there. I think there is a major

misconception in the world today.

And maybe this comes from school or college or professors

who wrongly assume that the way to start a business is by having everything figured out

and by having a business plan and by making it perfect and having everything on paper

before you get started.

When the truth is the most

successful businesses that i've ever met including my own are the ones that just start yes you have to

have a plan yes you should think through some things yes you should know what you're getting into

but having everything perfect isn't realistic it's creating the minimum viable product. It's testing

out your theory on what the problem is you're trying to solve in the world around you. So

don't worry about not having it all together if this is where you're at. Know that it's okay to

try things and test them. Know that it's okay to fail. know that some things are not going to work out.

Some things are going to be a flop.

But you have to be able to get in and do the thing consistently, test it out over a long

enough period of time that you have enough information to tell you what to do next.

That's the thing about starting a business and trying and failing.

Failing isn't an end.

Failing is just saying, hey, you've tried this, but how about you try it a little bit differently next time?

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