seldom instinctively. You apply this cautious approach to your business. You use Excel instead of accounting software to
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THE END You’re a successful business owner.
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Disaster – Your computer crashes, you didn’t keep a back-up of your accounts or store them in the cloud.
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BUSINESS SNAKES AND LADDERS. How will your business fare in the year of the snake?
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A customer recommends you to a business associate, as a result you win a really big customer.
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You hire your first employee and use Sage HR advice to ensure your comply with employment law. Move forward one space.
22. New ventures in the Year of the Snake are reputed to be thoughtful and wise and to approach problems rationally and logically, seldom instinctively. You apply this cautious approach to your business.
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You attend a business networking event and get two more customers.
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You use Excel instead of accounting software to manage your business finances. It takes you hours longer that it should to calculate your VAT return and your miss your deadline.
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You implement a customer service policy that improves your customer retention rate – move forward 3 spaces.
You complete your competitor and market analysis. Move forward 2 spaces.
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27. A Tweet from your business Twitter account goes viral, fly up 2 spaces!
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You didn’t create a business plan. Pity, you could have used Sage’s free planning for business software. Go back 3 spaces.
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You’ve just started your own business. 2.
You talk to other business owners and learn as much as you can about starting your own business. You’re on the right path. 3.
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5. It is the year of the water snake. Water Snakes are lucky with finances, they always seem to have money flowing their way. Your business gets off to a good financial start.
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You register your business name and get a logo and website designed, you’re on your way! Move forward two spaces.
