On Monday, we wrote about the culture shock that can occur when leaving the corporate world. In today’s Quick Tips – Lessons form Big Business, we want to identify 5 differences you will find as you transition from a corporate environment to starting your own business:
Behavior that was acceptable in a big corporation may not be tolerated by your prospects or clients
Being in your own business is about being in the sales and marketing business. Checks do not show up in your bank account once a month, they are earned through your personal effort alone.
Initially you see your entire staff in the mirror every morning – do you see a great boss or your worst boss?
Great friends you had in the company will “move on”. They may not return your calls, nor want to spend time talking with you. Remember the comment on office politics? They will ask “what’s in it for me to talk with him/her”.
Vendors who pampered you, won’t return your call. Now you are the
vendor.
Awareness is important. Absent awareness, you may just think that behavior that worked in the past will continue to work. We often find, it does not.
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