So far, in the first week, I have:
- Launched Beautiful Bracelets website, hosting and secured private unique domain, all FOR FREE on www.wozaonline.co.za!
- Purchased materials and commenced manufacturing of bracelets.
- Sales turnover (of bracelets and advertising space on website) exceeds Start Up capital within Week 1.
- Employed first staff member and made first weekly wages payment on Monday 8 Oct. (One the objectives of the business being to create employment).
- Secured people to advertise on the website/blog in exchange for cash/discounts on fees/services.
- Spoke about the business at every opportunity to friends and strangers (even in bank queues, getting their contact details to invite to future events where products will be sold).
- Maintained a daily Blog detailing the journey (objective in part to provide encouragement for anyone wanting to start a new business with virtually no money.)
- Managing Social Media Strategy via Twitter/Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/
1000BeautifulBracelets .(Need more followers on Twitter!) - Arranged Beautiful Bracelets Launch Party for Thursday 11 October - without cost! Hosted by a friend who suggested/offered the Party and is covering catering/venue.
- Arranged for/engaged a personal business coach to help me win the Challenge, first meeting scheduled Saturday 13 Oct (with a good friend, Stan Close of KUSASA/EntrepreneursSA, who does this for a living and has worked with many large organisations like Eskom, Iscor assisting Business Start ups over the past 20 years with retrenched employees and others wanting to start a Small Business.). He trains a Small Business Development Course (which I completed in 2008), and is offering his services to me as a friend, with no charge.
- Kept a record of cashflow/accounting. (I studied accounting at University but it is not my favourite thing at all).
- Lost weight as part of a deliberate plan but the MoneyShow Challenge certainly helped accelerate the weight loss!
- Lost sleep!
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