In this new series of fortnightly columns, Rohan Sivajoti, director and head of Innovation at NextGen Planners, will be providing his insights into what it takes to set up a new financial planning firm. Here he discusses a key ingredient: graft...
There's nothing fancy to this post. There's nothing that new, no ground breaking research, no secret sauce, but it's something that needs to be considered very carefully when setting up a business: are you going to graft? I mean it. Like proper graft. There are many people living their "best lives" on Twitter, LinkedIn etc. with their three-day weeks and bravo to them. Hats off. But have a think about how they (allegedly) got there. It wasn't three days a week from day one. It was really hard work. I've done this; set up a financial planning firm from scratch with no clients. It's gr...
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