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It’s often the case in any service industry that you spend your time and energy helping your customers, but neglect your own business of the things you do best.

Here are nine questions we have been asking the business owners we work with at Sprout that you might want to consider.

How do you maintain your workforce culture while working remotely? Here are some things to consider.

It’s not easy letting people go at any time, if you’re having to go down this route, please say goodbye as positively as possible.  

Business values are not defined to create parameters or rules, they are there to provide guidance and foster genuine team working.

Hear about the things do you do now, running a growth business, that you never did previously!

Ensuring you have the right people around you to carry you through the learning phase is essential to reaching your goals and more importantly, enjoying the ride!

Known to you or not, hiring the right people is always connected to the success of the business. Mates or not, take the time upfront in hiring the right person for your company.

I attended the event without knowing anyone and it made me realise just how uncomfortable networking can be.

Achieving alignment in your business in every sense of the word: alignment of resources, market, the direction of the business to common values and vision of what they want to achieve. 

The 3 key reasons business owners need clarity. “If you don’t know where you're going, how will others help you get there?”

Knowing you are not alone! Any new ‘start-up’ business has similarities, it's a journey: a tough, ever changing and sometimes a lonely one...if you allow it it.