From The Mistake Bank:
Reporter Marcia Pledger of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has been collecting and publishing great small-business mistake stories for a while. Here’s a nice one about the cost of worrying too much about what others’ perceptions might be:
A manufacturing company told me that if I started a public relations firm, I had its business. My next move was to find a location. Relationships are one thing, but I needed credibility for prospects.
Starting a business from my home 22 years ago was not even a thought. Back then, home-based businesses were not considered “real” businesses, so I leased an office….
read the rest of the story at the Plain Dealer site here.
Mistake Bank, mistakes, narrative, location, perception, entrepreneurism
