Different people have different ideas about what growth means. In this case, we are talking about the growth of a business — taking it to the next level and then the next, ensuring that more and more people see it and spend money with it. This is not something that will happen overnight, and it is not something that will be easy to achieve.
Perhaps that is why you are not thinking about business growth. Your small business will remain small, and that is how you are happiest. That is fine; growth is not for everyone. But it is useful to know what could happen if you do not grow your business and you are not prepared for it. Read on to find out, and it might change your mind about what your next steps should be.
You Will Have To Do Everything Yourself
If you do not take steps to grow your business, you will not be able to hire people – or at least, you will not be able to hire enough people. Having a team in place means you can delegate some of the work you would otherwise have to do yourself. When you free up that time, you will find you have more time to focus on additional business growth, and so it keeps going on and on.
Without that growth, you will have to do everything within the business yourself. This means even the tasks that you do not like or that you are not good at. It means the tasks that take up your precious time when you could be doing something else. So by growing your business, you give yourself a better work-life balance, and that is more important than you might realize.
You Will Lower Your Expectations
Most people who start a business do so because they want to make a big difference in the world. They are also very enthusiastic and believe that their business, which they started in their spare time in their bedroom, will grow into something big.
But once the realities of running a business start to set in, the day-to-day work can make it hard to remember the goals and excitement that led to starting the business in the first place. So, the job becomes just keeping the business going instead of making it bigger, and you will lower your expectations.
The problem is that once you lower your expectations, so will your customers, and eventually, your reputation will start to be damaged. If, however, you focus on more growth, you will always be striving for the next big thing, and that will keep you and your customers happy.
You Will Stop Learning
When you run a business, you need to keep learning as much as possible about how it all works (as well as your specific products and services) to ensure that you are always at the cutting edge and can outpace your competitors. If you decide to keep your business small, it might be that you stop learning because you do not have time (as mentioned above) or you do not see the benefit.
The fact is that no matter how big or small your business is, entrepreneurs must continue to learn. And that means everything. You need to find out everything you need to know about multi currency payments, you need to understand marketing, you have to know about cash flow and business plans, and how to hire (and maybe fire) staff. Keep learning, and your business will thrive, whether it is big or small.
