So you wanna be your own boss, eh? - Penni Pickering

So, you want to be your own boss? Lessons from two years on a rollercoaster ride.  I was a marketing manager at a tech firm. My salary was creeping up, the mortgage was going down, our annual holidays were getting more epic. Then I quit, with no real plan other than “let’s start our own business”.  Fast forward two years and I’ve had months I couldn’t pay myself. I ran our business while travelling across Asia. I’ve scrambled to figure out how on earth you run PAYE, what GDPR means for a small business, and how to get clients when all you can hear is crickets.  One hell of a rollercoaster ride later, I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned for anyone who thinks “Screw this. I’m going to do it for myself!” and I’ll be revealing how we plan to go from feast and famine months to something a little more stable.