My First Year in Business

It has been a year since embarking on this exciting journey and I cannot recommend it any louder than this. The thrill of doing your own thing and working to achieve your dream is as every bit exciting as they say it is. 

I have since started a business with my “soon to be wife”, hopefully she will not see this before the day I propose, and it has brought us such joy and pleasure…or should I say “Net pleasure” (the difference between the hard times and good time), in building our dream. As those who have read my blog will know, my goal has always been to aid the small business person(s) get up and going in their respective activities.  This has been going very well and the businesses I have had the privilege to assist in growing and stabilising their processes, in particular their cash flow have shown growth through this time, but little did I know I would have a first-hand experience in building our business in the same way.

A little on what we do. We are in the travel industry where we provide a service to the corporate traveller, through a pre-paid service with our business partner’s facilitating accommodation and ground transfers on the African continent. This in essence enables the corporate traveler peace of mind in knowing all is taken care of, prior to their arrival, at the point of destination. 

How we have been able to build on our success has been to a large extent due to efficiency in our processes. As we all know, managing these processes throughout Africa is a challenge in itself with the small but gradually growing communication infrastructure and the different language barriers.  These challenges to a large extent have been advantageous in the sense that we have had to learn to adapt and change quickly to enable our efficient processes to accomplish our objectives. This has provided increased awareness of our brand on the continent.

How does this all relate to my mission.  It is imperative as a small business that the processes built within the infrastructure of the business are effective in their outcome. Without these synergies , it would have been difficult to envisage a business growth to where it is today.

More to follow, and for the curious, please see our website at http://www.traderoutes.co.za/