Hello all, I don?t know if this is the correct venue for asking these kinds of questions, but how have your personal bills and budgeting affected your financing decisions? I recently started a small office, but once I got my first set of phone bills I panicked because of all the extra charges that started appearing. I had just started and suddenly my bill?s tripled! Is that right?
Without seeing the phone bill, it is hard to tell. Did you have a business class line installed? Those are often three times the money of a local line. Do you really need this extensive phone service? I run my business off of a cell phone, and the cellular company has no clue that it is not a personal line.
A common mistake made by new businesses is that they work on stuff like office space, phone system, logos, stationary, business cards, etc, and they never get around to doing any business. Then the money runs out, and they have no revenue coming in, so they fold up. It is a great way to wipe out your savings.
-john-
I run my business off of a cell phone,
they do now.
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