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4 Myths why I can’t start a business
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Decluttering Your Business
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4 Myths why I can’t start a business

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Starting a business is not easy, nor is it something that should be taken lightly.

You do need to do your homework; you do need to research the industry, especially if it is not one you have previous experience in; you do need to do your strategic and business planning; and you certainly do need to look at your personal characteristics and beliefs to see if you and your family really want to make the commitment.

However I have spoken to many people who seem to me to have a viable idea for a business, but are put off starting their own business even before they delve further into its feasibility. Their objections are not about being under-prepared; their objections are often based on things that are simply untrue.

I call these the four most common myths that stop people starting their own business.

Myth 1: I’m not smart enough to have my own business:

Perhaps you’re not, but I find that doubtful. Starting and running a business is not for everyone, but I rarely find the reason as being lack of intelligence. Some people are better employees than business owners due to the way they react to the different type of responsibility, but if the question is do you have the smarts to run a business, it is more than probable that you do and you can learn the skills along the way. Read More

Decluttering Your Business

Every now and then, it’s time to declutter!

Whether it’s your home, your office, or your life, over the years you build up “stuff”. When you buy that cute vase or an extra office chair or you accumulate responsibilities, it all builds up. Personally I find it refreshing to just get rid of stuff from time to time.

It clears your mind, there’s less visual and intellectual junk to manoeuvre around, and you can see fresh and new ways to move on and ahead.
Well, decluttering works in your business as well.

Think for a moment, and I’ll bet you will recognise the clutter that has built up around you without your knowing it. Management guru Peter Drucker said “much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work”. This is so true. Management demands better (or is it more?) communication so our email inbox is bulging, we are in touch 24/7 on smart phones and tablets. Management is careful to avoid inefficiency, so everything is check-listed, and has to be signed off step by step adding layers to “efficiency”. Management is all about planning so half our day is filled with meetings. Management is all about achieving goals so we end up with endless objectives and to-do lists to tick off.

Some of this clutter in our business lives is actually a necessity. Read More

About Teik


Want to know how to make your Vision for your business become reality?

Good. Because that knowledge is exactly what you will get here, and it’s worth a ton of gold.

My name is Teik Oh, business consultant, executive coach, business blogger, author, keynote speaker, and small business owner myself.

What do you get here?

I started teikoh.com in 2008 to create an online one-stop resource for small business owners driven by a Big Vision for their business and their lives, but frustrated by lack of time and systems to grow as fast as they envision. My blog started providing tips, ideas, systems and processes to help small business owners. These translated complex and proven Business School concepts into “start from scratch” step by step methods to improve their businesses and their lives by creating better strategies, providing leadership in whatever they did, and growing their profits.

You can subscribe to get my blog posts delivered directly to your inbox here.

From 2015 I started to offer online business courses aimed at the time-poor small business owner, to improve every aspect of their business from startup, to planning, to marketing, to implementing systems and procedures, and to leading their teams.

In the courses offered by teikoh.com you’ll find online training that you can follow in your own time, and immediately implement in your business. Through the training I show you how:-

  • To understand key success factors of your business and set them up to align with your Vision;
  • To plan every aspect of your business so that you have clear strategies in every scenario;
  • To grow markets, sales and your profits;
  • To make every process in your business efficient and find more time in your day; and
  • To get your work-life integration right so that you can create the life you strive for.

So who am I to do all this for you?

I started working as a Chartered Accountant in England (US = CPA) in 1979 and since then have been helping small business entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom, the United States, Asia and Australia.

In the early years of my business career I worked for international management consulting firms across the world before I started my own business in 1991, focusing on entrepreneurs who have a passionate dream about their businesses but need the help to merge best business practice with their passion and vision. Now, my bricks-and-mortar consulting company OTS Management (“Advice From Outside The Square”) turns over 7-figure sales every year providing solutions to over 300 clients a year.

I believe in giving great value in whatever I do. I love teaching what I know and sharing my experience. In all my offerings, whether free advice in a blog post or in my training courses, I believe in good design that makes complex business concepts easy to understand and entertaining to learn.

I believe in the passion and knowledge that entrepreneurs have in their own business and I believe that my role is to offer proven business systems and concepts that busy entrepreneurs like you can use to slot in their own knowledge about their business. It’s time to grow your business in the way you want to, by using proven step by step systems.

I also believe in the value that entrepreneurs bring to the world, including through social enterprises that encourage social inclusion amongst the forgotten. To that purpose I still spend great amounts of my pro-bono time working for and with Aboriginal social enterprises in Northern Australia and support them in any way I can.

If doing business this way appeals to you, why don’t you keep in touch by registering your name and email address at the bottom of this page?

You want another reason?

I have synthesised over 35 years of successful business experience and just as many years of academic learning and research on how to start, build and grow a successful and profitable business. This synthesis has resulted in step by step processes that will help any passionate small business owner achieve their Vision. I now offer this distilled knowledge in the form of free information through my blog posts, and through my books and training programs.

Why should you want to go through all the trauma that I and thousands of other small business owners have been through by trying to research by yourself? Are you a glutton for punishment?

Why don’t you grab the opportunity that teikoh.com gives you to learn from all our experiences of what works and what doesn’t work?

So get with the program!

I want you to do two things to help yourself grow your business and your life.

I want you to check out my books and business courses right now by clicking here.

I also want you to subscribe to my weekly newsletter that will deliver implementable ideas, and tips to create strategy, provide leadership, and grow your business.

My newsletter subscribers get the inside scoop on new tips, systems and offers so I hope you don’t miss out!

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