Is it any easier the second time around??

Chantal — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:31:27 +0000

This is an interesting question. A new business is a lot like raising a child, one learns as you are going along and one makes mistakes along the way, there are constant surprises and frankly it can be really stressful and just darn hard work!

Then the second one comes along and all the dread that goes with it, starting over, late nights, cash flow, accounting systems, payroll, cups and saucers, office furniture…. all so daunting.!! However, it has just seemed so much easier this second time round. Here we are, six months into the life of ANYKEY.

ANYKEY seems to be growing up much faster and more effortlessly. Of course the past lessons learned on the way have made a huge difference in birthing Anykey! The interesting thing has been that the tasks that one expected to be difficult have been easy and the expectedly easy tasks have been far more of a challenge.

Try getting a VAT number… that stretched my patience! The PAYE number also took an eternity! Getting a website up? After sitting down with a glass of wine and seeing the templates available I was quite convinced that I could manage this, (after all, I was a programmer once, and I’m not too bad at spotting a good design.) Well, that didn’t last long and I finally gave up and handed it to the professionals.

There is so much more to it than meets the eye! Needless to say, the learning curve has been fascinating! The new Anykey website is up and live www.anykey.co.za and we will be constantly adding to it and improving it and we welcome your feedback of course.

Getting company registration, name changes, BEE, bank accounts, PO Box set up, the cups and saucers, office furniture etc were in fact the easiest of all!

The best part of this has been the great camaraderie of the team! Everyone is equally committed to ANYKEY’s success and we are actually having FUN! Then of course, the fantastic response and support from our customers, you guys have been really great! Thank you so much! It makes going to work every day such a pleasure!

So what I can tell you is that Anykey is open for business, and we are loving every minute of it! At six months, Anykey is sitting up and smiling, and loving the adventure of discovery. Isn’t that so true about the second child! (They say that the third is even easier!!)