– Perhaps the worst mistake is to ponder things alone, whether it is about developing operations or dealing with various ongoing or acute problems, adds Räihä-Pundars.

VASEK and Enterprise Agency Startia’s business advisory services are always free of charge and confidential, so the threshold to contact us is indeed very low.

– We can consider the business idea and suitable business areas together with the aspiring entrepreneur. You can come to the start-up advisory service empty-handed, so to speak. From there, we will start building a new direction, emphasises Dalkvist.

– And the customer relationship does not end with the establishment of the company but continues with the development of the company, investments, recruitments, premises, and other matters in the coming years, throughout the entire life cycle of the company, whenever the entrepreneur feels the need for an external perspective on things, continues Räihä-Pundars.

The business advisors’ thoughts return to mistakes:

– The second biggest mistake an entrepreneur can make is to not find out the correct procedures right from the start, for example, regarding accounting, invoicing, contracts, employment relationships, or data protection issues, lists Dalkvist.