Lessons From My First Quarter in Business

When you're an entrepreneur, you learn new business lessons at every turn.  Because Legally Bold is not my first foray into entrepreneurship or online entrepreneurship, I've learned many.  In January 2015, I left my job and started an online law practice called the Law Office of Toya Gavin.

I know what you’re thinking. The originality of that business name is astounding, but just for the record, my choice was based on an ethical requirement of the bar in my state.

Anyhoo…starting Legally Bold and my law office challenged me in similar ways. I started both businesses with a brand new concept and in a new area that required lots of study on my part.  I also started each business with no clients. Basically, I decided to take a chance on myself and see if I could turn an idea into something bigger.

Now that I’m nearing the end of my first full quarter running my second online business, I can begin to compare and contrast the two business and extract the lessons I’ve learned so far.  I though…