“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.” The words of American entrepreneur and author Scott Belsky.
I’m not given to quoting business ‘gurus’ or collecting those plaques for the office walls. You know the ones. They’re very ‘inspirational’. But, the words of Mr Belsky got me thinking.
Recruitment professionals are renowned for breaking out of the day job to start up their own businesses. It’s a big step of course, but in some ways the shift from running your own desk to running your own business isn’t that great. They’ve pretty much learned how to find clients, match them to candidates, and ‘do the deal’. They know how to hit the targets and make the right impact on the bottom line. It’s just that they’ve become disenchanted by doing it for someone else.
So, if you think about that, for the person likely to start up a recruitment business, the idea is already there. What it’s all about, is making the idea happen.
The weakest falter at the first hurdle. They never get started at all. Those with a more determined streak soldier on, for a while. Often, beaten down by bank managers, slowed down by self doubt and, ultimately, pressing the pause button to ‘do it next year’ they put the dream on hold.
And there’s that point again. It’s not that any of them didn’t have the idea. They simply couldn’t make the idea happen.
It’s that concept that’s at the heart of what The Recruit Venture Group do. As Managing Director of The Recruit Venture Group I head up a team whose sole aim is to make recruitment professionals’ ideas, or dreams, of business ownership happen.
Over time we’ve identified what elements are needed to achieve that. We know that finance is key. We provide 100% risk free backing. We know that planning, mentoring and strategic input at the outset is essential. We provide all of that.
Our experience proves without a shadow of doubt that the best possible administrative systems and back office facilities are non negotiable. So we provide those too.
A recruitment business cannot survive unless it has a control of cash flow that borders on the ruthless. We have the people to help with that.
Which brings me full circle. With all of those facilities available what’s stopping you from being the next recruitment professional to turn a dream into a reality?