When you are starting a gift basket business, it can be tempting to continue to work full-time. The problem is- a business can not grow that does not have your full attention.

Serious gift basket designers work their business full-time and seek other employment part-time. If you don't have the time to build your business, you will never have a solid customer base.

Customers know the difference between those who run a professional full-time business oppose to those that sell baskets in their spare time. Remaining employed full-time does not allow the time a gift basket business needs.

Think about it...

To get a corporate client, you have to meet them during normal business hours. You can't because you will be at work.

You get off work late at night. There's a meeting scheduled for the next morning. You miss it because you're too exhausted.

Do you see where I'm going?

Seek sufficient capital to sustain your business until it’s profitable. If you still have to work full-time, than this may not be the time to start a gift basket business.

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