Home topics start-up-entrepreneur Startup Tips | Advice Startup 5 Time Wasting Habits of Start Up Business Owners Steve Grant June 2, 2016 There’s no doubt that starting a new business is an exciting time, however it can also be very stressful. You don’t yet know if the concept will work, you are pouring money into your dream and you are forgoing hours where you could be earning money working for someone else. Furthermore, you often work much longer hours when you are working for yourself, especially in the beginning stages. In fact, ‘ there are not enough hours in a day ’ is a phrase that I commonly hear from business owners. The key to having ‘more hours’ in a day, is to work smarter and more efficiently. When starting out, some new business owners fall into the trap of spending too much time asking the wrong questions and focusing on the little things when their time would be better spent elsewhere. Based on my own case studies, here are the top time wasting habits that I see with small business owners. You are asking the wrong questions When starting out, too many owners get fixated on the little things rather than thinking about how they are going to grow and develop their business. For example, in the early stages, spending hours planning how your business card will look, or planning a good exercise to open your boxing class with (if your business is a gym) is a waste of