The excitement evoked by the word ‘entrepreneurship’ too often drains away when the business leaders of tomorrow start trying to turn their ‘big idea’ into reality. Along with challenges around securing funding, building a client base and finding skilled staff, the challenges around setting up the essential IT organs required for running a healthy and secure small business is possibly one of most daunting prospects.
Beyond a great idea, two things drive successful startups: speed to market and keeping the burn rate to a minimum. The cloud can help startups do both and is quickly proving a competitive advantage. By freeing up valuable time and capital, the cloud can help fast-track a great idea into a successful business. Entrepreneurs need to spend as much time and focus as possible providing early life-support for the business, not becoming technology support agents. IT solutions should be fast, easy and agile thereby lending that extra level of professionalism at inception.
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