[quinda]

Is anyone here running their own business? If so, I'd love to hear how you got started, what support you had, and how you're doing now.

I am starting up my own business at the moment - I'm actually doing a government sponsored course, and if I pass, I'll get a grant at the end of it.

The course is a lot of hard work - the tutors don't pull any punches about your business idea, and really make you think.

I think that if I pass this, it will be a great foundation.

[Dave Hybrid]

I started my company with about £200.

Went and got some flyers photocopied down the local office shop and went a delivered them my self.

Now ive grow to professional flyers and have someone else deliver around 25k a month.

It was hard but with hard work you can start a business from nothing.

[creospace]

I have much the same story as Dave started with very little and I'm still here 3 years later.

I've been very careful an cautious and the business has grown steadily but with a firm foundation.

2007 is going to be very exciting with new products and marketing etc.