10 Mistakes Before Success

Ten Mistakes We Made Before We Hit It Big In Anger Management

1. We spent $10.000 for one ad in the Los Angeles Magazine which generated three crank calls and one complaint.
2. We lost $8,000 dollars on a website designer who convinced us to permit him to host our site and later removed the site from the internet.
3. We hired three Office Managers without checking their references.
4. I signed an agreement with Pitney Bowls for the rental of a stamp machine ordered by my bookkeeper without my knowledge. The equipment sat unopened for over a year.
5. We failed to monitor two employees who stole thousands of dollars from us.
6. We were forced to close an office which we could have sold for $60,000.
7. We drafted and signed two contracts without using an attorney which resulted in a substantial financial loss.
8. We permitted a colleague to share an office and list himself as a partner. This mistake resulted in a legal action against Anderson & Anderson.
9. When our gross income yearly income reached one million dollars, we beginning giving large bonuses to our employees conditions.
10. We hired a family member who almost caused us to lose our business.

George Anderson, MSW, BCD, CEAP
Director, Anderson & Anderson