Starting a business can be exhilarating, daunting and downright scary, especially if you’ve never run a business on your own before. However, the skills and experiences accumulated throughout your career and life are more valuable than you might realise. You can make your business successful by using these skills, particularly those you gained working with customers and embracing a continuous improvement mindset. Here’s how to recognise and build on relevant experience to build your new business.

Sometimes you might be required to do just that, put a number to it. People such as funders, banks and investors will ask for these numbers. And in reality you as a founder should also be curious and confident about how successful your new idea…