In other words, their business isn t making any money yet. This might be good come April 15, but the other 364 days of the year it means watching every penny.
Technology is an easy place to save money.
One cost that you re likely to hear office owners complain about is telecommunications. This might not mean much if your office is taking in a reasonable amount of revenue, but when you re just starting out it might be a big deal. Many cost-conscious office owners have to sacrifice that extra phone line and share phone and data on one line. When you re working at a desk and have multiple simultaneous connections, you might be scanning your e-mail or bouncing across Web pages while you re talking on the phone. You might not want to, really, but it s too tempting not to.