claus - 1:57 am on Dec 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

Always follow up on your leads, no matter how busy you are at the moment.

That would be my best input, i think. It's really a simple thing just grabbing the phone or sending off an email, but you tend to forget when you're busy and you shouldn't do that. Also (this might be most appropriate for those that are not yet started):

Don't try to get everything right, just make sure you don't have too much wrong.

Some people will spend years crafting one business plan after another, calculating, budgetting, analyzing etc, and perhaps they'll never get started because of this. It is a learning process and you will not know all you need to know for a while, no matter how much you prepare.

/claus