I started with UK£7,000 at the time, conversion and inflation, probably about US$20,000 today. That was my own cash, no bank loans, partner and family investors added about $10,000, making $30,000 to start.
Although I started with one worker, we set up to be a bigger company - incorporation, offices, buying equipment, etc. Very soon we had 4 staff and 4 workers. Top heavy - true, but we decided if we were going to grow quickly we had to have the staff first and hire employees as needed. It worked and at our peak we had 40 men in the field.
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