Starting a business for the first time is no mean feat. After you overcome the initial inertia that comes with starting out, you're still faced with lots of initial and recurring challenges. Maybe overcoming them will leave you wiser and more confident.
But, in the long run, othing really prepares you for dealing with a problem if you don’t know what the problem is. Or else, maybe you're not quite hitting the heights you expected. Or, perhaps you're not even hitting any heights at all.
Like a sputtering vehicle, your business may not be quite ready to get out on the road. You'll have to look under the hood first, to check to whether (to quote the Song of Solomon 2:15) any of these little foxes are spoiling your vine:
