First-time Whanganui business owner Wendy Johns has a business administration background but says even so it's a steep learning curve going out on her own.
Johns took over Blank Kanvas Concepts in Victoria Ave on August 1, employing a manager and some casual staff while continuing to work full-time as administration manager for Central Glass.
She is spending evenings and weekends working on new systems which will streamline how the business operates.
"For this business, the administration is run quite manually so I'm working on a new point-of-sale system," Johns said.
"It's been a lot of work learning the system and getting ready to go live with it on October 1. We have 1200 inventory items and I need to make sure all the details of them are in there.