Read 10x by Grand Cardone and understand that it takes a lot of time and effort to get it right. There is something that you don’t know that caused the failure. Understand that family want to protect you from failures and they don’t expect you to succeed, because they did not succeed themselves.
Also watch the Profit show with Marcus Lemonis talking about - People, Product, Process.
You got something wrong, you did not have either a good product, a good process, or good people.
Figure out where you failed.
It really depends on your line of business. do you provide services, advice consulting or an actual product?
For instance I provide professional Services like building and property assessments and I do charge for my inspections or meetings. That means at the end of the inspection I have a check or a payment in my pocket or bank account.
I also get involved with home inspectors that charge for the inspections upfront before the appointment.
you need to start charging or ask for payment to be able to secure the bookings.
if somebody puts the money down, they’re definitely not going to miss the appointment.