Greetings and Salutations....
Lesson #1 - Have adequate funding available for
starting up.
Lesson #2 - It is going to take several months
to get the tools you need in place and running properly...
so take that into consideration when starting out.
It sounds as if you just got into a situation
where you needed the kilns NOW...but...they were not ready
and there were quality control issues that brought things
to a screeching halt for too long.
That is a real difficult situation. However, I
agree with the previous poster, and say that if you really
want this...learn from your mistakes, get the situation set
up, and, re-open. Most new businesses fail (here in America,
I believe the number is 90%) and either the founders go
on back to working for someone else, or, they start again -
wiser for the experience.
Good luck!
Dave Mundt