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Small businesses have many challenges to stay afloat. Many budding entrepreneurs think that all they need is an idea or product, a name for their small business, and a bit of work and the product will sell itself and money will come rolling in. If you have ever run a small business - even a home based business - you will know there's much more to it than that!
The first thing you, as a potential small business owner must always do, is research your market. Then research your competition, then the available supply for your product or service, and find your unique selling position. This alone can take weeks often months.
Once you are satisfied that there is a market for your product or service then you need to sort out your business plan and cash flow projections.
Small businesses may appear low cost but many suck up substantial capital before they turn a profit so now, unless you are very fortunate, you must sort out how to finance your small business. Do you remortgage your house? look for investment partners? borrow from friends or family? or approach the bank? Whichever you choose you need to convince others that your small business will be profitable and they will get a return on their money.
Once finances are in place the hard work starts. You may have premises to arrange, suppliers to sort out, staff to recruit and mangage, accounts to keep, products to design or source, lawyers to consult, accountants to hire and we must not forget in all of this market and get the all important customers to look at and purchase your products.
To do that you have to advertise your small business, but where and at what cost? Don't forget you have to provide customer support and accept returns. Then there's waste disposal ... and on and on.
Who's paying for all of this - in simple terms you, and your friends, investors and/or your bank are paying, until you are selling sufficient product or service to cover the costs - usually many months or even years away.
New small businesses rarely return a profit in the first year and frequently not for two or three years. Make sure you can finance it properly.
Is it worth doing it? That's your decision but every year tens of thousands of people do start their own business and many are succesful and reap the rewards of all that hard work. But many also fail, and all too often it's due to lack of preparation
If you're about to set off on your new business venture prepare well and Good Luck. With good planning, persistence and a lot of hard work you too can build a profitable small business.
John Edmond worked for many years in insurance and finance and now writes on a number of topics including small business and finance. Go to http://www.business-in.info for more articles on business and finance.
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A vital part of the U. S. economy, creating 80% of its jobs and accounting for nearly 40% of its private sales are the small medium business. They consists of farmers, start up companies in high technology or micro-business entrepreneurs.
There are approximately 24 million small businesses in the U.S. And 6 out of 10 of the industries adding new jobs are small business dominated industries. Small firms hire a larger proportion of employees who are younger workers, older workers, women, or workers who prefer to work part-time. Small medium businesses also provide 67 percent of workers with their first jobs and initial on-the-job training in basic skills.
Developing small home-based businesses is particularly important to rural communities. Because of the limited availability of skilled labor, the development of large scale firms is prevented. Rural communities that promote new and innovative small enterprises can stimulate new employment opportunities and expand the local tax base, often contributing to each citizen’s quality of life. Also, when you’re at home your business will comprise whether you sell a product or you can sell a service. If you want to sell a service, look within. What are your skills? Are you proficient with a word processor? If so, you can consider selling your word processing skills. Remember, proficient means near perfect. I can use MS Word, but I could not sell it as a service.
Have you done bookkeeping or billing before? If so, this again, is something you can sell as a service. Are your kids older, in school all day? Consider an errand service. Perform a web search for errand services and view what others are offering and at what fees.
Are you an expert with a sewing machine? You can offer tailoring and mending as a service. I am only 5'2? and both my kids are 5'. We need everything altered. I would love to bring it to someone’s home versus having to go to the dry cleaner, change in their icky little bathroom etc.
Prefer to sell a product? You have a few choices, yes, only a few. You can make the product yourself. You can purchase from a wholesaler, or you can purchase from a direct sales company. That’s it, only those few choices.
If you wish to make the products, again, look within. What hobbies do you have? What crafts can you make? Some folks sell hand sewn or hand crocheted items. Some sell homemade soaps and lotions. Some sell homemade jewelry.
These are the many options you can do when you plan in a home base business. Plus, running a small medium business at the comfort in your own home saves you any amount of money because you don’t have to pay for rent. Plus, you can control your time and if you’re a home maker, you won’t have to leave your kids.
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