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What you need to know before starting a business? Check it out!

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2024 9:35 am
by shukla7789
There are many sites that discuss the formalities involved in starting a business. So instead of duplicating content, I decided to write about what starting a business looks like in reality, not on paper. Not from a formal perspective. But from the first steps and preparations, before the entire procedure starts. Along with developing the basics of operation and a formal business plan.

Before you start
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Before you set up a company as a legal form, you need to do about 50% of the work involved in starting it. It is worth taking care of the issues that are key to your success well in advance. Because this way you will denmark whatsapp database off halfway, and not from scratch. I will describe the individual stages of setting up a business, along with a description of what to pay special attention to during them. These are not rigid frameworks and you should always approach the process of setting up a new company flexibly.

Idea
The first step should be an idea – what you want to do, for whom and how. It doesn't matter if it's an internet portal, a massage parlour or a chocolate factory. Work hard on your business vision. Imagine what you would like your company to look like in a year, two, or even five or ten. This is the state you will strive for, but it is a long-term process. Write down what you come up with, it will be the beginning of a business plan. At this stage, it is worth consulting with specialists, people who already have experience in business and your future clients. This will save you from making many mistakes at the beginning, although not all of them can be avoided.

Business plan
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If you have already developed your idea well enough, it is time to bring you back down to earth. Calmness and cold calculation, that is what you need at this stage. Never try to overstate something in the business plan. If it turns out that the business will be unprofitable, you have just saved a lot of money and time. Honesty and cold calculation pay off here.

A business plan should primarily include :

General description of the business.
A strategy for starting out, how to get to the point where you are no longer contributing to the business.
Marketing and sales strategy. How you acquire customers and how much money you spend on it. For example, you can specify that 50% of your operating margin goes to marketing and sales.
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Analyses: competition, market, your offer, and best of all PEST, SWAT, Porter's 5 forces. An approach according to the developed methods will allow you to make better analyses and avoid many mistakes.
Financial analysis of the company's operations for the first year. It is good if you have the funds to maintain the company for half a year, assuming zero revenue.
A management plan that includes hiring people, organizational structure, and defining milestones on your path to success.
Having all of this “on paper” will give you the certainty that you haven’t missed anything. You can also easily show your business plan to experts and ask them for advice. A business plan is also required by investors and banks.