Start a business and be your own boss

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If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!

START A BUSINESS AND BE YOUR OWN BOSS

START A BUSINESS AND BE YOUR OWN BOSS


If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!

START A BUSINESS AND BE YOUR OWN BOSS

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Start a business of your own with an idea, and a bit of imagination. Starting a business can be a difficult decision that you are not sure if you have what it really takes to be an entrepreneur. Don't worry; everyone starting out, in building any type of business has those same thoughts to some degree.

How are you going to become self-employed and start a business of your own?

First, you should think about how you can start a business. You can start a business from scratch, and this means without buying any type that is already established. This is one of the riskiest paths of selfemployment but one that many have done successfully in the past. Every day new restaurants, retail outlets, stores,


If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!

START A BUSINESS AND BE YOUR OWN BOSS

service centers and the like are being established, fresh and new to the market. This is your clean slate, where you start your own reputation; your own name in the industry, and you put forth your own thoughts and ideas into the business world.

The advantage to your own start up business is you will learn from your mistakes, making changes on the way. If you were to hire the wrong type of employees, or if you have the wrong location, you can change these things. You make the decisions; no set patterns or ideas you must follow to get additional sales for your business.

Another way you can start a business is to purchase an existing business. You can purchase an existing business and start in the industry with a reputation and customer base already established. You will thrive in business, as you will be following an established pattern of business, and ideas, selling products and services already known in the marketplace.


If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!

START A BUSINESS AND BE YOUR OWN BOSS

The advantages to purchasing an established business are that you will gain the reputation of the business you take over. You will have a client base that will know and recognize the product, service, and the business name. The existing location is an added bonus, saving you time, money and errors as you learn while starting out in any business.

You have yet another choice in starting a business, and that choice involves purchasing a franchise. Your choices are vast in starting a business. If you want to start a business where the volume of people is high, purchasing a franchise could just fit your expectations perfectly. You will have a well-known business name; a reputation that will draw customers, and a business plan to follow that will enable you to be successful while still being your own boss.

The advantages of purchasing a franchise involve that you will have a set business idea to follow, along with a name that will bring customers, sales along with a well-known business name. You gain access to the parent company marketing and advertising as well as being able to fall


If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!

START A BUSINESS AND BE YOUR OWN BOSS

back on the skills that others in the franchise have already obtained so you can draw upon this expertise to strengthen your own business.

About this Author


If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!

START A BUSINESS AND BE YOUR OWN BOSS

David Gass is President of Business Credit Services, Inc. His company publishes a weekly enewsletter on Starting and Growing a Small Business at http://www.smallbusinessconsulting.com You can sign up for their free newsletter by visiting http://www.smallbusinessconsulting.com

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