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Small Business?
I am in UK and for some time
planning to start some small
business from my home with my
present job and if successful
I take it as full time and
leave my job.
Some ideas come to my mind
like start some Internet or
ebay business and trust on the
wholesalers or dropshippers.
Or, contact some wholesalers
and sell from home with local
ads etc. But I am still not
clear that this is a good idea
and which products I can sell.
Is there any one who can guide
me for some small business
which I could start from home
in the beginning?
Or any good idea which could
help me to start any small
business? Hope the community
can help me with some good
ideas and guidance.
Thanks in anticipation.
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It really depends on who you are. Are you outgoing and want to start a home business with parties in other people's homes or not? Sounds like you are a natural and have the experience needed to do about anything you want. My advice is to look around and pick something you are passionate about and then RUN with it. If you are passionate about helping people with their health, and help them become financially independent as well as you, then i strongly feel I have a link that might help you out http://www.healingfruit4u.com if you would like to find some research and testimonies behind what i do, go here http://www.mangosteenexperienc es.com/index.htm |
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What do small business owners What kind of small business
owner are you?
What do you specialize in?
What do you have to do on a
typical day?
How is your job related to the
law?
What are the educational
requirements to become a small
business owner?
Why did you become a small
business owner?
How long have you been one?
What do you enjoy about being
a small business owner?
What's challenging about it?
What advice would you give to
someone who wanted to run
their own small business?
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You ask a lot of really good questions that would take HOURS to answer. Here are several links from the SBA which should help you http://www.sba.gov/assessmentt ool/index.html http://www.sba.gov/tools/index .html |
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Over 60% of small businesses Over 60% of small businesses
fail due to a lack of planning
and execution of a business
plan. When businesses are so
small it is rare to have an HR
manager, because of that
training and follow-up is
non-existent. Who would be
accountable and how could
management implement a
training routine to make it
beneficial and cost effective?
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If you're only really asking about training, then it would depend on the size of the business. If there's only about 1 - 10 people, then it would usually be the duty of the owner to train new staff, as he or she would be the person with the most interest in ensuring that everyone knows what they are doing. If you go into 10 - 30 or so staff, you'd probably have an operational or production manager who should take care of training. Most businesses don't fail because of inadequate training though. As you pointed out, it's more about lack of planning. I ran my own small businesses for a few years, and I made sure to only hire people that didn't need any training! Is your concern that businesses fail because of no proper training programs? |
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