#start a business

[theambitiouswoman]

Success Requires Discipline To:

Exercise & eat healthy

Manage time better

Invest money wisely

Maintain good relationships

Set & achieve goals

Stay organized

Control emotions

Chase personal development

Continue learning

Wake up earlier

Be consistent

Keep focus

Face challenges

Not give up

[scalingtomillions]

You don’t “try to start a business” you give it your all or nothing. Businesses don’t fail. People fail their businesses.

[boujeeceo]

Corporate Barbie Files- Begin

When I was kid I didn't know what an executive was but I wanted to be one so bad. Now that I know I've decided to aim a bit higher- Chief Financial Officer day job and small business tycoon. ✨🧿

Please do your own research, I'm no expert and I don't want to lead anyone down a weird path

Planning (business plans)

You can get an LLC for less than 200$, 500$ MAX. What makes LLC's expensive are the licenses, fees you pay when registered, and the state you register.

Sole priorerships (depending on your state) don't need to be registered but you forgo the protections that come from having a government recognized business.

Any small business template online is a great resource.

Plan it out for 3 years minimum but think of this business plan as a living document. As you operate your business it will have to change.

Business research!

You need to do your own research on each business you want to start if you want to succeed.

Topics/questions to research

Researching competitors (Strengths & Weaknesses/marketing strategy/Pricing/products and product features)

Market share

Strengths and weaknesses

Your window of opportunity to enter the market

The importance of your target market to your competitors

Any barriers that may hinder you as you enter the market

Indirect or secondary competitors who may impact your success

Customers

Who are your customers and why are they interested in buying your product or service?

What characteristics, interests, desires, pain points and needs do they share?

Where do they live?

How old are they?

What is their education level?

What is their income range?

Which types of websites do they frequently visit?

Where do they currently buy similar products?

Which languages do they speak?

What industry do they work in?

License needed

Growth projection 

Assessing the legal aspects of your industry

Can you reach your target audience? If you're selling inline skates, are you opening in an area with a population of the right age and disposable income?

Is the market saturated?

Your Brand 

Questions you wanna ask

Here are a few methods you can use to do direct research:

Surveys

Questionnaires

Focus groups

In-depth interviews

Ask potential customers 

Questions you wanna ask and answers

Demand: Is there a desire for your product or service?

Market size: How many people would be interested in your offering?

Economic indicators: What is the income range and employment rate?

Location: Where do your customers live and where can your business reach?

Market saturation: How many similar options are already available to consumers?

Pricing: What do potential customers pay for these alternatives?

Best ways to reach customers 

Suppliers, quotes and budget

Sources of funding, uses of funding

Prep

Finding funding, type in your demographic 'black woman/LGBT black woman, ect' and your state + small business funding. Apply for everything. Find space for inventory. Think up promotional material- Vistaprint is amazing for just cheapy slapping your brand on something that others want (candy, notebooks, pens, cute tote bags).

Skills you may need: Negotiation, Manipulation, Marketing, Social media handling, Emotional intelligence, Personal emotional control, Leadership and delegation, Networking, Memorization (names, position and places you met this people), Self discipline, Conversation, Communication.

Just do it

If I wanted until I felt 100% ready I wouldn't have two functional businesses at the moment.

Low risk low reward business ideas

These may not make you rich unless you market to high heaven or get lucky. But they are a great passive income opportunity/place to start.

Vending machine

ATM

Selling books on Amazon/Audible/Printing on demand services

Selling on a ready made sale site- Shopify/Amazon/Esty

Direct sales

High traffic blog for ads

Affiliate marketing blog/social media

Mid-Tier business ideas

Can be scaled up to make 7 figures but after taxes and fees will probably make a steady 6 figures yearly. (Please note that 6 figures can be any where from 100k to 999k. I've noticed a tendency to see 6 figures as only 100k.)

Cafes

Small bar

Small restaurant

Ice-cream truck

Food truck

Website with subscriptions

A clothing line

Makeup or skincare (especially if it has mostly black women in mind- think Black Girl Sunscreen or Fenty Beauty)

Natural hair wigs (as in 3b-4c pattern, its not super common and the ones that are aren't very good nor last very long)

Small hair and nails salon

Haircare product line

Do your own research please, these are just the most common and least expensive I've found entrepreneurs start. They may not work with your skills/personal brand/time constraints/experience ect.

Advice

Have a vanity business!!! A business that matters because you like it so much. One where the success is not based off just money but personal satisfaction. This will keep you from getting bored, too frustrated or purely money driven. Of course a business is money driven but at some point you look up from your work and get distressed from dissatisfaction from being stuck working for money instead of pleasure.

You should be interested in each business you make/engage with a least a little bit.

Break down how much you need to make per day and per week to get to your goal amount. This has helped me mentally, I no longer freak out about the big picture when I'm focused on the main goal of the day/week.

Have a reading list in these 5 categories: Emotional intelligence, Your field of study (finance, tech, medical, beauty), Manipulation/Negotiation, Beauty/Dating/Self-esteem, and Money.

Don't try to build up more than 2 businesses at a time if you're doing it alone. You will drive yourself insane and burn out quickly.

If you do direct sales on the streets make sure you have an incentive for people to actually stop and look at what you have to offer. Something free pretty with your logo or information and matches your brand image. It can be hand made!

Mistakes I made

I relied on one business too much when my goal isn't to scale it too big

I didn't have a workable marketing campaign. People are tired of ads. I'm tired of ads, I had to get creative or rather make the ads less invasive.

I relied too much on online sales. There is way too much competition- I now make 90% of my money from in person sales, there's a 'rush' factor because the pop up shop won't be there tomorrow, and I can make a human connection before I make a sale.

I put too much money into some businesses and not enough into others. Now I have a budget of 200$-500$ for each new business unless I'm buying large equipment that I will own (vending machines, massive printers, ect).

I didn't have enough different types of products. I need variety but I shouldn't panic and make too much or else I'll lose money and have too much inventory.

My mentor had told me to make decisions quarterly (every 3 months) rather than weekly/monthly. This has helped her build her real estate business.

My journey

My motto when it comes to dealing with my businesses is Slow Progress Is Still Progress.

I’ve always wanted to be a higher up in a company- an “executive woman”- I would eat up all the songs and tv shows made for kids about business (Biz kids, Schoolhouse rock mostly). I started my journey with my vanity business because I tired of waiting to get published by a major publishing house. Why not be a major publishing house? As I've come into my own I've realized I want more- more money, more experience, better titles, more power ECT.

My method is to work smarter and never harder: I create a company, place 100% of my attention on it and create systems that make the work I have to do minimal. 1-2hrs of work per day max. Borderline passive income. Then I move on to creating another business when I’m comfortable leaving the previous ones without my direct attention for a while. Being a CEO is all about creating sustainable systems that are efficient, reliable and profitable.

I have 2 functional businesses at the moment, they have been planned out for 2.5 years (I started them at the beginning of the year). I have two more I’m working on both in the ‘finding a reliable vendor’ stage. Once I’m past this part I’ll be ready to launch. I don’t advertise online, I work with the areas I’m in and the small businesses around me. It’s easier and more effective than to interrupt other people’s days by doing online ads. No one likes them and a lot of people will straight up avoid your brand out of spite. I’m in the middle of a rebrand and expansion so that eventually I can reach my goal of making 5k a day from my small business empire.

My journey is a work in progress.

[mirelamoretti]

Ein lang erfüllter Traum geht endlich in Erfüllung. Der erste Grundstein dafür, wurde bereits gelegt. Der Rest kann nun folgen. Ich kann nur immer sagen:

Träume nicht dein Leben, sondern lebe deinen Traum ♥

[nobossinc]

Selling Baked Goods Online

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[krakrava]

[louise850215]

Do you have any friends in Japan?I want to open a travel agency in Japan. I want to find out about local attractions and culture with my Japanese friends.

日本にいる友達はいますか？日本に旅行会社を開きたいです。 日本の友達に現地の観光地や文化について調べてみたいです。

[lalocreativity]

You or someone you know needs this right now!

"There are plenty of resources that talk about making more income but what about the space in between where you've just lost income, or a job and bills and rent are still due?"-

Losing Your Income is the Worst and What to do Next is a blog page of simple step suggestion format on the blog with ways to help you immediately with what do next and why it works!

Take simple actions that can help you get back on track with your income, creativity and life.

Taken from my own recent personal experience after losing a job and other income during 2021 and 2022, being a single mother, a part-time and freelance contract worker, I know what's it's like to see those bills mount up after a job loss, sleepness nights and anxiety.

When the plans you had are suddenly gone and you have to find another way. A way that doesn't send you into an endless spiral of frantic job searching and more burnout.

I believe the suggestions I share, will help save you time, relieve some stress, and get you back to your stability so you can continue on towards living your life and reaching your goals again.

[moneymaker2322]

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[digitalmaarket]

I will do contextual SEO backlinks with high-authority white hat link-building

In the present day, fast-changing Google algorithms, you need to build high-authority contextual SEO backlinks that can keep up with the latest updates, otherwise, your website won't rank. So, to rank your website, you need high-authority backlinks.

We are providing high-quality contextual SEO backlinks aligned with Google's latest algorithms. to ensure that you get the most powerful white-hat link-building and improve your site's ranking with safe and efficient off-page link-building techniques.

What will you get?

High-quality contextual backlinks

High-authority backlinks with low spam

white-hat link-building strategy

Contextual backlink types: nofollow and dofollow mix

Benefits of your website.

Increase search engine ranking

Increase domain authority

increase domain rating

increase organic traffic and keyword ranking

[theambitiouswoman]

Tools That Will Help You Start Your Business For Free

ChatGPT

Canva

Stan Store

Stripe

Tiktok

Mailchimp

Pinterest

Hubspot

Capcut

Webflow

Unsplash

Google Fonts

Notion

WooCommerce

Convertkit

Calendly

Zapier

Sendinblue

Mozbar

Google Trends

Framer

YouTube

Answer The Public

IFTTT

Buffer

Videoleap

Snaptik

Google Analytics

Keyword.io

Trello

Google Docs

Instagram

Twitter

Hootsuite

Pixabay

Pexels

Wave

Grammerly

Calendly

Xero

Product Hunt

Semrush

PlaceIT

Asana

Loom

Namelix

[scalingtomillions]

When branding a product, you need to figure out who your target audience is so you can create something that resonates with them. The colors you choose should convey what your brand represents & how you want your consumers to feel.

Look at all your competitors and you will see that they colors they chose are more or less in the same niche.

You can also use coolors.co to determine a color palette that is cohesive.

[fractalmax-official]

Hi everyone! Crafting a marketing strategy means setting clear goals, knowing your audience, picking the best channels, and using resources wisely. It's our roadmap to business success! 🎯

#MarketingStrategy #BusinessGoals

[13thpythagoras]

seeking video game beta testers - "Is progress just a myth? Can we abstain from total destruction?"

Developing a video game to be released on this blog under this name

This game contains a package of minigames that govern the overall game. Educational and mysterious, free form and non-dual.

13th Pythagoras's Abstainment & Advancement, is the game's working title

Graphic design styles to work with

Definitely in graphic designer co founder search mode

[theramenphase]

For the entrepreneurs and small business owners out there - remember that customers have many considerations when deciding which product or service to choose.

Their functional needs are determined by the problem they are trying to solve. A drill solves their functional need to make a hole in a wall.

A customer's social needs involve how someone wishes to be perceived by others. An expensive car fulfills the social need of displaying status and power. An eco-friendly reusable shopping bag gives the impression of being a conscious consumer.

Finally, emotional needs deal with how someone wants to feel when using a product or service. They might have an emotional need to feel safe and secure, so they may choose a software with a great reputation for cyber security.

These are not the only customer needs, but they are the main three. Keep these in mind whenever you are developing your products or services, designing marketing materials, or engaging in sales.

Best of luck!

Follow for more personal and professional growth :)

[nobossinc]

How I Made 6 Figures with an Online-Only Bakery

A Recipe for Success! In today’s digital age, the internet has opened up countless opportunities for entrepreneurs to turn their passions into profitable businesses. One such success story is my online baking business. I created the first online-only bakery, Dessert .net Cafe. For 15 years my passion for baking southern cakes and gourmet desserts was in full bloom. I was generating a six-figure…