How to Start a Small Business? Starting and developing a Small Business is not as simple as we think. Starting and developing a Small Business requires preparation, starting from selecting the type of business to engineering management system. If not prepared properly, it is not impossible that we will start a business. Start a Small Business that cannot be developed even go bankrupt. Okay, no more chit chat. Let's get started! To at least we have to create and prepare the 9 things below:
1. Determine the small business idea (will be discussed and examples given in the next post)
2. Make Typical Operating Characteristics
One of the requirements to Start a Small Business is the presence of a characteristic that we have in the business we are setting. In principle, the hallmark of this effort is an advantage or a difference that distinguishes between the businesses we have with someone else's business. With the typical characteristics of this, our business is not easily replicated by other business owners and even the typical characteristics are capable of creating consumer dependency on products or our business. The characteristics can be found at:
a. Typical Product Characteristics
b. Typical feature of its management system
c. Typical Characteristics How Sales and Service
d. How Typical Characteristics Distribution
e. Typical characteristics Structuring Goods
In subsequent posts I will discuss and give examples of each characteristic.
3. Create Operating Standards
Standard default operating is one of the conditions that must be fulfilled when we start a Small Business. By applying this standard operating , expected in the future our efforts to develop and open a branch, is expected wherever the location of domicile of our customers, they will be able to enjoy the same quality products and service. This standard operating standards in the management of practical language is known as Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). What should we arrange the SOP? Check this out ...
a. SOP Production
b. SOP Distribution
c. SOP Marketing
d. SOP Financial
e. SOP Human Resources
f. SOP Services
4. Create Copyright
If we want to start a Small Business, it is very important to maintain the identity and characteristics in our efforts not to be pirated by others. Someday our Small Business has developed and here Copyright role is very crucial to protect from imitation of similar businesses. Copyrights protect the original product or business owner to keep it so that they can produce or do business exclusively.
That’s all. For Point 4 to 9, we will discuss then in the next posts right?!
