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Hello dear friends! In touch Alexander Berezhnov, entrepreneur and one of the founders of the business magazine HiterBober.ru.

Today we will talk about how to start your business from scratch. Is it realistic to do it at all? I answer unequivocally - YES!

Here I will describe the step-by-step technology for starting a business, and give examples from my own business practice, as well as tell about the experience of my entrepreneur friends who started their own business without money and other material values \u200b\u200bin the form of premises, equipment or goods.

You just have to study this material and apply the knowledge gained in life!

Ready? Let's go then!

1. Why is it better for beginners to start a business from scratch?

Dear readers, this section of the article is very important! I sincerely advise you to study it carefully. I guarantee you won't regret it.

Here will be explained the key points for starting a business for beginners in terms of psychology of entrepreneurship.

Before starting a new project, be sure to think about what caused your desire.

Understand yourself and your motivation to start a business, and my little test, composed in the form of two blocks of different beliefs, will help you with this.

For example, a great way to start a business for a beginner is selling popular, in-demand products from China.

Belief block number 1.

With what thoughts you should NOT open your business:

• How to make a lot of money quickly to pay off debts?
• The idea that I have in my head will definitely work, but I need money to make it happen;
• Am I worse than others or what? Here is my neighbor doing business and I will succeed as well;
• I'm tired of these foolish bosses, tomorrow I quit and start my own business!

Yes, friends, business is more psychology than technology. I'll explain why a little later.

Belief block number 2.

Conversely, you are READY to start a business if you think like this:

• I am very good at doing business demanded by the "market" and on its basis I want to open my own business;
• I realize that in the beginning, large investments in business are very risky, and only free money I can invest in the business, but I will not borrow them, since the risk of losing money without experience in business is very high;
• My business takes a lot of time, and in order to develop it, I must have a cash reserve or a source of income until my project brings tangible income;
• Having started my own business, I will no longer have bosses and supervisors who guided me in my work, and I need now to become an organized enough person to act independently and achieve success in entrepreneurship.

If you are dominated by beliefs from block # 1, do not rush to get involved in a fight. After all, most likely, such judgments indicate the emotionality of your decisions and underestimation of the risks that arise when starting a business.

The beliefs prevailing in your head from block number 2 indicate that you fully understand what a business is and are going to take a responsible approach to its start and further development.

Above, I already wrote that business is mainly psychology and only then - technology.

It's time to explain why this is so.

The thing is that our internal "cockroaches" and delusions prevent us from starting our project.

Here are just a few of the myths that are holding back the start of successful projects:

1. Business cannot be opened without money and connections;
2. Taxes will devour all profits;
3. The bandits will take my business away;
4. I have no "commercial streak".

You are probably familiar with all these newbie fears. In fact, if you overcome them, or rather just score and don't think about all this nonsense, then your chances of success will grow MANY TIMES!

You can prepare documents for registration of LLC and individual entrepreneurs free of charge through the online service. At the exit, you will receive forms filled in without errors, which will remain to be printed and submitted to the tax authority. So at the first stage you save your money and time, insure yourself against the refusal of the Federal Tax Service, without delving into the complex language of legislation.

2. Where to start your business so as not to burn out - 10 iron rules!

Then I bought 2 terminals for receiving payments. You have probably used the services of such terminals yourself more than once when paying mobile phone... But this business cannot be called open from scratch, since at that time (2006) I invested about 250,000 rubles in it.

So, friends, perhaps you know both successful examples of business projects and examples where entrepreneurs with their "brainchild" have failed.

By the way, basically everyone has heard stories of great successes, but it seems to us that it is not accepted to talk about failures and even ashamed.

Like, here I am a fool, a loser, broke, lost money, got into debt. What will we do? And now there is nothing to do, it remains to live on and step by step get out of the situation.

So that you do not find yourself in the place of this poor fellow, here are the simplest rules that will help you start a business with minimal risks and great chances of enterprise success.

How to start your business from scratch and not go broke - 10 iron rules:

1. Never take loans to start a business if you have no experience;
2. Before starting a business, take off your rose-colored glasses and ask yourself the question: “What will I lose if I fail?”;
3. Be prepared for different scenarios, consider both the optimistic scenario and the pessimistic one;
4. In no case open a business with money intended for other strategic goals in your life (education of children, loan payments, medical treatment, etc.);
5. Carefully study the market and your opportunities, that is, the resources you have to start your own business;
6. Do not get involved with incomprehensible or "super profitable" projects that require serious investments;
7. If possible, talk to experienced entrepreneurs who are successful in business and take note of their advice;
8. Start a business in a field familiar to you;
9. Plan upcoming actions in writing and clearly articulate each stage that you have to go through to achieve the goal;
10. Be optimistic and don't stop at the first difficulties!

3. How to start your business from scratch - 7 simple steps using the example of a fictional novice entrepreneur Vasya Pupkin

For clarity, I propose to go through all 7 steps of technology to organize your business using the example of a fictional entrepreneur, let his name be Vasily.

This is the hero of our story who decided to start a business from scratch.

Step 1. Determine our value

Look, friends, I think you will agree that a business can be called the exchange of money for some value that you can give your customers, that is, solve their problem for money.

Suppose you are a good driver of a car or know how to make beautiful designs on a computer, or perhaps you have a talent for DIY crafts - in all these cases, you have value that people are willing to pay for.

Let's get straight to the point and do a hands-on exercise to help you start your business from scratch:

The task:

Take a piece of paper and a pen, then write a list of 10 points, these are the skills you feel better than others.

Once this list is ready, consider what things you do well that you really enjoy doing. Maybe you are doing this now as a hobby.

The fact is that a person cannot do for a long time what he does not like, and business is a big creative process that requires from you versatility, willpower and dedication.

For example, as a result of this exercise, you came to the conclusion that you enjoy teaching, explaining, communicating with people and working with information, and most importantly, that you are good at it.

Then, by combining your talents, you can become a private tutor, consultant, or be successful in the network marketing industry.

This is a general principle.

So, there was Vasya ...

Vasily conceived to open a business, and he approached this task responsibly.

Vasya made a list of his favorite activities and compared it with what he does best.

As a result of the exercise, our hero decided that he would be engaged in computer design, since he has been working for several years in the company DesignStroyProekt LLC in the city of Chelyabinsk, which develops interior design and then decorates the premises, according to the 3D project.

Vasily appreciated his strength and decided that he would become a private interior designer, he already had a number of completed projects, positive customer reviews and an impressive portfolio.

Vasya loved his job and sometimes even took it home, as the company had a lot of orders.

Even then, our hero realized that, in fact, he was engaged in entrepreneurial activity, only a company buys his services at a low price, and clients pay much more for the development of the design to the company.

Here Vasily realized that if he can find clients on his own, then he will not have to go to the office at all, and his initial investment in the business will be minimal. After all, his very skills in design development are essentially a business.

This is how our newly-minted entrepreneur came up with the idea to go into business.

While working in the company, Vasya even received a small percentage of the completed projects, which means he could influence the level of his income.

Fortunately, he lived in large citywhere he had quite a few potential clients.

Step 2. We analyze the market and choose a niche for a future project

In order to understand whether your business will be successful, it is necessary to conduct an appropriate analysis of the market in which you will sell your goods or services.

So, Vasya decided not to rush and carefully prepared for a new stage in his life, which was called "free floating in the world of business."

During the few years that our designer worked in the company, he learned that there are about 10 similar companies on the market of his city, and they all provide similar services.

He asked his friend Pasha, disguised as a client, to go to these companies and identify their strengths and weaknesses in order to further develop competitive advantages by working for himself.

After commercial intelligence, Pasha named a number of strengths and weaknesses of these companies. Pasha put these sides in a table so that it would be convenient for Vasya to compare them.

Strengths of Vasya's competitors:

• the interior designer of these companies makes inspection and measurement of the object for free;
• all companies provide a discount on the subsequent finishing of the apartment;
• 7 out of 10 companies give a client gift Certificate 30% discount when re-ordering a design project from them;
• managers of 9 out of 10 companies talk carefully with the client, competently clarifying his needs.

Weaknesses of Vasya's competitors:

• 8 out of 10 companies are trying too intrusively to sell a large number of additional products and services at the first meeting with a client. This causes his negative reaction;
• an interior designer in all 10 companies, at the first conversation with a potential client, conducts a dialogue in a complex professional language using a large number of special terms;
• 7 out of 10 companies charge extra for making edits to a computer design project.

Taking into account all the above-described advantages and disadvantages of competitors, our hero Vasily decided to design the interiors of houses and apartments in his city at a lower price. Similar companies on the market provide these services at a higher price, since they spent a lot of money on maintaining a workplace and paying taxes for an employee.

The cost of our designer's services was now one and a half times lower with the proper quality of design projects.

This completed the second step of building your business from scratch with Vasily Pupkin.

Step 3. We decide on the positioning of our business and draw up a Unique Selling Proposition (USP)

In order for your customers to understand exactly what you are offering them and what makes your uniqueness, you will need to decide on your positioning. In other words, in what light you will present yourself to your client.

Let's go back to our fictional character Vasily, who wanted to open his own business and was at the stage of developing a proposal for the customer.

Vasya already had a good portfolio and a number of reviews from satisfied customers, but how can you show all this to your potential customers?

Then Vasya said to himself: "I'm a designer!", and decided to create his own website on the Internet.

Here he posted his portfolio, reviews, information about himself and his experience, as well as his contacts so that a potential client could conveniently contact him.

Vasily also formulated his Unique Selling Proposal (USP) *, which sounded as follows: “Creating your dream interior design for a reasonable price. Creatively. Bright. Practical. "

So Vasya began to position himself as a professional designer who develops a product for an adequate cost good quality for people of middle income level.

Step 4. Draw up an action plan (business plan)

In order to start your business and avoid many problems, you need to be prudent and try to put your idea and action plan on paper in as much detail as possible.

You can briefly write down the main stages that you need to go through to organize and launch your project. Draw diagrams and drawings, make explanations for them.

Correctly, this stage of starting your business from scratch is called business planning. This is your instruction, following which the chances of success are greatly increased.

I already wrote in one of the previous articles, be sure to check it out.

Now we return to our hero Vasily, who decided to become an entrepreneur and quit his job. Vasily has long wanted to open a business without investments, since he did not want to risk money. He understood that without the proper experience, such an experiment could end badly and lead to a loss of money.

As a result, Vasya decided that his actions would consist of 3 simple stages with subtasks and look like this:

1. Create your own website with a portfolio, reviews and contacts;
2. Submit your portfolio online to remote worker sites;
3. Inform the nearest environment about your new project (friends, acquaintances and relatives).

Stage 2. Getting the first orders

1. Sign contracts and receive prepayments from clients;
2. Execute orders;
3. Get feedback and recommendations from the customer, add works to the portfolio.

Stage 3. Dismissal from work

1. Write a letter of resignation;
2. Work out 2 weeks, complete work projects and transfer cases;
3. Agree on the supply of clients for repair and finishing work to contractor firms.

Now he was fully prepared for the first practical steps to transform himself from an employee to an individual entrepreneur.

Step 5. We advertise our project and find the first clients

In order to find the first customers, when you already have an offer of your services, you must first of all notify your acquaintances, friends and relatives. Tell them that from now on you are engaged in such and such an activity, and also try to conclude the first contracts with them.

If at the moment your services are not relevant to them, ask them for contacts of people to whom they could recommend you.

It's no secret that for a large audience coverage and automatic self-presentation, you just need to create a website for yourself.

In the meantime, the hero of our business history Vasily did not sit idle and developed a personal website for himself, created groups on social networks, notified the environment about the services he provided and sent commercial offers to your potential clients.

The first orders have gone ...

Step 6. We launch a business, earn the first money and form a brand

After completing all the previous steps, you gradually got closer to yourself interesting stage - the first orders, and hence the first profits.

• Isn't that what we were striving for when we became entrepreneurs !?
• "How to make money by starting your business from scratch?" - isn't this the question we asked?

If you show the due perseverance and follow my recommendations, then you will certainly be successful. Just believe in yourself and do not give up ahead of time, be prepared for difficulties, because they will be, I am telling you for sure.

So, our Vasily received and completed the first orders. As usual, he did it with his usual professionalism. The designer understood that just making money was not enough, because he already knew how to do it in his office work in the company.

Possessing a strategic vision, Vasily decided that in order to develop his business and increase the cost of his services, he needed to build a name for himself or, as they say in business circles, a reputation.

Make a name for yourself that will help you earn everything else!

Folk wisdom

To do this, Vasya did not just sit at home and watch TV, but methodically did self-education, attended thematic exhibitions and seminars, went to creative parties of designers and entrepreneurs, where he could find potential clients and meet new partners.

A few months later, Vasya gained a reputation as an experienced and punctual professional in the field of interior design. The average cost of his order grew, and clients came to him already on the recommendations of their acquaintances, whom Vasya provided high-quality design services to.

Step 7. Analyze the results and expand the project

When your business began to bring tangible income, regular customers appeared, and they began to recognize you in business and professional field, it's time to sum up the interim results of the work and outline new horizons. Simply put, it's time to expand your project in order to increase profits and your own "weight" (your name) in the chosen business area.

Vasily did the same, he analyzed his results, income, outlined possible ways to expand the business.

As a result, our designer made new business-plan.

Now Vasily could hire assistants who performed all the routine operations for him. Our entrepreneur opened his own interior design studio named after Vasily Pupkin. In it, he was now the head and art director.

Thus, having passed the way from a novice designer and employee of the company, our now big boss Vasily proved to everyone by his example that opening a business from scratch is realistic and this does not require cosmic sums, and even more so loans that inexperienced entrepreneurs like to take.

Dear readers, maybe someone will say that this is a fictional story and here the issues of company registration, proper negotiation with clients, legal issues and other subtleties are not disclosed in detail.

Yes, it really is, but trust me, if you take these simple 7 steps as a basis, then opening a business for you will turn into an exciting journey that you will remember for a very long time. And as a seasoned entrepreneur, you will share your practical knowledge with newcomers.

I will say that I personally managed to open a business according to the described model.

I wish you good luck and I am sure that by approaching responsibly at the beginning of your own project, after a while you will be doing what you love and get paid for it.

Below you will find working business ideas for starting your own business from scratch, as well as real entrepreneurial stories about how my friends and I started their own business.

4. What You Can Do To Start Your Business From Scratch - 5 Best Business Ideas

The business ideas below will help you get started in business and actually feel like an entrepreneur.

Some ideas will be related to making a profit using the Internet, others will not.

You just have to choose the type of business you like and start diving into it.

Business idea number 1. Business with China

Selling trendy goods from China is now a very relevant area.

You can sell such products by pre-purchasing them directly in China via the Internet, through social networks, one-page sites and message boards.

I have my friend Alexei in Moscow, a business of retail and wholesale of Chinese goods. At first it was a clock, various "pranks", things for the house.

Now this business brings him clean 350,000 rubles per month.

His scheme is simple and consists of 5 steps:

1. Choosing the right product and testing.
2. Buying goods in bulk in China.
3. Advertise this product over the Internet in a variety of ways.
4. Sending the ordered goods to the buyer by courier in Moscow or by a transport company in Russia.
5. Scaling your business and promoting yourself.

And once Alexey worked as a taxi driver and, as far as I know, started with a debt of 30,000 rubles.

Its success lies in the study of the necessary information, you can start by watching a free webinar by Evgeny Guryev, an expert on the topic of Business with China, and then take the first steps to put this idea into practice.

This is what Evgeny says about doing business with China - 3 topical issues:

If you want to start an effective internet sales business popular goods from China, visit a business startup expert.

You will learn step-by-step information for starting a business right now.

Business idea number 2. Consulting and training

If you know how to do something well, then surely there will be many who want to learn from your experience and knowledge.

Nowadays, training via the Internet is especially in demand. This is where you can find hundreds and even thousands of people who are willing to pay you.

For example, I have a friend Aleksey, he lives with me in the same city of Stavropol and teaches foreign languages. A few years ago, Lesha had to go out to his students at home or invite them to his home. Now the situation has changed radically, everything has become much easier.

With the advent of the Internet, my friend began to teach people English and german by Skype. I myself have used his services for a year. During this time, I managed to learn English from scratch to a conversational level. As you can see, it works.

You can also start your home based business from scratch by teaching or advising people online.

Nowadays, many lawyers, accountants and teachers make good money in this way. But there is an even more advanced option for making money on your knowledge, it consists in creating and selling your training courses over the Internet.

To make a profit in this way, you need:

• choose a topic in which you understand;
• record a training course on it;
• start advertising this course online in many different ways and generate sales revenue

The advantage of this type of business is that you record your training course once, but you sell it many times.

In general, selling information on the Internet in the form of methods and guidelines is called infobusiness... You, too, can discover it and make it your main source of income.

Business idea number 3. Earning money using the social network Twitter (Twitter)

Today, almost every person has their own profile in any of the social networks. But few people know that here, in addition to entertainment and communication, you can earn good money.

One of such opportunities is Twitter, which is common for many - a social network for exchanging short messages up to 140 characters.

Ordinary people spend their time and money here, and smarter people have turned this social network into their source of permanent income.

It's no secret that wherever people hang out, there is money.

After all, our Internet users are an active solvent audience. So why don't you get some of their money. Moreover, this is absolutely legal and does not require outstanding knowledge.

It is enough just to do a few CORRECT actions and get the first profit. We have previously written about how to start your own business on Twitter and earn income comparable to the average salary in Russia. Read our article "" and implement the methods described in it.

Business idea number 4. We are engaged in mediation - we earn on Avito.ru

Making money with electronic message boards is the easiest and most affordable for most people.

You are required to have minimal computer knowledge, several hours a day and a desire to work for yourself.

With the help of sites that specialize in free classified ads, you can build your highly profitable business.

This can be done in 3 steps:

1. Find what to sell
2. Place an ad on the site
3. Receive a call from a buyer and sell the product

We will use the most popular Avito board (avito.ru) as a site for posting ads for sale.

Hundreds of thousands of ads are posted here every day, and the site has an active audience of tens of millions of users.

Can you imagine how many potential buyers there will be for your product ?!

First, you can start here by selling unnecessary items that you have in your home, and then post ads for the sale of goods and services that you don't even have in stock.

Do not believe that this is possible and want to know how it's done?

I myself tried to make quick money with the help of Avito, I won't say that I became a millionaire, but I managed to earn several thousand rubles in a week.

Business idea number 5. Growing from an employee to a business partner

If you are currently employed, then it is not necessary to quit your job and start your own business. You can do this within the company you work for.

If your company is not too big, and you are one of the key specialists there, then under certain conditions you can get a share in the company's business. This will allow you not only to receive a salary, but to become a full-fledged managing partner on a par with the current owner - your chief executive.

This is possible if by your actions you can directly influence the increase in the company's profits.

Become an irreplaceable specialist and it is quite possible that the owner of the company himself will offer you to become his business partner.

This method offers the legendary russian businessman Vladimir Dovgan. Yes, you will have to work hard here, but you will be risk-free and will really become a co-owner of an already operating company from scratch.

Dovgan himself cites the example of a guy who became a co-owner large network restaurants in Moscow, and before that was a simple chef in one of the restaurants.

This young man really liked what he was doing, he was professional in cooking and courteous with the guests of the institution.

The owners, seeing his passion for the work, first promoted him to restaurant manager and then offered him a stake in the business in order to develop their chain of establishments and train staff.

I don't remember the name of this person, but now he has become a dollar millionaire, in fact, not opening his own business, but starting to develop someone else's.

This is also a good way to start a business, especially if your career is going well with a small to medium-sized commercial company.

Business idea number 6. We build our business on the Internet

If you are good at a computer, know how to create Internet projects, or at least understand the principles of their functioning, then the Internet should be considered as a way to start your business from scratch.

There are two main ways to start an online business:

1. Freelance.This is the business of providing you paid services through the Internet. If you have professional skills, for example, draw beautiful designs, write texts professionally, or know programming languages, then you can easily make money in global web... More precisely, it can rather be called self-employment. While successful freelancers earn from 500 before 10 000 dollars a month.

You can start making money in this way on the popular freelance exchanges "Freelance" (fl.ru) and "Workzilla" (workzilla.ru).

2. Classic online business.It is not so easy to build a full-fledged online business on your own; it is best to go the beaten path.

To do this, just read my article. There I talked about how you can make money on games, on social networks, selling information from 50,000 rubles a month and gave examples real peoplewho are already doing it.

This concludes my review of business ideas. Hope they help you get going and start making your first money.

5. My own experience of starting a business from scratch in the service sector

As I wrote earlier, I opened my first business at the age of 19 - it was a vending business (payment terminals). Yes, money was needed for this. Then I had a few more projects. All of them had nothing to do with the Internet.

And so, about 3 years ago, my current friend and business partner Vitaly and I opened our own studio for creating websites without a penny. We ourselves learned to make Internet projects literally on the go, but in the end, in a few months we earned about 500,000 rubles at our website development studio.

Naturally, I often had to work with legal entitieswho transferred payment for services by bank transfer. To do this, you either had to open your own company or work through someone.

We chose the second way, having agreed with our current business partner Evgeny Korobko. Zhenya is the founder and leader of his own advertising agency... I interviewed him, you can familiarize yourself with him in the article about, the material is published on our website.

Familiar entrepreneurs became our first clients.

We approached our business responsibly, and carried out orders with soul. Soon the word of mouth effect kicked in, when our satisfied customers began to recommend us to their friends.

This allowed us to receive a continuous flow of customers, and sometimes we could not even cope with orders. Such experience helped us to believe in our strength, and today we have a complete picture in our heads of how to start a business from scratch and make it successful.

I want to note that with the development information technologies in the world, your market today is the whole planet!

There are no longer distances, any information is available, and now starting a business is much easier than even some 10 years ago.

I hope that all the materials in this article will help you take the first step towards your dream - your own business, which will eventually turn from a small home project into a huge company with a worldwide reputation.

Therefore, dear readers, I assure you that everything is in your hands, just act, because the courage of the city takes!

6. The real story of how my friend Misha worked as a security guard and became a businessman

Here is one of my favorite stories about real entrepreneurwho started a business from scratch. After all, I promised to give examples from life in the article.

Do you want to know how Mikhail became an entrepreneur from a laborer, opened, bought a foreign car and an apartment?

A few years ago, my friend Mikhail worked wherever possible: as a handyman at a construction site, a loader, a security guard.

In a word, he was not engaged in the most monetary and intellectual work. It all started when a friend of mine was guarding a building materials company. One day a client came to them, who wanted to buy a large batch of construction insulation, but it was not in the range.

Misha knew that literally 100 meters from the company he was guarding, there was another hardware store where there was definitely such a heater. Taking a contact from a potential customer, he went to this store in the evening and agreed that he would bring them a large customer if they give him a percentage of the purchase made from them. The management of this store agreed and Misha worked as a freelance sales manager, earning about 30 000 rubles for just one deal (recommendation).

And that was the amount equal to his monthly salary!

Mikhail thought it was an interesting business, and the financial result of the deal gave him confidence. So he quit his job and began by agreeing with various firms that he would sell their goods. Since Misha already worked as a laborer and security guards in a construction company, he also chose construction goods for sale: windows, doors, fittings, roofing, and so on.

My friend just went to the construction sites of the city and offered his goods. Something was bought from him, something not. As a result, Mikhail formed an assortment of the most popular goods and understood how to properly negotiate with foremen at construction sites.

After 2 years, Mikhail opened his own company selling building materials and connected his brother to this business. Prior to that, his brother Kostya worked in "gorgaz" and received the usual small salary. Now the guys are quite successful in selling and making good money.

By the way, I have been to their office more than once and have known Misha for several years. He told me this story himself.

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By starting a business from scratch, you avoid the risk of losing money, which is the most important thing. Also, starting without material resources teaches you to make better decisions in order to make money. After all, if you manage to make a profit without investing, then you can even become a successful entrepreneur with money.

See you in the following articles and good luck in your business!

How to open your own business without investing money - 7 proven business ideas of 2018 for newbies and aspiring entrepreneurs

Each blacksmith of his own happiness, if he owns his own forge
(Leszek Kumor, writer)

The desire to start a business at a certain moment begins to flicker in the head of the absolute majority of the population. But when a person starts to think that he is tired of working for hire, it would be better to work for himself, then the first question for the majority arises for some reason “where to get money” in order to start a business from scratch? Thinking about money significantly slows down the movement forward: there is no money and nowhere to take it, I can hardly find money, but there is no money - it is not worthwhile to “fidget”, start some dubious process that will lead to something incomprehensible.

How should a budding entrepreneur start creating his own brainchild?

Where to start your own business if there is no money?

Is money the main thing? Perhaps it is much more important to analyze, for example, how successful entrepreneurs, such as Abramovich, Tinkov, Dovgan and many others, began their activities, for whom any of their undertakings is more a game of life than a way of earning money.

After all, it is possible, regardless of the presence or absence of money, to start searching on the Internet for answers to the questions: where to start, how to find your own business, which business is more profitable to open, which business areas have a prospect, where to start your own business, without investments, on home, simple, fast ...

To get not just answers to all these questions, but the desired result, it is not enough to want, think, guess, search on the Internet,. After all, a simple desire “I want to start my own business”, “” is not enough to make something move. To get even the most meager effect, you just need to take and start doing some actions in the chosen direction.

After all, all successful entrepreneurs once took their first step. Do it yourself, follow their example. And then your undertaking will fascinate and tighten more and more.

By the way, you have already taken the first step by getting up from the couch or looking up from social networks and entering the appropriate phrase in the search box, since you have come to this site and have already read this paragraph. Congratulations. The main thing is not to stop, because the next steps will be prompted by the very movement forward.

The most brilliant thoughts and ideas come exactly during the work.

Where do ideas come from? Where can you find an idea for starting your own business?

Where to find a worthwhile idea to start your own business?

In order to start implementing your venture, you do not need to have a solid start-up capital. The main thing is the idea with which you simply light up and burn, burn, burn ... And then it will be much easier to start your own business from scratch.

A great business idea brought to life is the path to wealth. Look at how many new things appear in stores over the years of perestroika. Yes, the same croutons. From ordinary brown bread. Salted, pepper, seasoned with some kind of spices, dressed in a beautiful shiny wrapper ... And in my hands - a pack of brand new rustling banknotes, as a result of the profit received from the rapidly developing enterprise.

Or the same frozen vegetables. The idea was not even invented, but taken from the West. And the income of the founder of this direction in Russia, of course, is calculated in numbers with numerous zeros.

Of course, any project starts with a business idea, which sometimes can arise quite suddenly, on inspiration. Contrary to popular misconception, your creativity is not the most important thing to find an idea to start your own business.

If you are engaged in self-development, new interesting, noteworthy ideas, in particular, of course, will appear quite often. The main thing is not to forget to write them down, otherwise they can disappear just as quickly.

On the Internet, you can find many tips and ready-made business ideas for those who want to start working for themselves. Moreover, it is often outlined in steps how to implement this idea, put it into practice, where exactly to start moving in one direction or another.

Your ideas can appear when you listen to people, even sometimes in passing. Or suddenly on TV, in some video, a phrase will slip ... And the idea is right there.

Therefore, in order to find a vein for a future occupation, it is advisable to first of all turn your eyes to the people. Listen carefully to the statements, discontent of the most ordinary people, in different areas of their life, observe and delve into what they lack at the moment.

And also listen to those who have already achieved some success, not only in business, but also in life. It is from the latter that you can learn how to hear the former correctly and how to competently organize your commercial activities by solving their problems.

What direction to choose to create your own business? Time-tested ideas

What business to do for a good stable income, which direction of entrepreneurship to choose? As soon as you start thinking about this issue, a lot of ideas arise. And there are so many things on the Internet for starting a business ... Some are opened by dozens every day. And sometimes it is not possible to dwell on something specific for a long time.

Match the prompts from the Internet with what you already know how to do or are ready to learn.

Small intermediary activities with high turnover

Tired of working for an uncle, someone first becomes an intermediary and slowly, from scratch, begins to lay the foundation of his brainchild. For example, stupidly glues or places advertisements in the newspaper for two parties, for example, for apartment renovation. And he brings the customer with the repair team. Having at the same time your percentage.

No money? And they are not needed. If only to buy a newspaper with ads and coupons for free submission of these same ads. Not everyone is still using the Internet.

Although simple, but its own craft. Time will tell how to develop further. Not without the fact that at first you will have to spend a little money earned on the development of the process, on its expansion. And only then receive a net profit.

It is possible that over time this small business of its own will grow into a powerful Internet project for repairs in various regions of Russia, like the "Repairman" website, for example.

Become an employee in a competitor's firm and ... learn from experience

Someone gets a job in a private company, delves into the intricacies of production, studies to the smallest detail how to organize their own business, so that they can then start something similar, but their own. The service will help to study the state of affairs of competitors, to navigate, so to speak.

I happened to hear about a teacher who understood that teaching children is necessary and important, but this is not his vocation. Although a certified teacher. I decided to thoroughly retrain. To begin with, I got a job at a paint and varnish sales company in order to see the whole process from the inside and understand how to start my business from scratch and make it profitable. And today he himself supplies the whole region with these materials. Guess the income for yourself. Also a perfectly acceptable option for owning your own business.

One friend worked as a manager in a salon for the supply of spare parts for cars. Today he already has a network of his own similar stores and a very profitable business.

The same picture with real estate agencies. Many come there young and green. Having worked, having gained experience, they open their own. And not all of them are closed, some even become very successful.

Handicrafts, services or mini-production at home, in a garage, apartment

Handicrafts from the gifts of nature and natural materials

Your own mini-production at home is far from uncommon these days. Organize something like this right at home. In particular, garage production. If you know how to make small car repairs, tuning, tire fitting and you have the appropriate premises and the necessary tools, why not provide this opportunity necessary for people not to use services for the benefit of yourself and others?

The main thing in this direction is to correctly and competently decide on an unoccupied or more or less free niche. Indeed, to open your own, albeit small, even mini-production at home, you will have to spend some money on equipment, tools, materials. And it is important that these costs quickly pay off and allow production to expand. And, of course, make money.

As home production ideas for men, you can consider the following options:

• production of blocks for beautiful openwork concrete fences. Molds are sold in stores, casting technology can be found on YouTube videos;
• production and installation of platbands for metal-plastic windows, which, after installation, remain in an ugly state outside;
• production of plates, signboards, billboards;
• welding of various metal structures: steps, canopies, fences, window grates ...

What business can a woman open at home? There are also many options.

Take, for example, if you are a hairdresser or dressmaker, and the living space of your apartment allows you to work with clients without harming your family. Advertise that you are ready to provide proper service for the specified services right at home. Under certain conditions, it is possible with a visit to the client's home. Arrange an appointment so that people don't have to wait in line (and you don't need it).

And those who wish will definitely be found. Not everyone lives in big cities, where almost every house on the ground floor has a hairdresser or a tailor shop for tailoring or repairing clothes. And the service can be made a little cheaper, because the premises do not need to be rented.

And dressmakers made money at home back in Soviet times. The only difference is that today you can find customers for your service via the Internet.

It will not be difficult to come up with a necessary and useful business if you are a cook or a pastry chef: production of canned food, preserves, baked goods confectionery, pies ...

About accountants, economists, lawyers, tutors, there is even no talk. They have long known themselves how to find consumers for their services. And at home or on the Internet to make reports, draw up contracts, teach. Their main earning tools are knowledge, abilities, skills, and desire.

Existing experience is an important criterion when choosing a business at home

And people will like your services or goods, they will be used, quite simple and effective. And no ads will be needed.

There are enough options for such activities, tips on how to implement them can be found on the Global Network without much difficulty.

And the more imagination you show at the initial stage, the more money you can get from your brainchild in the future.

Some of the proposed options may remain additional income, while others will eventually grow into real profitable business.

Exclusive and network is a winning option for creating your own business

Of course, it is beneficial to choose an exclusive direction. There is less or no competition. See what your city lacks on every corner. Again, study people's discontent, for example, on the forums of your city. It always brings up for discussion what is poorly organized, what is lacking or even absent.

And narrowly focused. For example, if you open a store "Fish" or "Natural food from all over the world", then there, naturally, you can significantly expand the assortment in this direction. What hypermarkets cannot afford. And, to begin with, by providing effective advertising, attract a large number of fans of this product there. And if customers like it, they will bring friends and acquaintances.

And, of course, an emphasis on the network of stores and firms. Today they remain the main competitors of private sellers. For example, Yulmart, who work on the Internet, have points of delivery all over the country offline. Or a huge chain of stores "Magnet". In whatever city they are not today.

Creating a low-cost profitable project on the Internet

Shouldn't we start our own business on the Internet?

Someone, in search of their niche, begins to explore the vastness of the virtual space. And the first idea that comes to mind for many novice Internet job seekers is to install various automatic ones. And there are really a lot of such programs. But having even installed several such units on your computer, money is unlikely to flow even in a thin stream.

More far-sighted netizens begin to comprehend the basics of site building and study video clips ,. Having mastered a little, they make simple sites and with their help on the Internet they have, although at first a small, but constantly growing income on displaying contextual and banner advertising... This is a real job, or rather, a promising business on the Internet. This is a comfortable and increasingly popular type of employment today.

To make money on sites tangible, you need to be serious about increasing your professionalism in the field, to be aware of innovations in.

Studying the experience of other people on, specific, regular and competent actions in this direction will increase its attendance: after all, the larger the audience, the more income from advertising.

It is better to look for the direction of your own business in that market sector where you understand at least a little, what your soul is in. Or, if you are ready to study seriously, constantly replenish knowledge and master new skills.

It is clear that the first step is the most difficult. And, often, the difficulties are not even material, but psychological.

How to start your own business, how to start implementing plans, if you have an idea?

How to start starting your own business if you already have an idea?

Where, how to start your own business, if you already have an idea, well, just brilliant.

As for the business process itself, at first it is necessary, at least superficially, but from beginning to end, to understand what needs to be done. And then it will become easier to make the consecutive steps to start your own business.

Then you should figure out what is needed to organize the selected type of activity. How much money is needed, how long it will take to get everything started, what business tools will have to be mastered.

Well, this is all logical, and everyone who starts to work on their own project goes through it.

• Make at least an indicative business plan

Now is the time to turn your idea into something real. For example, insert a skeleton into it - draw up a business plan. At least indicative. And as soon as you start composing, you will understand what you are missing. And most often it turns out that there is not enough ... some specific knowledge.

• Don't reinvent the wheel, seek answers from competitors

Here's the next step in deciding where to start and how to move on. Learn some more. To thoroughly understand all the questions that arise and the intricacies of the chosen direction in which you intend to succeed.

Don't waste time coming up with some of your individual steps. This will come in handy, but a little later, when you hone, polish your brand. And the skeleton of a business, if your idea is not the only one at the moment, take it from your competitors.

• Do your search engine queries correctly

If you want to find on the net complete answers to the questions that arise that are sufficiently relevant to your request, formulate them in essence, for example,. And then you will receive more accurate answers.

Search engines on the Internet today are quite advanced, their algorithms strive to reach the level of human intelligence. Nevertheless, the search engine should not ask the question the way you ask his work colleague, approximately "what do you think, where should I start my business?" or “help me find a job with a good boss and high wages. "

First, the search goes by wording or quotes from the request, and only if there is no ready answer in the search base, the machine tries to figure out the meaning of your art.

Although, with any request for ready-made recipes, well, right "on a silver platter", hardly anyone will provide you. And you still have to apply your knowledge, intellect, connect your brains.

• Learn from competitors not only theory but also practice

And, as it was written above, a justified step is to get a job in a well-promoted company of the same profile that you liked. If desired, even their connections and customer base can be borrowed. This is done in real estate agencies, for example. They come as consultants, and then open their own firms, their own business in the same niche.

• Study the laws that are directly relevant to your business

It is important not to ignore the laws that exist in our country, although they sometimes do not reflect the essence of what is happening at all, they contradict each other.

Studying the question of how to issue an IP, analyzing how much this procedure costs, it is necessary to clearly understand what for individual entrepreneurs, for example, today it is possible to work under a simplified taxation system. The tax here is 6 percent.

Just understand right away that even with a zero income tax return insurance premiums in Pension Fund you still have to pay. At least for today it is. And then the bailiffs will torture you. Although time runs, everything changes. The main thing is to study the laws at the time of acquiring official status and try not to violate them.

Take your time, as much as possible, to register a business until you are able to organize at least some acceptable income.

Where can I find money to start my own business?

Smart idea and entrepreneurial spirit replace start-up capital

You want to say that you have no money, and therefore you do not know how to open your own business, where to find it, to start realizing your intentions? And do you sincerely think that the lack of money for business is the only reason why you still work for someone else's uncle and make ends meet?

And this at a time when many of your acquaintances have long jumped the bar of the average earnings? And do they have income that allows you to live the way you only dream? Have apartments, prestigious cars? And you have no money to start ...

Of course, starting capital for organizing your business is an important aspect. Just where did you get the idea that a business starts with money? Where to find money is not the first and not the main question when creating a business. The main thing is not to rush to take out a loan. And it is irrational to spend the money received on loan.

Read stories richest people world, study the path they went before they became attractive to money.

For example, the fortune of Ingvar Kamprad (founder of IKEA) as of March 2013 (Forbes edition) is estimated at $ 3.3 billion. And where did you start? In addition to a business idea and an entrepreneurial streak, there was not a penny behind the soul.

By the way, over time it can grow into a large business of your own, bringing in a decent passive income.

There are dozens of directions for this modern, promising and popular type of employment. The main thing is to find out what you are able to do that could be done remotely via the global network.

The first step into the world of business can be. This, of course, is completely primitive, but you have to start somewhere. But back to business.

You have already learned that everything starts with the head. And the question of how to find money to start should not be a priority? Or is it still not quite clear?

• The first thing to think about is to analyze the situation. Put everything on the shelves.
• It is necessary to bring to the fore from the depths of the soul what you are only dreaming of.
• Make a decision that you want to achieve this by all means.
• Set a goal to achieve this by some time.
• And only further think about the tools with which you will do all this.

Only when you clearly know what you want, when you have a plan for creating and developing your business, there will certainly be sources where you can find money. If you need them at all!

Excuse - no money - this is the reason not to do anything!

By the way, by registering as an individual entrepreneur, you can get a certain amount from the state for a quick start. There are conditions there. And, nevertheless, as an option ...

For example, after numerous trials, mistakes, even financial losses, we began to master the Internet in terms of generating income. And we spend our time as much as possible on acquiring some knowledge, mastering new technologies, the use of which in practice allows us to make a profit.

And they found an opportunity to create their own business from scratch with a minimum of cash costs. Any member of the family or all together can work in one project, being online. Moreover, there was a strong strain only at the initial stage. There always comes a moment when you can relax.

It doesn't matter at all whether you have just started to be interested in creating your own business or have been trying to start something for a long time, expand it more widely, but are not yet satisfied with the results, materials from our and many other sites, training video tutorials, webinars, free mailings will help you understand many things, figure out how not to step on the same rake many times, but immediately do the right actions.

Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do right now

Where to start your own business if there are a lot of ideas? Take the first step. Time has gone

If you have been thinking for a long time already, have roughly figured out what to do, have found many tips, have firmly decided to start your home business and really plan to make money on the Internet from scratch, take the first step right now.

Finally, decide on the direction of your business. For online business, for example. Since you are reading this site, the main tools for online business - the computer and the Internet, you definitely already have it.

The main thing is not to stop, because only any step taken even in the dark will bring you closer to your chosen goal.

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Why, starting their own business, some get rich, while others make ends meet

Millions of articles and tutorials have been written on how to start a business from scratch. Ideas may be different, but how to find an effective one that will bring big profits?

To organize a profitable business? need to study consumer market, determine the area of \u200b\u200bdevelopment, develop competitive advantages, draw up a competent plan and promotion strategy.

But in practice, it all starts with an idea. You must navigate well in it, correctly assess your capabilities, set real goals and tactics to achieve them.

If you noticed, in the above statement there are no words "money", "capital", "investment". Is it possible to build your own business without financial investment? These and other aspects will be discussed in the article.

Business without investment: myths or reality

It is very difficult to start a business, make it profitable and without using money. Regardless of the chosen idea, money will be needed to purchase consumables, tools, rent premises, etc. But investments can be minimized.

In terms of financial benefits, the lack of large capital to start a business excludes financial losses and losses.

For example, you need several million rubles to open a hotel. It will take several years to recoup the project. Only then is it worth talking about making money.

Advice! According to statistics, 70% of newly opened enterprises in our country are closed without even having worked for a year, regardless of the initial investment. Therefore, in the absence of experience in the field of entrepreneurship, do not invest a lot of money in the development of your business, even if you consider it profitable.

Before deciding to start a small business, make sure that you have a "financial safety cushion" - a reliable rear in the event of force majeure.

In case of unsuccessful business development, you and your family should not be left without means of subsistence.

Important: not spending a dime before making a profit will not work. Many companies go into surplus of at least a year of hard work.

Starting a business

At the start, every newcomer in business asks the question: "What kind of business to start from scratch?" The organization of any business starts with an idea. Please note that 90% of all options already exist.

Even T. Edison, an American inventor, said: “If you are looking for good ideas, you know, the best of them are better to borrow. " Select for yourself the parameters by which you will select ideas for organizing a business:

• personal predisposition;
• availability of start-up investments;
• work experience and knowledge in the chosen field;
• payback period of the project;
• competition.

Do not choose a field of activity in which you have not worked before and do not understand the main aspects. For example, a vegetarian should not open a meat store, and a glamorous girl should not.

The National Federation of Independent Business in the United States monitored where businessmen get their ideas from. Result:

• past work - 42%;
• interests, hobbies - 18%;
• unexpected offers - 18%;
• along the paths of parents or relatives - 12%;
• case of chance - 8%;
• education - 6%;
• other factors - 6%.

When choosing an idea, approach carefully, carefully select all options. Answer the question: “What do I enjoy doing? What can I give people, for what they will be willing to pay me money? "

Perhaps you know a foreign language at a professional level, can cook, play a musical instrument, or do handicrafts.

Every girl or boy has her own interests. Business should be based on what you do well, what you enjoy doing. The detailed algorithm is shown in the figure.

Crisis phenomena, the fall of the national currency, the instability of the domestic economy have made their own adjustments to the development in every city and village.

Note that competition in profitable areas is intensifying and the consumer market is shrinking. But do not give up.

Before starting your own business from scratch, it is important to analyze the relevance and effectiveness of the chosen idea, the direction that you plan to pursue. Consider relevant and profitable.

Production of aerated concrete and aerated concrete

To begin own production in the village - a topical direction, which many consider beneficial. This business can be done even by a woman, but with hired workers.

It is possible to organize a mini-workshop in a small garage, saving on renting premises. It can be equipped both on the outskirts of the city and in the village.

The technology for the production of aerated concrete and foam concrete is simple, does not require special knowledge, and is distinguished by minimal equipment requirements.

The result is a valuable building material in demand that can be used for the construction of a wide variety of structures.

Aerated concrete is produced by adding a special substance to the cement solution, which leads to the process of gas formation. The main ingredient is aluminum powder, which reacts and leads to the formation of pores.

The cement mass grows in volume and solidifies, forming porous concrete. In the village, the organization of mini-production can become a promising direction and a source of stable income.

For the production of foam concrete, you need to mix the cement mass with special foam. As a result, bubbles are formed, which are distributed throughout the volume and remain until solidification.

To organize this business in the village, you will need to purchase equipment and consumables.

Financial plan:

• purchase and organization of a mini-plant - 120-250 thousand rubles;
• purchase of equipment (foam generator, compressor, peristaltic pump, molds) - 350-500 thousand rubles.
• purchase of raw materials (sand, cement, foam concentrate, aluminum powder) - 520-560 rubles. for 1 cube of material.

Today, the cost of a cube of aerated concrete and foam concrete in the village starts from 3800 rubles. According to experienced players in the building materials market, pay off this project maybe in 1-1.5 years.

Virtual assistant

According to experts, by 2018, online work will exceed a turnover of $ 6 billion, and this is by the most modest indicators.

The rapid growth rate of remote work (freelancing) has not spared our country either. Moreover, it covers almost all areas of our life, opens up new opportunities for a young girl, a mature woman, and a respectable man.

The involvement of freelancers can be in any area: accounting, tax reporting, organizational documents.

Already many organizations are transferring their functions to virtual assistants - for answering Skype calls, parsing mail, negotiating.

Thanks to modern technologies both a woman and a man can start organizing their own business to provide master classes (make-up, cooking, hand-made), become a personal tutor in the study of foreign languages \u200b\u200bor other areas - economics, mathematics, etc.

You can start a business without investment. All you need is a computer with an internet connection. Both a business woman from a metropolis and a man living in a village can now share valuable knowledge and skills, earning income for this.

The benefits of virtual work:

• the ability to organize a business without investment;
• flexible work schedule;
• a wide range of areas for development.

Coffee business

Anyone can start their own business in the "coffee business", although most often women are interested in the idea. Moreover, it is relevant both in the village and big city... It can be organized in different formats:

• A traditional coffee house is a cozy one, where, in addition to a fragrant drink, you can have a snack with pastries and desserts. Both in the village and in the city there are always many similar establishments. Entry threshold this business starts from 1 million rubles, the payback period is 2-4 years.
• The mobile cafeteria is a coffee shop on wheels. The investment level for the start starts from 200 thousand rubles. - this amount includes the purchase of vehicles (possibly used), equipment and consumables (coffee, sugar, cream, milk, disposable tableware). With a favorable location, it is realistic to earn 60-70 thousand rubles, so the payback period varies within 3-5 months.
• Vending - installation of a coffee machine. The cost of installing one machine starts from 200 thousand rubles, but for its operation you do not need to hire personnel or issue a license. The average income from one point is 40 thousand rubles, the payback period is 6-8 months.

Advice: Despite significant investments, the coffee market is a promising industry, which in 2015 showed an example of stability and development. At a time when many businesses were faced with falling sales and even bankruptcy, the coffee business flourished.

Creative studio for children

A business idea is more suitable for a talented, patient, child-loving woman. If you are a mother or plan to become one in the future, it is realistic to start a business in the development and provision of educational services to children.

Psychologists have found that during the rapid development of society, the latest technologies and globalization, many women devote less and less of their precious attention to their children. As a rule, their range of responsibilities is small: take the child to kindergarten / school and pick it up in the evening.

But educational institutions do not sufficiently develop the creative potential of the child. The way out of the situation is to sign up for a development studio. The effect of such activities has already been appreciated by thousands of women who have seen changes in their children.

It is possible to organize such a studio even at home, having issued one of the rooms. Children can be taught in various ways applied arts or creativity - drawing, modeling from plasticine, cooking, embroidery, hand-made.

It will not be difficult for every woman to engage in such a direction in the development of children. The main thing is to start by studying thematic literature.

At the start, children of neighbors or acquaintances can become your clients. This business is in demand not only in big cities. You can start a business in a village where there are no such studios, which means there are no competitors in general.

The threshold for entering this business is minimal and does not require significant investments. It consists of paying rent (in the case of working in a separate room), buying consumables for creativity and advertising.

Conclusion

Own business is an occupation for proactive, hardworking, purposeful and energetic women and men. If you are confident in your strengths and the chosen idea, take action.

Analyze the environment, think over each new step of action, develop a development strategy and do not be afraid to make mistakes.

Get ready to work hard, do not expect quick profits and give "all of yourself" to your business. This is the only way to build a solid and reliable "financial foundation" that will bring a lot of income in the future.

Business ideas for 2018. TOP 10 proven niches for a business from scratch

The failures of aspiring entrepreneurs are most often based on common mistakes. The study of failures in business at the start and analysis of the causes of this phenomenon showed that in most cases gross mistakes are made. They can be avoided. We bring to your attention the TOP of the most common mistakes aspiring entrepreneurs.

Break-even point not defined

You will be surprised to learn how many people start a business without basic calculations and determining how many products or services need to be sold to break out. But it is one of the most important markers and indicators of business viability.

The break-even point is determined by elementary calculations. Add up all running costs for the month. The break-even point is reached if your profits cover all expenses. This is the minimum you should be earning. If it is unrealistic to achieve such a level of income according to forecasts for several months, it is better to abandon this business.

Conclusion: You cannot invest money (credit or savings) in a business idea if you do not have a complete and clear financial analysis.

The perfect start illusion

Many startups rely on a benchmark business - they purchase high-tech equipment, rent a luxurious office in the central area, organize an elite restaurant, etc. The pursuit of the ideal itself is very commendable, but in practice we record massive examples of ambitious projects bankruptcy. After analyzing the reasons, two main errors appear:

• The service or product was not requested. If there is no demand in a particular region or city, a posh office won't help.
• Wrong allocation of capital. Example. The young company has invested the lion's share of its start-up capital in the acquisition of high-tech equipment, leaving the necessary stock for the purchase of raw materials and other running costs. The first months of work did not give the expected profits. As a result, equipment had to be sold to pay off debts.

Takeaway: Make sure your products or services will be in demand. Do not rush to invest large sums, create a small business with minimal investment and test the viability of your idea in practice.

Lack of professionalism and love for their work

Are you smiling skeptically? In vain. Explore success stories in Russia and around the world. You will not find a single example of a profitable business, the owner of which does not understand the essence of his field or is not in love with his business. Regular reports on economic development demonstrate the most profitable destinations. Do not believe in the importance of love for your chosen field and being passionate about your work, choose the most promising area and start. You will be convinced on own experiencethat this is a road to nowhere. But we see a lot of examples when businessmen, in love with their product or service, achieved outstanding results, despite the pessimistic forecasts of experts and the lack of understanding of others.

Conclusion: You should love your job and be the best specialist in it. This is the main ingredient for success.

"Step-by-step plan for organizing a business"

Quite often, one has to observe chaotic movements of novice businessmen and a complete lack of action planning. But the creation plan is extremely important. If you do not have knowledge in this area and do not know what stages the creation of a business consists of, we offer you a plan that is suitable for any area.

Stage 1. Looking for an idea

This is the first thing to start with. If you are unable to come up with an idea, you shouldn't be doing business. But first, it's worth understanding the terminology and making sure that you and I have the same understanding of the meaning of the expression "business idea". We are not talking about a brilliant and innovative idea that can revolutionize an entire industry. We're talking about ideas that are already working, but you can see that it can be done better and provide better service to consumers. We are not talking about large-scale projects, you can start from a business with minimal or no investment.

The true entrepreneur sees opportunity in the challenges he faces on a daily basis.

A simple example. How is garbage collection going in your city? Yes, this is a very serious problem, but for you it is an opportunity to organize a profitable waste collection and recycling business. Now this is one of the most promising areas.

Are you fond of needlework? Sell \u200b\u200byour products online, for things handmade now there is a huge demand. Do you have a summer cottage or a small plot at your disposal? Grow and sell greens or vegetables - this is very much in demand. Interesting ideas right in front of your eyes, choose whichever you have a penchant for.

Stage 2. Analyzing the market

You should have a few preferred ideas in stock. Now you need to evaluate each of them for relevance. Conduct a survey, observe the situation in your city or region, read analytics. If your idea is in demand, evaluate your closest competitors. Objectively evaluate the pros and cons of their work, think about what you can do better. Compare everything: quality and service, assortment, prices. Soberly assess your capabilities and work out your advantages as carefully as possible.

If you come to the conclusion that your product or service is really needed, that you can compete already operating companies, proceed to the next step.

Stage 3. Planning

The preparation of a business plan must be approached with the utmost seriousness. Most ignore this stage and order the writing of a business plan to specialists only when it is necessary to attract investments. But this is a big mistake. First of all, you need a clear and realistic plan. Don't buy ready-made business plans - they are useless.

List everything you need to get started and plan your recurring costs for the next six months. In the future, try to stick to the planned expenses, but create a contingency fund just in case. Based on the cost, you can determine the break-even point and start setting prices. In the process of organizing and developing a business, try to check the plan as often as possible and analyze the reasons for deviations, if any.

Stage 4. We are looking for start-up capital

There are options in which a business is created without money or with minimal investment. But, as a rule, a certain amount is still needed to start. When you write your business plan, you have already determined how much money you need. Add at least 20% to this amount at once. So you will get a more or less real size of the required start-up capital. Start searching.

It's great if you have the required amount. It is strongly discouraged to start with a loan. Look for options with franchises and small business assistance programs, attract partners with money or investors, try to find additional incomebut don't take out a loan.

Stage 5. We register a business

Don't even hope that you can work without registration. If you don't understand the intricacies of registration and find it difficult to choose the form of registration, hire an experienced lawyer. Paying for his services will pay off with interest.

Stage 6. Reporting and paying taxes

During the registration process, you will determine the most profitable tax payment system for yourself. The choice largely depends on the field of activity and the size of your business. Hire an experienced and qualified accountant - this is extremely important. But you yourself must have at least minimal knowledge in the field of finance. Read articles, study, without this, business success is impossible.

Stage 7. Testing an idea quickly

This stage can be completed before registration, although much here depends on the chosen area. As a last resort, try to conduct a rapid test before a serious investment big money... How is testing done? Use your own funds to conduct a minimal promotion, create a small batch of a product or offer a service and try to sell it. It is extremely important to study the demand in practice.

Remember one of typical mistakes? Don't be in a hurry to invest heavily and don't build the perfect business right away. Create something minimal and experience how it works. If the expected result is not achieved, do not rush to abandon your idea. Perhaps the reason is hidden in wrong planning, price, wrong assessment target audience... During the test, conduct a survey of consumers, find out why they do not buy your product or refuse services.

Based on the results of quick testing, you can see your mistakes and make adjustments to the plan. The option of rejecting an attractive idea and looking for a new one is not excluded. This is a very important stage, it allows you to save money, effort and time for the implementation of a wrong plan or unclaimed idea.

Stage 8. Development

You conducted testing, based on its results, you adjusted the plan and began to receive the first profits. You need to start development right away. Distribute income as follows:

Cover recurring expenses.
Set aside a certain percentage for possible force majeure circumstances.
The rest is invested in development.
On this list, you have not noticed the cost of meeting your personal needs. There is no mistake here. When planning to start a business, you had to find a source to meet the family's needs in case of failure. Stick to this plan and do not waste the profit of your new business, it should be invested in development. Only a few adhere to this rule, this is one of the most common reasons for failure after a more or less successful start.

Stage 9. Active promotion

This is an integral part of development, but it is too important and requires a separate discussion. By development everyone understands the increase in production capacity, the expansion of the staff and the range or range of services. This is correct, but many entrepreneurs in Russia underestimate the importance of advertising and the search for new markets.

It is not enough to expand the staff and capacities, all this economy must be provided with work. Don't rely on word of mouth and lax, standard marketing methods. Use aggressive advertising, actively seek new customers using any of the methods available and possible at the moment. Use everything, but be sure to analyze the results and filter out what is not effective. Leave and develop advertising methods that bring tangible results with a minimum budget.

Stage 10. Expand your geography

You have reached the level at which the business is doing well within the same city. Do not stop and go to the market of neighboring towns or regions. No desire or opportunity to expand your geography? Explore options with the development of an adjacent direction, master innovative areas. Do not stop, otherwise you will gradually begin to roll back and wait until a more adventurous and nimble competitor appears, who will offer your customers more favorable conditions.

"Important criteria for assessing business performance"

There are very clear markers by which you can determine the success of the enterprise development and find dangerous mistakes at the very start. They should be taken with the utmost seriousness:

• After a few months of work, conduct an audit. If, based on its results, you see that the business does not bring even the minimum income and even works in the red, it is not viable. Investments and loans will not save the situation, but will only aggravate your situation.
• If actual sales are much lower than planned, immediately change your work style or plan.
• Starting a business is a challenge. You will experience stress - this is normal only to a certain extent. If your entrepreneurial activity causes you clear and constant discomfort, either leave the business or change your approach.

You can create a new business at any time. There are no adverse circumstances, period, or age. Only your attitude and determination are important.

What thoughts indicate that you are not ready to start a business:

• This idea will definitely work, but I need money for promotion.
• You need to earn more and quickly to pay off debts.
• There is no strength to endure the tyrant of the chief. Immediately quit and start my own business.
• Vaska has his own company. Am I worse or stupider?

What thoughts indicate that you are "ripe" for your business:

• I do it very well, but now this product (service) is in demand on the market.
• There is not enough capital to start, but I will not borrow - the risk of losing everything is still too high.
• Until the business begins to generate a stable income, it is necessary to create an additional source or a reliable reserve.
• When I leave work, no one will control and guide me. It is necessary now to become more organized and disciplined.

If your thoughts are in harmony with the first block, you are not ready to create a business. Entrepreneurship requires sober calculation and a responsible attitude to business. But most of humanity is in the grip of delusion. It is because of this that there are so many bankruptcies among newcomers and so few successful projects. Main myths:

1. It is impossible to start a business without a lot of money and connections.
2. The bandits will take everything.
3. It is unprofitable to pay taxes.
4. I have no entrepreneurial talent.

These fears are probably familiar to you. In reality, all this is easily overcome. The only thing that matters is the right attitude and basic financial literacy.

Iron rules for those who are determined to create a successful business:

Do not take a loan to organize a business if you have no experience.
- Prepare for failure, try to foresee all the options.
- Tune in to victory, but think over your actions in case of defeat.
- Do not use funds raised for other important purposes to create a business (NZ for an emergency - in case, loan payments, education of children).
- Study the market conditions as much as possible and analyze your resources.
- Chat with experienced and successful entrepreneurs.
- Don't invest in suspicious projects.
- Choose an area in which you are a professional.
- Make plans for your actions, clearly describe each stage.
- Failures will be, but do not give up after the first difficulties.

"7 Essential Steps to Starting a Business"

Every business is unique. But there are basic and common stages for all, which must be passed.

1. Determine the direction

It is extremely important to remember that customers will only be willing to pay for a quality solution to one of their problems or satisfaction of any need. Therefore, it is necessary to determine what you can offer them.

In business, consistency is important, this stage should be approached with particular seriousness. List ten activities that you are the best at. Do not analyze whether it is realistic to make money on this, and how much money is needed to organize a business. So far, only your talents or skills. You can probably make this list in five minutes. The option is not excluded that reflections and analysis will take a month. This will be a very important fruitful period, because you are reviewing and analyzing very important things.

That's it, the list is ready. Now select items with activities that you enjoy. Perhaps you did not even think about making money on it, and considered it exclusively as a hobby. But it is these areas that should be considered as a business idea. No one is able to give all the best in an unloved business.

2. We study the market and choose our niche

Having decided on the direction, study the situation in your city. First, find out the number of potential competitors. You can ask friends to visit each or some of the companies as a client. This will give you a clear understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of your competitors. All data must be recorded on paper and systematized in comparative tables. After clear analysis, you will be able to enter the market with more attractive terms for customers.

3. Create a unique selling proposition

It should be short, but should be as accurate as possible about your occupation and main benefits. Example: “Translation agency. We work quickly, efficiently and at a reasonable price. "

Such an offer can be posted on the Internet, booklets or advertisements can be printed and distributed. Be sure to include the contacts of your company. When interested clients contact you, you can discuss the terms of cooperation in more detail.

4. Make a business plan

Many consider this most important of the stages to be an empty formality, necessary only to obtain loans or attract investors. This is a serious misconception. The business plan consists of a description of the starting position, market analysis, prospects and clear planning of steps for organizing and developing the business. Each of the points requires careful analysis and a sober assessment of the factors. Without this, creating a successful business is impossible. This is an instruction and roadmap for your activities.

A good business plan will help you anticipate the main risks and prepare for the obstacles that are bound to arise. It is important to choose the main actions that will have the greatest impact on success, and to concentrate maximum efforts and resources on them. First steps:

Prepare for your first orders.
Advertising. The most accessible and effective at the start is a website or a page on the Internet, announcements in your area, informing the nearest environment.
Proactive steps to get your first orders. Offer preferential terms.
Fulfillment of first orders in the best possible way. Ask the client for feedback and recommendations.

5. Get started

Organization preparation can take several months. But having come to a "low start" do not delay the process, do not postpone and do not hesitate. You need to act decisively and quickly.

You already have a unique selling proposition. It is enough to attract the first customers. Start advertising your services with a circle of loved ones. If your services are not in demand among friends, ask to recommend you and provide contacts of those who need them.

Go online. Do you have the funds? Order a decent site from a good company that specializes in this. Do you have the necessary skills? Create a website or page yourself. Advertise yourself on social media is a very powerful and effective resource.

6. First orders. How to manage your profit

Needless to say, first-class customers should be served at the highest level? This approach is also necessary when working with the 10th, 100th, 500th, 1,000,000th client. But the former are the most important. Their assessment of your service, recommendations and reviews will either force you to radically change the approach to doing business, or will allow wings to grow behind your back and confidently set off on a triumphant flight. Fulfilling the first orders, you set a certain quality bar. You cannot lower it, you must raise it.

First profit. It is strictly forbidden to spend it on meeting personal needs. Experienced financiers and entrepreneurs recommend not taking profits out of the business at all and using them exclusively for development and paying current expenses until they reach payback.

What is meant by development? It all depends on your type of activity. If this is trade, expand your assortment. In the service sector, profit is invested in improving service. Are you engaged in production? Purchase of raw materials, equipment, new employees. If you have worked hard on creating a business plan, you have a great idea where to invest the first profit of your business.

The concept of development also includes raising the level of qualifications. Look for any opportunity for personal training and your employees. Take part in trainings, exhibitions, conferences, buy books. There is no limit to skill level. An additional bonus is new acquaintances with the best representatives of your field of activity. They usually lead to profitable partnerships.

7. Conduct an unbiased analysis of the results and start expanding

You should constantly analyze the results and summarize the intermediate results. This allows you to find errors and quickly fix them. Concentrate on evaluating the effectiveness of business practices. Throw away without regret that which does not generate income and only absorbs resources, pay more attention to efficient ones.

If you have already reached a certain level of income, the business is working confidently and stably, it is time to expand.

You cannot stand still, otherwise a younger and more daring or larger competitor will offer customers more interesting conditions, and you will begin to lose profits. Expansion is about hiring new employees and introducing additional services, organizing new branches and offices, expanding the range, purchasing innovative equipment and entering new markets. Only being in constant movement and development is it possible to get successful business, which will provide you with a comfortable and comfortable old age and a reliable base for your descendants.

Do you find these tips too simple and trivial? Then why only 4% of novice businessmen are successful. Economists' research shows that most newcomers do not adhere to the basic rules of business that are necessary for sustainable development and prosperity. As a result, myths are spreading around the world about the incredible complexity of organizing your own business.

The model described above does not affect all aspects and nuances of conducting business activities... Each area has its own characteristics, but they are taken into account in the process of drawing up a business plan. This model indicates and describes the most important stages on the path of creation, everything has been tested many times in practice and really works. Failure to complete at least one of the stages is fraught with failure. Use the knowledge of those who have already managed to organize a successful business and create your own.