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New Business Start-up

How do I get started?
What should be my first step?
Where do I begin?

You've come to the right place for answers.

• First Time Small Business Owner: Three Things You Must Know Before Marketing to Your Niche
  Stop guessing what your niche market wants and who they are. Complete the pre-marketing niche checklist to know for sure. Do this before you market to your niche and you'll save money, avoid months of agony, and attract a constant stream of eager prospects to your website. Here are the three things every first-time small business owner must know before they market to their niche group.
  
  
• Home-Based Business Start-Up Myths – Fact or Fiction?
  Before you go out and spend hundreds of dollars on product development and get all starry-eyed about bringing in the big bucks, you need to know the facts. Here are four popular home-based start-up myths to ignore and four to buy into.
  
  
• New Business Owners - What Makes a Niche Good?
  One of the toughest things for a new business owner to do is take the time to determine if you've found a good niche. A niche you are passionate about, know something about, and have a sustaining interest in. But that's not enough. A good niche must also be able to make you good money. Do these 4 things and you'll be off to a good start toward determining if you've found a good niche.
  
  
• New Business Start-up - Five Quick and Easy Steps to Determine Your Unique Selling Point
  So what's your USP? What's memorable and unique about your company? Don't know? Follow these five quick and easy steps and find out. Stop putting your business at risk. Put an end to getting lost in the crowd. Gain the advantage by standing out in the mind of your customers. Discover your unique selling point today. You'll be glad you did!
  
  
• No Business Degree: How Do I Start Up a Business Without a Degree?
  Don’t have a business degree; you’re in good company. According to SCORE, most people starting up a business do so without a business degree. They are started by people with passion and conviction who believe in what they are doing more than anyone else, and have done the research, testing, and planning to back it up. Follow these five steps and you won’t need a business degree to start up. After all, neither did Bill Gates or Steve Jobs.
  
  
• The One Thing No On Tells You When Starting-Up Your Business
  Find out why so many women entrepreneurs, having gone through the blood, sweat, and tears of starting up a business, end up packing it in, in less than two years. This one thing will help you save your life and your business.
  
  
• Show Me the Money: 7 Cash Stashes for Small Business Start-Ups
  As a small business start-up coach, I get asked a lot of questions. The most frequent one: Where do I get start-up cash? If you are wondering the same thing, this article is for you. In it, you will learn about the differences between angel funding and venture capitalists, the value of taking out a loan, and considerations of taking on a silent or working partner.
  
  
• Starting up a Home-Based Business: The First 10 Steps
  So you’ve made the decision to start up a home-based business. Congratulations! Now come all the inevitable questions: How do I get started? What should be my first step? Where do I begin? The good news is that you can save months of frustration, lots of dead ends and thousands of dollars simply by following these 10 crucial starter steps.
  
  
• Starting up Your Business in Tough Economic Times: Eight Ways to Save Money
  Credit lockdown and a gloomy economy are putting a squeeze on small businesses, but don't rule out starting yours up. Instead, get creative. Check out these 8 tips to start up your business outside the traditional way of doing things.