how did you start your own small business?

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

You can never go wrong with oil and guns. It's the yank way.

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

Where you live, buy a lawn mower an a snow blower, get a business license in the name that you will be trading as "Mow-n-Blow". Print 1000 fliers go to the post office and have them sent to 3 or 4 neighborhood in your area that are 1) upper middle class 2)within 20 min of your house. get connected with Angie's List, open a facebook page under your company name and post pics of the awesome houses with the benz parked in the drive with a recommendation by the client... Work your *** off, put 50% of your earnings in an expense fund not to be touched except for taxes and other annual business expenses. Never use more than 80% of that fund, always keep a reserve!

You will learn the rest as you go.

 

[bostonkid92 10+ year member]

bump for more advice

 

[thatguy12 10+ year member]

scrape together 300 to 500 bucks and go take a buisness class at a local tech school. my college has amzing buisness corses that go over so much. many will also make you create a buisness plan, real or not. just so you learn. the credits may not help you later in.life but the knowladge you cohld earn in a few week class is worth it. they will also answer all the questions you Aasked.

 

[jdawg90 10+ year member]

Mobile car detailing is another option (where you have a truck or trailer with your stuff and go to them- provided they have water and power). You need to know what you are doing and have had some experience with cars that aren't customers.

 

[bostonkid92 10+ year member]

i'd like to take a business class but i'm already planning on going to school for business. idk, i feel like i'm good at marketing. i've done well selling many different types of items. i know how to market whatever i need to sell. it may be a good idea to keep in mind though. as for the detailing job, i have actually thought about it. i'm not sure though. i've had jobs that require intense manual labor, it's just not my thing. i'm more into selling goods rather than services. i'm just stuck on what to sell. i know it will come to me, i'm just getting very impatient lol

 

[freerunner]

hello so just a thought i have had i to have been thinking alot about starting a small business i am young to think somting like this but my plan to do this so far is i am starting collage in aug for auto tech the eltronics of vehicals becuase my i guess what you call dream is to start a small car audio installation shop after collage go to work for an already set up car audio shop and start off from there some how i guess its along shot for me but its the most logical plan i have that is what i want to do so what im saying is if this does go through for you or if i can help i will be very intrested to know how it goes or how yoyu did it .. so please reply with any help any1 has to further this idea for me thank you

 

[des343 10+ year member]

I don't own a business but I can tell you its all a matter of 3 simple things

Who you know

What you know

And How far your willing to go