First, find a professional business consultant to consult
Want to start a successful business, the work of prior preparation is indispensable, before starting a business, should first be taught in a professional business consulting organizations or consultants. Of course, there are a lot of business consultants out there, so you can spend some money on consulting, but if you don't want to spend the money, you can also choose some free consulting organizations, such as associations and government agencies, and make use of these free consulting resources.
Second, write a business plan
The writing of a business plan is not only necessary, but also very important for the whole process of starting a business. Because, through the writing of the business plan, not only can you know more clearly whether the plan is complete or not, but also have more specific content if you want to find someone to invest in your business or provide advice, and if you want to apply for a youth entrepreneurship loan, you have to attach the business plan to it.
Generally speaking, the content of the business plan, including industry analysis, the industry's competitive situation, the introduction of goods, set up store business circle analysis, investment amount analysis, manpower planning, monthly cost analysis, profit status estimation, the exhibition of store plan, the medium and long term development goals, etc., which each project, but also have to have a breakdown of the analysis, the more detailed the more clear the plan written, the more likely to find the future of the entrepreneurial problem! The more detailed and clear the plan is written, the easier it is to find future problems with the business, and to correct them early to reduce the risk of failure.
Third, venture capital financing
Everything is difficult to start, not enough money to start a business is even more difficult. In the downturn, funds are not easy to raise at the moment, want to start a business first of all, we must first solve the problem of capital.
When the entrepreneur's entrepreneurial capital is insufficient, the way to raise money, in addition to borrowing from friends and relatives, or folk prevalence of the standard will be the way, you can also try to seek the government's relevant loan resources, in order to solve the problem of insufficient start-up capital. These include youth business loans, layoff loans, micro-enterprise business loans, as well as the need to have a specific status of the physical and mental handicap of business loans, special circumstances of women's entrepreneurial loans, rural youth business loans, and by some of the banks introduced by the franchise business loans.
Fourth, how to select the industry to determine the product
In the selection of the industry they want to start their own business before, must first measure their own entrepreneurial capital how much, because, the total investment in the industry has a high and low, each kind of industry is not the same, so the first measure of their own funds to do those industries, and then to do further planning.
According to their own prepared capital, the first preliminary screening can be invested in the industry, and then, based on the prospects for the development of the industry, their own interest, expertise, aptitude, past work related qualifications, industry competitiveness and other factors, to assess and consider, to see their own suitable for engaging in the industry, as well as engaging in the industry's most competitive advantage.
So, to start a business, you must not have the idea of investing less and recovering faster. In the choice of industry, we must first consider the competitive situation of the industry, how much strength to do how much, do not hit the stone with the egg.
Fifth, learning business technology
After selecting the industry, the next question is how to operate the technology. Of course, if you choose a chain of franchises, there is the headquarters of the technology transfer education and training, everything will be taken care of. However, if you are on your own, you must find a way to learn.
In terms of learning paths, of course, there are a lot of skills tuition classes, all kinds of food and beverage, snacks, coffee, bubble tea, flower arranging, bartending, and so on, all kinds of skills are taught. In addition, other vocational training centers, such as the Vocational Training Center of the Vocational Training Council of the Council of Labor Affairs, also offer a variety of vocational training courses. In addition, before opening the store, it is best to have their own practical experience in the industry.
Because, if only in the cram school to learn the relevant technology, but the lack of store on the field of practical experience, until the formal business on the field, it is likely to be too busy and often out of order. Therefore, before opening their own store, it is best to go to the same store to work, one can learn to operate the technology and practical experience, two can also test their fitness for the industry.
Six, store business circle assessment
The location of the choice of the future store's operation has a great impact on the good and bad, so we must find a good location of the business circle of the store, just in the process of looking for a store, often can not find the ideal store, this time we must have the patience to continue to look for, don't give up halfway.
Generally speaking, when evaluating a business district, the evaluation guidelines should include the properties of the business district, the number of storefronts, the number of floors, the surrounding facilities, the nearby competing stores and complementary stores, the amount of rent, the difficulty of obtaining legal permits, the vicinity of large-scale stores, MRT, the station, the hours of operation, the population (mobile, fixed), the source of customers and the proportion of consumers and the motivation for consumption, the width of the road, the prospects for the development of (the district), and the number of people in the district. The company's business is not a business.
Seven, and the landlord signed
After finding a good store, the next step is to sign with the landlord. And, this action can not be too early, must wait until the previous steps are completed before proceeding. Because, once you sign with the landlord, you start paying rent, and naturally there will be time pressure. Therefore, before signing with the landlord, all the preparatory work and written data that can be done, must be prepared first. When signing with the landlord, the lease term is best not too short, if only one year, may be a year before the start of the recovery, the results of the store was the landlord to recover, the lease period of three to four years for the more ideal signing period. Of course, if you are choosing a chain of franchises, the lease period can not be shorter than the term of the franchise.
In addition, when signing a contract, you must usually pay the landlord deposit, the deposit of the market is usually two to three months of rent. So in the signing, must pay the landlord store deposit and the first month's rent, just store to lease down, need a period of decoration, it is best to negotiate with the landlord, the rent starting date can be deducted from the decoration period, in order to reduce the rent expenditure.
Eight, business license application
Before opening the business, you must first apply for the relevant license application, otherwise it is operating without a license. License application is divided into two, one is to apply for a company license, issued by the Trade and Industry Bureau; the other is a smaller capital, only for-profit business registration, issued by the local county and city business. Most of the stores with small capitals only apply for the profit-making business registration of the business firms.
In addition to this, we also need to ask the tax authorities for a unified invoice, unless we are allowed to be exempted from the use of unified invoices, otherwise, we have to deal with all of them.
In addition to the business license application, if you want to hang your own store sign, not to be abused by others, want to be able to use it for their own purposes, you must also apply for registration of the service mark to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. The name of the signboard hanging in front of the store, in addition to the name of the text or graphics, may have their own special design, which belongs to the non-commodity type of text and images, called the service mark. With their own application for the company or trade name is two different things, the two names may also be different.
Therefore, do not want their future sign of gold stolen, it is necessary to apply for service mark registration, whether it is applying for a company, line number, or registered service mark, can be entrusted to the company to handle.
Nine, how to decorate the store
Store decoration is related to a store's business style, and the appearance of the first impression, therefore, the choice of decoration manufacturers is very important to find the decoration manufacturer must have relevant store decoration experience. For example, if you open a coffee shop, you must look for manufacturers with experience in decorating coffee shops, and if you open a children's language shop, you must look for manufacturers with experience in decorating children's literature and education. If the decorator does not have experience in decorating the same type of store, the store may not be able to fully meet the requirements in terms of practical operation. If you are not able to do so, you will have to pay a lot of money and time to do it again.
Therefore, before decorating, we should ask the manufacturer to draw drawings, including floor plans, elevation drawings, side drawings, the material to be used, color, size, etc., should be clearly indicated in advance. In order to communicate clearly what they want to decorate, it is best to take the decoration manufacturer to the same type of store to observe the field, say clearly what they want to decorate the feeling, so that the decoration out of the store, will be closer to their own ideas.
Tenth, to prepare for financial instruments and equipment
After the store began to decorate, the next step is to prepare to buy a variety of equipment and financial instruments in the store, because a store needs to prepare for more things and complicated, in order to avoid omissions, it is necessary to do a list of equipment and equipment to open a store. From the big equipment such as air-conditioning, computers, freezers, refrigerated cabinets, cash registers, to sound, security, card machines, and even ballpoint pens, business cards, store chapters and other small things, as well as the first time the material goods, etc., the details of the large and small are all listed, indicating that the name of each device, the number of items and the unit price, and then the amount of equipment and appliances will be totaled up to know how much money is needed.
Of course, the most important thing is to grasp the source of procurement of goods, and, it is best to compare the goods, if you want to reduce the cost of opening a store, something may be able to buy vintage goods, equipment, if there is a rental, try to rent, in order to save the store's initial investment costs.
Eleven, the opening of the promotion
When everything is ready, we are ready to choose a date for the official opening. The opening day to attract customers, do some promotional activities are inevitable, promotional activities are no more than discounts, gifts and sweepstakes and other three major types, and then to do some more innovative changes, just before the official opening, be sure to first carry out a period of trial sales.
Because, for the first time entrepreneurs, often just learn the operation of the store technology, or the stage of raw hands, the technology is not skilled enough. If not after a period of trial sale, to hone their skills, so that the operation of the entire store more familiar, in the opening of the first day, on the publicity and promotion, the crowd is certainly attracted a large number of votes, but their skills are not skilled enough to suddenly face the huge crowd of the battle, is bound to be a handful of things. Once customers feel that the service is not good to cause complaints, want to customers next time to come back to patronize, can be much more difficult.
So why is it common for some restaurants to have long lines of people on the day of opening, but often the good times don't last long, and after one or two months, they are deserted, and the reason for that is this. So, before you officially open, always remember to test sell for a few days.