Before you start: key questions to ask yourself
17 September 2013
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At the heart of any business project is a trigger: the desire for change, for more and better in life; or, conversely, the need for a compromise with the job market.
Creating your business: positive evolution or necessary compromise?
Creating a business fulfills your desire to create your activity; to be your own boss; the wish to earn more money than as an employee; the desire to take over a business you coveted.
For you, this is a positive evolution.
On the other hand, if it is the only way to supplement insufficient income; if your potential employers impose this method of collaboration - which transforms you from an employee into a service provider; if this is your only option after unsuccessful attempts - creating your job to have a job; this is a necessary compromise.
Defining your project: a useful clarification
After analyzing your personal motivations, you must clearly define your project to ensure its viability. To do this, you need to be able to answer the following questions precisely:
What? What product, what service will you sell? To meet what need?
For whom? Individuals? With what profile? Businesses? Of what size and in what sector?
Where? In a shop? At home? Via a website?
When? At what time of year? With what hours? In what context?
How? Will you do mail order? Direct sales? What will your intermediaries be?
With whom? Which suppliers, associates and partners will you choose?
Of course, you also need to consider more personal elements. What financial contribution are you willing to invest? How will you balance your professional and private life? In case of difficulties, can you rely on loved ones?
Once you have found the answers to these questions, you can start the steps to create your business!
Pole-emploi.fr
Posted on September 17, 2013.
Creating your business: positive evolution or necessary compromise?
Creating a business fulfills your desire to create your activity; to be your own boss; the wish to earn more money than as an employee; the desire to take over a business you coveted.
For you, this is a positive evolution.
On the other hand, if it is the only way to supplement insufficient income; if your potential employers impose this method of collaboration - which transforms you from an employee into a service provider; if this is your only option after unsuccessful attempts - creating your job to have a job; this is a necessary compromise.
Defining your project: a useful clarification
After analyzing your personal motivations, you must clearly define your project to ensure its viability. To do this, you need to be able to answer the following questions precisely:
What? What product, what service will you sell? To meet what need?
For whom? Individuals? With what profile? Businesses? Of what size and in what sector?
Where? In a shop? At home? Via a website?
When? At what time of year? With what hours? In what context?
How? Will you do mail order? Direct sales? What will your intermediaries be?
With whom? Which suppliers, associates and partners will you choose?
Of course, you also need to consider more personal elements. What financial contribution are you willing to invest? How will you balance your professional and private life? In case of difficulties, can you rely on loved ones?
Once you have found the answers to these questions, you can start the steps to create your business!
Pole-emploi.fr
Posted on September 17, 2013.
