Your Questions About The Real Biz
Ruth asks…
Where can I find resources in order to become an entrepeneur?
I would like to start my own business. Anybody knows where I can find the best literature for this project? Like for example, which are the best magazines, books, websites on ideas and startup steps? I have heard of Entrepeneur and Small Biz Magazines, are there any others? That don’t only focus on franchises?
Jere answers:
I recommend that you read the following books:
– What No One Ever Tells You About Starting Your Own Business : Real Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs
– Starting From Scratch: How To Start A Business When You Don’t Have Money
– If You’re Clueless About Starting Your Own Business and Want to Know More
– On the Move : How to Succeed and Survive As an Entrepreneur
– How to Make 1000 Mistakes in Business and Still Succeed
As for magazines, it depends on what is the focus of your business but here are some general ones
Entrepreneur Magazine http://www.entrepreneur.com
Inc Magazine http://www.inc.com
Internet Retailer (if you’re going to sell on the Web) http://www.internetretailer.com
Home Business Magazine http://www.homebusinessmag.com
If you need guidance in starting a business, there are several places that provide help to starting entrepreneurs. Here are places where you may be able to find a mentor:
– Government Mentoring Programs such as SBDCs, which works with community colleges and local business development councils to offer mentoring programs http://www.sba.gov/sbdc/sbdcnear.html ; or the Women’s Network for Entrepreneurial Training http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/wnet_roundtables.html
– Volunteer programs such as SCORE http://www.score.org which is composed of mostly retired executives and entrepreneurs
– Formal mentoring programs such as Athena Foundation http://www.athenafoundation.org/programs/globallinks.html , Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program http://www.helzbergmentoring.org/HEMP/ , or The Aspen Institute MicroMentor Program http://www.micromentor.org
– Professional organizations such as the National Women’s Business Council http://www.nwbc.gov/Mentoring/programs.html
– Industry and trade associations
– Local business groups, such as the chamber of commerce
– Local chapters of business groups
There is so much to learn about starting a business that it is hard to put everything here. I suggest that you to check out the following websites and learn from their content:
Entrepreneur http://www.entrepreneur.com
Inc.com http://www.inc.com
SBA http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/…
Helen asks…
How can I start my business the right way?
I’m planning on starting a business selling fish and other pets, but mainly fish,(salt water and fresh water) Between now and than I will do as much learning and research as possible. Can someone lead me in the right direction? As far as licensing (what kind and where to go for them) anything I need to know to open up a fish store:) I want to sell some animals also just to assure enough money flow to take care of overhead and myself. Please somebody help me out with info on starting the biz and any advice would be greatly appriated!
Also how to write a biz plan not for a loan, but for my own personal plan for the business. Thanks
Jere answers:
I’ll break it down for you.
1. Write your business plan. (http://www.ehow.com/how_2049333_write-small-business-plan.html)
2. Find a shop close in a populated area. (An ideal location would be isolated from any competition).
3. Become a real business by going down to city hall for the papers to establish a business.
4. Fish store serves only a slice of the market. I advise you to sell some dog, cat, lizard, fish food along with some other pet goods like cages, tanks, decorations for fish tanks. Of course, start small.
5. To get fish, find fish dealers, just Google them, it’s that easy. Here, I found you a link: http://www.blueridgekoi.com/
6. Consider who you will employ. Try to get family or friends to volunteer for a month or two, so you can inject that money into the business.
7. Advertise
Jenny asks…
What are some careers that only require passing an exam?
If you want to be a lawyer, you need both a JD and passing score on the bar exam. Accountant, a certain amount of accounting and biz college credits and passing the CPA exam.
What are some career options that only require passing an exam?
Jere answers:
Real estate agent’s they only need a class then to pass an exam they can make good money if there good at selling houses or finding houses for buyers
Nancy asks…
What is the difference between “spot trade” and “scalping”?
I have been reading the basics of forex. And now I am looking for a trading method that would fit my tight schedule.
I know I can search online for the answers but learning them from real traders will inspire me a lot!
Thanks!
Jere answers:
Spot trades are the opposite of futures contracts, which usually expire well before any physical delivery.
Scalping is a method of trading. The primary objective in scalping to grab very small amounts of pips QUICKLY as many times as they can throughout the busiest times of the day.
If you don’t have much time on your hands, scalping probably won’t be a good trading method. It requires that you be glued to your charts and be quick in pulling the trigger.
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Paul asks…
What is a career as a recruitment consultant in South Africa really like?
Is this a viable sales job? I’ve been in IT sales, but am apprehensive about this as it is very target driven, commision based and may be very tough in SA’s job market. Can anyone in the biz give me some advice?
Jere answers:
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