How to start a business

Enweghị nzọụkwụ mbụ siri ike. E nwere usoroiheomume, na ọtụtụ nke ya bụ duller na ọnụ ala karịa ka ọ na-ahụ site n'ime. Nke a bụ usoroiheomume ahụ - ihe dị mkpa na usoroiheomume ọ bụla, ihe nwere ike ịtụle, na akụkụ ndị kasị n'ọtụtụ nzọụkwụ kwụsị.

Bido na nsogbu ị ga-enwe ike ịbanye

The ajụjụ na-ahọrọ ọtụtụ nke ihe na-esoghị bụ na-adịghị nke ahịa bụ kasị ukwuu. Ọ bụ onye ga-aza ozi site na gị. A echiche ị nwere ike ịbịaru bụ uru karịa ka a kasị mma echiche ị nwere ike, n'ihi na na-amalite ị na-enweghị onye ọbịa, na-enweghị ego na-enweghị aha n'ime category - niile ị na-na-ebe dị n'etiti gị na onye ọ bụla na nsogbu.

Ihe atọ ị na-enwe bụ ihe ị na-eweta. Nnweta: ndị mmadụ ga-agụ ozi gị n'ihi na ha maara aha gị. Nnweta: ihe ndị ị na-eche bụ ihe dị mkpa n'enweghị ihe ị na-ekwu. Nnweta: ihe ị na-ahụ na-aga n'ụzọ na-ezighị ezi karịa otu ugboro, n'ọrụ, n'ihe ị na-amasị ma ọ bụ n'ọrụ ezinụlọ. Ebe ndị ahụ atọ na-ejikọta ị ga-enweta ọrụ ị nwere ike ịmalite na Tuesday abalị kama nke ọ bụla chọrọ ịmalite.

N'ihi na ọ bụ ihe dị mkpa ka ị mara na ọ bụ naanị ihe dị mkpa ka ị hụ na ị na-eme ihe ị na-eme. Ọ bụrụ na ị na-eme ihe ọ bụla, ọ bụ naanị ihe ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-eme ka ị na-

N'ikpeazụ, bụrụ n'eziokwu banyere ọdịiche dị n'etiti azụmahịa na ọrụ. Ọrụ bụ ihe onye ọzọ na-akwụ ụgwọ maka n'ụzọ nkịtị, karịa otu oge. Ọ bụrụ na ị gaghị egosi onye ọzọ n'ime okwu - ọrụ ha, ihe izu ha na-ahụ ka, oge ha ga-aga n'ihu na-achọ ihe mgbaru ọsọ - ị nwere ọrụ. Ọ bụ ihe dị mma ịna-enwe, mana hapụghị ụlọ ọrụ n'akụkụ ya.

Nnwale n'ihu mgbe ị na-ebubata ihe ahụ

The cheapest version of your business is a conversation. N'ihu ịdekọ koodu, iwu stock ma ọ bụ mepụta logo, kọwaa echiche na mmadụ iri na abụọ na-abịarute onye ọzọ na-abịarute gị na-ajụ ihe ha na-eme banyere nsogbu a. You dịghị na-ekiri maka enthusiasm - ndị mmadụ bụ ndị enyi. You na-ekiri maka nrụgide. Onye ọ bụla nke mepụtara spreadsheet, na-arụ ọrụ ma ọ bụ na-akwụ ụgwọ maka ihe nchọgharị ha na-adịghị ahụkebe, kwuru na nsogbu ahụ bụ ego na-akwụ ụgwọ ha.

The next-cheapest test is one page and a price. Say what the thing is, who it is for and what it costs, and ask for something small in return: an email address, a deposit, a booked call. A page nobody signs up to is a far cheaper failure than a product nobody buys, and the sign-up rate is a real number you can work on rather than a feeling you can argue about.

Enweghị ike ịhapụ ọnụahịa ahụ. N'ihi na echiche a gosipụtara na ọ bụghị na ọ bụ ọnụọgụgụ, ọ pụtaghị na ọ bụ eziokwu. "Would you use this?" na-enweta ya site n'ọtụtụ mmadụ; "Would you pay this, on the first of the month, starting now?" na-enweta azịza ezi uche dị na ya, na n'ihe a na-ekpe na-abịa n'ihu bụ n'ozuzu ya n'ihe a na-eme n'ozuzu ya.

Biko nye nnwale a oge agwụcha na n'okporo ụzọ, e dere n'okpuru tupu ịmalite: okwu okwu iri na abụọ, ma ọ bụ izu abụọ nke ibe ndụ, na nke a ọtụtụ azịza na-ewere dị ka a ee. Ikpebi ihe nrụpụta dị ka n'ihu bụ naanị nchebe ezi uche dị na ya na-agụ a mediocre nsonaazụ dị ka na-adọta.

Na-akpọ ya aha, na-ewere adreesị

Aha bụ ihe dị obere karịa ndị ọkà mmụta na-eche, na ịtụle ha n'ụzọ na-adịghị mma na-ewe izu. Aha dị mma bụ obere, a ga-asị ya n'elu eriri ekwentị na-adịghị mma, a ga-asị ya site n'otu onye ahụ na-anụ ya, na ọ bụghị na-eburu ya site na onye na-agba ọsọ n'otu n'otu. Ọ bụ ihe dị nso na nke zuru oke. Aha ahụ enweghị ike ịkọwa ngwaahịa; ọ nwere ike ịnọgide na-adịgide adịgide.

N'ihi na ọ bụ ihe dị mkpa na-eme ka ihe dị mkpa. Chekwaa na aha ahụ abụghị ihe ngosi ihe mgbe ochie na ụlọ ọrụ gị na mba gị - ndekọ nke onye isi ala n'ime ọtụtụ iwu nwere ike ịchọta maka n'efu, na minit iri atọ nwere ike ichekwa rebrand mgbe ahụ. Na nweta adreesị ị nwere na weebụsaịtị. A domain bụ otu n'ime ihe ndị dị na azụmaahịa ọhụrụ nke bụ n'ezie njọ ịgbanwe, n'ihi na njikọ niile, invoice, business card na email signature na-agwụ na ya.

Nhọrọ a domain ị nwere n'ụzọ zuru ezu na-eme ka aha n'ime onye ọzọ's platform. A page on a marketplace or a social network can be suspended by someone who has never met you and owes you no explanation; a domain ị rịọrọ na-adị gị ka ogologo oge ị na-agbanwe ya. Ọ bụrụ na aha ziri ezi ịchọrọ bụ n'ebe ahụ, a shorter or slightly modified form on a domain ị na-ahụ maka ya na-abịa n'aha zuru ezu na adreesị ị na-enyefe.

Admin minimum, n'eziokwu

Nke a bụ akụkụ bụghị iwu ma ọ bụ tax n'iwu, na ọ na-eme ka aha ọ bụla thresholds, ụgwọ, forms ma ọ bụ oge. Ha dị iche iche site na mba na mgbe ụfọdụ site na steeti ma ọ bụ obodo, na ha na-agbanwe. Ihe bụ portable bụ ụdị nke ajụjụ - na-ewere ha na gị onwe gị gọọmenti nke obere-business saịtị ma ọ bụ naccountant ebe ị na-ebi.

N'ime ọtụtụ ebe ị nwere ike ịzụ ahịa n'okpuru aha gị mgbe ị na-ahụ ma ọ bụrụ na azụmahịa bụ eziokwu, na mepụta ihe dị iche iche mgbe ọ bụ ego ma ọ bụ ụgwọ dị mkpa ịgbanwe; n'ime ndị ọzọ, ndebanye aha na-abịa mbụ. Ihe dị iche iche na-azụ gị bụ ịgbanwe n'etiti ihe egwu azụmahịa na gị onwe gị, na-agbakwunye na nghọta na ndị ahịa na ndị na-ebubata - ọ bụghị, n'onwe ya, ihe na-eme ka ịzụta iwu.

Nke abụọ bụ ịhapụ ego, na ọ bụ otu azịza zuru ụwa ọnụ na peeji a: mepee akaụntụ echekwara maka azụmahịa ma rụọ ihe niile site na ya site na nkwekọrịta mbụ. Ego nkeonwe na azụmahịa bụ ihe ọghọm na-eme ka ihe niile na-esonụ nzọụkwụ dị mfe - nkwụghachi ụgwọ, nchịkọta, onye na-enyocha, ngwa ọrụ nkwụghachi, ire ahịa nke azụmahịa - na ọ na-ewe ụbọchị iji zere na afọ iji wepụ.

The third is finding out what you owe, na mgbe, tupu ị owe ya. E nwere a tax authority na gị mba na a peeji nke na-egosi n'ụzọ ziri ezi ihe a ọhụrụ azụmahịa na gị ọnọdụ nwere na-file na mgbe. Gụọ na peeji nke na-adịghị a isiokwu banyere ya: iwu mgbanwe, na version na-egbochi gị bụ onye ọha na eze otu. Ọ bụrụ nahịa ụgwọ ma ọ bụ VAT na-abịarute na ihe ị na-ere, na-ahụ up the registration rules early, because they often turn on a threshold you can cross without noticing.

The anọ bụ na-ede ihe ị na-ekwu. Terms nke ahịa, a n'ihu na-eziga iwu na a privacy ozi bụ na-abụghị corporate theatre; ha bụ a akwụkwọ ị ga-enwe obi ụtọ na-enwe n'oge gị mbụ na-ajụjụ ahịa, na ha bụ ihe mere a ụgwọ processor ga-aga na-arụ ọrụ na gị. Ọ bụrụ na ị na-echekwa data onwe, chọpụta ihe privacy iwu na-abịa na gị ahịa - ha na-eso ebe ahịa, na-adịghị gị.

N'ịga n'ịntanetị: adreesị, inbox, ụzọ iji akwụ ụgwọ

Ichọrọ ihe atọ ma ha dị obere karịa ka ha na-ekwu: ebe ndị mmadụ nwere ike ịgụ banyere gị, ebe ha nwere ike ịbịaru gị nso, na ebe ha nwere ike ịkwụ gị ụgwọ.

Ebe a anaghị ekwesị ka ọ bụrụ ihe na-adọrọ mmasị; ọ ga-abụ ihe pụrụ iche. Onye ọzọ na-abịa na ya ga-amụta n'ime ihuenyo otu ihe ị na-eme, onye ọ bụ maka, ihe ọ bụ ọnụ ahịa na otu esi amalite. Ọtụtụ ebe mbụ na-akwụsị na abụọ gara aga: ọnụahịa ahụ na-echekwa n'azụ oku, na enweghị ihe ọzọ dị mkpa. Akwụkwọ ndị dị mma anọ - ihe ọ bụ, onye na-azụ ya, ihe ọ bụ ọnụ ahịa, otu esi enweta n'aka - bụ ebe zuru oke, na ebe zuru oke na-emetụta otu dị mma oge niile.

Inbox ga-abụ na gị onwe gị domain. A adreesị na domain ị na-echekwa na-ekwu na azụmahịa e nwere; a free consumer adreesị na a quote ma ọ bụ a invoice na-ekwu na-adịghị mma, na-ewepụ ya na-ewe minit.

Nkwụ ụgwọ bụ akụkụ ndị mmadụ na-ewe oge ogologo na-echegbu onwe ha. Hazie ya tupu ị na-eche na ị dị njikere. Akaụntụ ịkwụ ụgwọ n'aha gị, na-ejikọta na ụlọ akụ gị, na-egosi na onye na-ahọrọ ịzụta nwere ike ịzụta na oge ha na-ahọrọ - na azụmahịa na-eme ka ọ bụrụ eziokwu na nkwụghachi mbụ ya, ọ bụghị na mbido ya. Kwụsị akaụntụ n'aha gị kama dịka ego n'ime onye ọzọ's platform, ka ego, ndekọ ndị ahịa na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ịkwụ ụgwọ bụ gị.

Ọ bụrụ na ọbụla blóòdù ahụ dị ka izu ịnweghị, nke ahụ bụ izu anyị rụpụtara ka e wepụ ya. First Employee Na-ewere okwu otu banyere azụmahịa, na-enyocha ahịa, na-ahọrọ aha, na-etinye ebe multi-page na-arụ ọrụ na inbox ya n'ịntanetị n'ime minit atọ. Ọrụ ya bụ n'efu, na usoro ọ bụla ejirila ya kọwaa dị ka akwụmụgwọ ị nwere ike ịgụ na ịpụ. Gụọ ihe ọ na-eme.

Ndị ahịa iri mbụ

Nnọọ ndị nkuzi na-akwụsị na "launch", nke bụ ebe ọbụla na-amalite nsogbu. Ndị ọrụ ndeba mbụ anaghị abịa site n'okporo ụzọ, n'ihi na ịnweghị otu. Ha na-abịa site n'ime ndị mmadụ ị nwere ike ịkpọ ha aha.

So write the list. Actual individuals who plausibly have the problem - former colleagues, people in a trade group, the owner of a business two streets away, someone who complained about exactly this in public last month. Message them one at a time, about their situation rather than about your launch, and ask a question you truly want answered. A note that could only have been written to that person gets answers that a broadcast never will.

Charge the first one. A free pilot teaches you almost nothing, because no one guards a free thing or complains about it honestly. A paying customer, even at a embarrassing price, tells you what the product must do and gives you a sentence to use on the next person. Then ask the ones who said no what they are doing instead - those answers are a description of your real competition, which is usually a spreadsheet or a habit rather than a company.

Serve the early ones conspicuously well, further than is sustainable. It is the only period where you can afford it, and it buys the two things that compound: the specific words customers use about the problem, and referrals. Ask for the referral directly, right after someone tells you they are happy. Nearly no one does, which is why it works.

Mgbe ahụ, họrọ ụzọ otu n'ime ndị ahịa ọhụrụ ma nye ya nyocha dị mma tupu ịgbakwunye ọzọ. Nlegharị, onye ọrụ na-arụ ọrụ na onye ahịa gị, obodo ị bụ akụkụ nke, n'ụzọ ziri ezi, ma ọ bụ mgbasa ozi na-akwụ ụgwọ - ọ bụla n'ime ha na-ewe izu iji gụọ nke ọma.

Na-adị ndụ, izu mgbe izu

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Ọrụ ahụ bụ ihe dị ka otu ebe niile: bipụta ihe ọ bụla ka ọ bụrụ na ọ bụ ihe kpatara ị ga-ahụ gị, na-eso n'ihu na ajụjụ ị nwere, na-echekwa ebe a na-eme ugbu a na ihe ị na-ere, gụọ ọnụọgụgụ ole na ole na-eme ihe, na-aza ozi gị. Ihe ọ bụla bụ obere. Ha niile bụ ọrụ nke abụọ, na ị nwere nke mbụ.

Nke a bụ akụkụ nke usoro iheomume anyị rụpụtara ihe nrụpụta maka, na akụkụ ọbụla ebe anyị ga-ekwu na ọ bụ azịza. First Employee bụ onye ọrụ AI na-arụ ọrụ n'okporo ụzọ na azụmahịa gị kwa abalị: ọ na-abịa ebe ntụgharị nke ikpeazụ gasịrị, na-arụ ọrụ izu-na-izu, na-ahapụ otu peeji na-ekwu okwu n'ụbọchị, ihe ọ na-amụta na ajụjụ ọ bụla ọ chọrọ ịza. Ihe ọ bụla na-adịghị agbanwe agbanwe - ịkpọ oku na onye ọ bụla, ịkpọ oku n'ihu, ịkwụ ụgwọ ego - na-eche maka gị. Ihe ọ bụla na-eme na-edebe akwụkwọ na-ekiri na ihe eji eme ihe, oge na ihe eji eme ihe, ya mere ọrụ ahụ bụ auditable kama ọ bụ asserted.

The build is free. Nightly shifts come with a plan, na atụmatụ bụ ụgwọ zuru ezu na self-managed side: anyị na-ewere 0% nke revenue gị na 0% nke ad gị na-akwụ ụgwọ. Ọ bụrụ na ị na-achọ anyị na-agba ọsọ na-azụmahịa n'akụkụ maka gị, na-elekọtara atụmatụ na-ewere 15% nke ihe ụlọ ọrụ na-enweta. Na ọ bụla otu ndị ahịa gị na-akwụ ụgwọ akaụntụ na aha gị, ya mere anyị anaghị etinye ego gị. Otú ọ dị · Ihe ọbụla nke ntọala

Ajụjụ ndị mmadụ jụrụ n'oge a

Do I need to register a company before I can sell anything?
It depends entirely on where you live and what you sell, and this is not legal advice. In many places you may trade under your own name while you find out whether the business is real, and form an entity once there is income or risk worth separating; in others a registration comes first. The reliable answer comes from your government small-business site or an accountant in your own jurisdiction, not from a guide written somewhere else.
How do I know whether my idea is worth pursuing?
Attach a price to it early. Asking people whether they would use something gets a yes from almost everyone; asking whether they would pay a specific amount on the first of the month gets an honest answer, and the objection that comes back is usually the most useful sentence of the whole exercise. Decide in advance what result counts as a yes, so a mediocre one cannot be read as encouraging.
What is the minimum a new business needs online?
Three things: a page that says what you do, who it is for, what it costs and how to start; an inbox at your own domain so replies land somewhere that looks like a business; and a way to take payment in your own name. Four honest pages beat a beautiful site with the price hidden behind a call.
Where do the first customers actually come from?
From people you can name, not from an audience. Write a list of individuals who have the problem, message them one at a time about their situation rather than about your launch, and ask the ones who say no what they are doing instead. Pick a single route to customers and give it a fair test before adding a second one.
Can First Employee handle the legal and tax side for me?
No, and it will not pretend to. It builds and runs the online side of the business — the site, the pages, the research, the work that repeats every week. Choosing a structure, filing anything, and knowing what you owe are for a professional in your own country, and no receipt we write is a substitute for that.
What does it cost, and do you take a percentage of what I earn?
Building the company and keeping the site online are free. Nightly shifts come with a plan. On the self-managed plan we take 0% of your revenue and 0% of your ad spend; on the managed plan, where we run the business side for you, we take 15% of what the company earns. Either way your customers pay an account in your own name, so we never hold your money.

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