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by Anthony, Ant

Fear ofmaking a loss

There is an element of risk in business. So play it safe at first. Go forsmall gains and in case you suffer losses these will be small. Anotheradvantage of starting small is that there is less pressure on you and you startlearning the tricks of the trade.

Start Part Time

Work at your job part time and atyour home business. People especially your boss should know about yourbusiness. If it is a business that competes with your employer's than wellummmm.

Raising Funds

Raising funds is a difficult matter even if you have savings, it may be agood idea to garner outside funds. Then if you have to expand, you can do sorapidly, injecting in your own funds.

Live Like a Church Mouse

A penny saved is a penny earned. You have to take the family intoconfidence. You were the one who hogged the newspaper. Can you do without anewspaper? People have done it. When yougo shopping for food items look at the bargains. Make a list of costs fromenergy including gasoline to bread and look hard.

Wheedle a Small Advance Payment

People have promised you business, get advance payment of $100 on a orderthat is for $5000. It ties the company to you and when you do ask for it, mostcompanies would think it mean to deny you such a paltry sum. It will do wondersfor your confidence.

Credit Card Squeeze

A lot of people including the credit card companies will tell you that itoffers you one of the best deals. Be very careful. There is a lot of riskinvolved, it may be good for short term fund shortages.

Don't Bank on Business Plans

Avoid taking loans against the house. Try business funded loans instead. People willcome bounding up to you telling you that a good business plan is what will dothe trick. The principle of bank fundsto a home business is they look at your past record usually in terms of thecash flow and not projections, size you as a person and only need a very roughbusiness plan more in terms of what the hell are you doing. (They ask you for apolished plan as a formality.)

Grab a Sleeping Partner

Once you start the home business you can look around for someone who willcome in as a fund provider and a profit sharer. You can even advertise. Ifthere is someone who trusts you this can be done right at the outset.

Involve your family

Your immediate family should be involved. Sometimes they can help in tasks.Further when you decide not to order out but eat sandwiches and salad they willbe more understanding. The stress begins before you start and then tapers offafter you start. It again restarts once thing get rough, so immediate family isyour cushion. Even a 6 year old can be explained things in a simple way.

The other point is taking a loan from extended family or friends. Avoid itif you can unless they see it as a business proposition. In that case work out a profit sharing model not a interest based one.

Prepare for Failure

When Hershey was 19 he started a confectionery business. Six years later itcollapsed. He became an apprentice at a chocolate factory and the rest ishistory. American business history is replete with examples of people who havefailed tried again and then succeeded. Probably the greatest example of thisnever say die spirit is Abraham Lincoln. So learn from your failures, successawaits you.

Finally the most important dictum for home businesses is start small thinkbig.

If you think that starting an online business is difficult, you are wrong! In fact it is quite easy to start an online business if you already know your priorities and what products you will be selling. Once you decide on the product you will be selling online, all you need is just to create a website (or hire somebody to do it). Your website should list the products you will be selling. Also, the name of your website and the domain name you choose for your website should reflect your business and your products.

After this, you need to inquire in your local state about the guidelines necessary to run the type of business you have chosen. Many states require that the business owners register with them in order to run their business. If that is so then you will need to get the necessary forms to request the license.

If the income from your business is taxable in your country, then you will need to pay taxes as well.

Now that your paperwork is completed, it is important to setup your communication systems -so that your customers can contact you. It is advisable to setup an email account and also get yourself a fax machine. It is also essential to keep a separate phone line which will be available only to your customers. The more contact options you give your customers, the better.

It is also a good idea to buy the latest hardware and softwares for your business. If you have your own fax machine, scanner and printer, it would save you a lot of money in hardware costs. It is also essential to get the latest softwares on word processing and accounting.

When your business grows, it is also useful to outsource a part of your business: say, you can outsource the tasks of email reading, letter sorting, accounting, article writing, etc. Outsourcing will save you a lot of time and will help you concentrate on the marketing side of the business.

A mistake that a lot of people seem to make is that they search for 'cheap' outsourcing options. I would recommend you don't do it: while outsourcing is generally cheap, it is very much important that you are prepared to pay no less than a minimum market rate to your outsourcers. Because at the end of the day, the old saying: 'you get what you pay for',is really true. Even if you manage the outsourced task to be done cheaply, the work done by them will be also be of poor quality. Since the work done is of poor quality, you have to waste a lot of time in modifying the work which means a huge loss to you and your business. So my suggestion is that you hire an outsourcer who has a track record of delivering as promised, even if he happens to charge a considerable amount.

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