I would be a first time business owner, and wouldlike to open a women‘s Intimate Apparel store. How can I get started. Do I need a business loan, how would I go about renting space?
Go to score.org, enter your zip code and you will find your nearest SCORE chapter. Contact them for a free one on one meeting with a SCORE counselor and they will guide you through the process.
Since you’ve never been in business before, I would very much recommend that you talk to a business counselor before you do anything especially spend money. I’d call the local office of SCORE (go to http://www.score.org and input your zip code to find the chapter nearest you), the advice is FREE.
The counselor at SCORE will most likely advise you to write a business plan which is very good advice because it will force you to dig out all of the start up details and the costs of starting a women’s apparel business and force you to also understand all of the aspects of this business including the customers you’ll concentrate on (your market ) and how you’ll go after them.
You’ll need to register the business with your state controller’s office and make sure that you have any city and county licenses if any are needed where you live. All of this will come out in a business plan.
Go to score.org, enter your zip code and you will find your nearest SCORE chapter. Contact them for a free one on one meeting with a SCORE counselor and they will guide you through the process.
Since you’ve never been in business before, I would very much recommend that you talk to a business counselor before you do anything especially spend money. I’d call the local office of SCORE (go to http://www.score.org and input your zip code to find the chapter nearest you), the advice is FREE.
The counselor at SCORE will most likely advise you to write a business plan which is very good advice because it will force you to dig out all of the start up details and the costs of starting a women’s apparel business and force you to also understand all of the aspects of this business including the customers you’ll concentrate on (your market ) and how you’ll go after them.
You’ll need to register the business with your state controller’s office and make sure that you have any city and county licenses if any are needed where you live. All of this will come out in a business plan.
Try this link :
http://www.ychange.com/small-business-consulting-articles.html and read some of the articles especially the ones about a business plan and starting a business.
Good Luck