3-12-15 opening a mobile food business
TRANSCRIPT
• Introductions• BERC overview• Mobile Food Facility (MFF)
background• Prepare to Start Your Business
• Permits, Licenses and Taxes• Additional Resources• Questions• Survey• Closing
• My background• Attendee Introductions• BERC Overview• Mobile Food Facility (MFF)
Background
Preparing to Start your MFFDo you have a business plan?
• Simply stated a business plan conveys your business goals, strategies you’ll use to meet them, potential problems that may confront your business and ways to solve them
• Capital required to finance your venture and keep it going.
Business Plan Resources
• SCORE• Business Information Centers (BICs)• Women’s Center• Opening Doors
Financing Resources• Opening Doors – Micro loans up to $50,000• SedCorp – Micro loans $1,000 to $150,000• Small Business Administration (SBA)
Loan Readiness• Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs)• Business Information Centers (BICs)
Local Regulatory RequirementsPermits and Licenses
• Planning• Business License• Health• BERC assistance• Common Problems
State and Federal Agencies• Sellers permit • State and Federal taxes
Other Resources• Talk to business owners• Find associations –
Sactomofo.com• Books and Internet searches• Attend many free workshops
Please Complete Surveys
• BERC• Women’s Business Center
