are you good at paperwork, bookkeeping and details? how are you at sales? can you wait for your...
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• Are you good at paperwork, bookkeeping and details?
• How are you at sales?
• Can you wait for your money?
• What about the same old same old, week after week?
• Are you ready for the physical effort?
• Do you have a supportive family?
• Can you commit the time and capital?
Starting a Business
Before beginning a career as a direct marketers, ask yourself the following.
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Starting a Business
• 600,000 new businesses are started each year in the US.– 56% fail within 4 years1.
• What can you do to determine if your business idea will succeed or fail before you invest lots of money?
1. US Small Business Administration, FAQs
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Common reasons for early business failure
• Lack of planning and discipline
• Lack of capital
• Doing it all is difficult
• Inadequate attention to quality & customer
specs
• Inadequate attention to marketing
• Failure to adequately review risk
• Failure to use all resources available
Starting a Business
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• A business plan clearly identifies all aspects of a business venture including:
Organizational structure Description of business Goals Management experience Competitive review Regulatory constraints
and requirements Marketing plan including
– Overall strategy,
products, pricing, promotion and placement
Production/operation considerations – how the business will operate Inventory Quality control Raw materials Fixed assets
Financial information Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet Breakeven analysis
Starting a Business
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Starting a Business
• Seafood ventures that likely do not require a business plan– Switching processors
you sell to.– Changing your
operation to improve quality.
– Buying a new permit.– New boat and new
species?
• Seafood ventures that likely do require a business plan.– Moving into
processing/marketing.– New boat and new
species?– Buying expensive IFQ.
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Starting a Business
• Alaska’s Small Business Advisors
Alaska Small Business Development Center430 W. 7th Ave. Ste. Anchorage, AK 99501(907) 274.7232(800) 478.7232 Toll free outside
Anchorage(907) 274.9524 Fax5 locations and a rural outreach
coordinatorwww.aksbdc.org
Alaska Business Development Center, Inc.3335 Arctic Blvd. Suite 203Anchorage, Alaska 99503Phone (907) 562-0335Fax (907) 562-6988
www.abdc.org
Alaska Department of Commerce, Community & Economic DevelopmentOffice of Economic Development 550 West 7th Ave., Suite 1770Anchorage, AK 99501(907) 269-8104(907) 269-8125 (fax) www.commerce.state.ak.us/oed/
Alaska Regional Development OrganizationsThere are eleven (11) ARDORs throughout Alaska that work to stimulate economic development. Visit the following Department of Commerce site to learn more - http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/oed/ardor/ardor.htm/
There are several other local and Native organizations that provide direct one-on-one business counseling. Call a MAP agent for more contacts in your area.
UA/Center for Economic DevelopmentDiplomacy Building, 5th Floor 507G3211 Providence DriveAnchorage, AK 99508-8243Phone: (907) 786-5444Fax: (907) 786-5446
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