You’re bound to make some business mistakes during the process of starting and running your business. But making the business mistakes on this list could spell disaster.
Lucky for you, not only are these mistakes easily avoidable, they can be remedied with the correct action.
So, let’s jump into a few business mistakes to avoid if you want to succeed.
This is #1 on our list because it’s the most important step in starting a business and one of the most common business mistakes. Forming an LLC/Corporation is important for a number of reasons:
Most small businesses tend to be financed initially by personal savings or assets of the owner. But this puts you at serious risk of damaging your personal credit score. What you need to do instead, is build business credit.
Business credit is a track record of a business’s fiscal responsibility which companies, investors, or financial organizations use to determine whether that business is a suitable candidate for loans or a business partnership.
Here are more perks to building business credit:
Setting up a separate bank account for your company makes it easier to for you do business manage a cash balance, deduct business expenses for taxes, conduct proper accounting, and execute employee payroll. It also provides better protection if legal action is taken against your company.
Additionally, business bank accounts create historical relevance through the relationship established with the bank, and can create unrestricted access to long-term funding options, business credit cards, and other financial solutions.
Without a well-defined target market, your business with struggle to compete in a competitive battleground. It’s not enough to simply ask friends and family if your business idea is good. You need a broader, more diverse audience to chime in to see which demographic is most interested in what you’re selling. This way you can tailor marketing materials to speak to those people.
The best way to do this is with a business plan. When you create a business plan, you force yourself to do market research. Even better, your business plan can later be used to get funding.
This shouldn’t have to be on our list today, but even in the digital age we’re living in, there are still entrepreneurs operating without a website. And by website I don’t mean a flimsy Facebook page. You need your own domain name, you own branding and your own unique messaging to succeed.
And you don’t even have to hire an expensive web designer right away. With platforms like Wix, Weebly and Squarespace you can build your own customer website in just a few hours for as little as $15/month.
Instead of rushing to start your business, put in the legwork up front. This will make you more successful and more secure in the long run.
Don’t make the mistakes so many business owners make. Start your business the right and succeed.
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