Opening a Business
Starting a Business & Professional Clubs Business
These tips are written for those of you who want to open a business and professional club. This is a must-read before you open up shop.
Thinking about opening a business and professional club? We tell you what you need to know to get started.
Successful Business Plans for Business & Professional Clubs
How good is your business and professional club's business plan? If you aren't completely confident in the quality of your business plan, it could be because you haven't invested enough time and effort in its creation.
At the end of the day, your business and professional club can't afford to skate by with an inferior business plan. Even though it takes time to write a high quality plan, there are a lot of arguments why your company can't succeed without an effective business plan.
Before you do anything else, perform a reality check on your startup business plan � and if it's lacking, drop everything and head back to the drawing board.
Evaluate the Competition
Long before you open a business and professional club within your community, it's a good idea to find out how you will fit in the competitive landscape. We've provided the link below to help you generate a list of competitors near you. Just enter your city, state and zip code to get a list of business and professional clubs in your community.
It's important to be aware of what the competition is doing. Take the time to visit the competition to properly assess their strengths and weaknesses.
A Good Source of Advice
After you've evaluated your local competitors, it's a wise move to talk to somebody who is already in the business. Local competitors are not going to give you the time of day, mind you. The last thing they want to do is help you to be a better competitor.
On the other hand, an individual who has a business and professional club in a location that is not competitive to you may be willing to share their entrepreneurial wisdom with you, as long as they don't view you as a competitive threat. Indeed, many experienced entrepreneurs enjoy offering advice to startup entrepreneurs. In my experience, you may have to call ten business owners in order to find one who is willing to share his wisdom with you.
Where can an aspiring entrepreneur like you find an entrepreneur who is running a business and professional club in a different locale who can assist you?
Simply, try our helpful link below, type in a random city/state or zipcode, and start calling.
Business Brokerage for Business & Professional Club Entrepreneurs
Business owners are decision makers. And the first decision you'll need to make is between a business and professional club startup and an acquisition. Unless you have specific business objectives that require a startup approach, you're probably better off trying to buy an established business and professional club.
Although you could navigate a business acquisition on your own, most prospective business and professional club owners enlist the services of a business broker.
By leveraging the skills, expertise and network of a first-rate business broker, you eliminate the hassles commonly associated with the business buying experience.
Don't Rule Out Franchising
If you don't have much business experience, you should evaluate becoming a franchisee.
As part of your process in starting a business and professional club, you ought to check out whether purchasing a franchise might be worth investigating.
The link below gives you access to our franchise directory so you can see if there's a franchise opportunity for you. You might even find something that points you in a completely different direction.
Entrepreneur Interviews
These interviews should be of interest to you.
- Interview with Kathleen Hawkins, Founder and President, WOAMTEC
- Interview with Krista Dunk, Founder of Koinonia Business Women
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