Mississippi Business Startup Guides
Starting a Business in Booneville, Mississippi
Thinking about starting a business in Booneville, Mississippi? This step-by-step guide walks you through the major decisions you should consider before opening a new business in Booneville.
Do You Have What It Takes?
Before you get too far along in the process, take inventory of your entrepreneurial instincts and capabilities.
Before you move forward with starting a business, be sure to do these three things:
- Talk to other entrepreneurs in Booneville. Get their candid feedback on what it takes to start a successful business.
- We recommend reading Why Small Businesses Fail. For aspiring new entrepreneurs, it's a must read article.
- Get feedback from somebody whom you trust. A support network of family and friends can be a great sounding board for good advice before you decide for sure to go into business.
Booneville, Mississippi Demographic Information
Booneville has an active business community that includes small businesses, mid-sized businesses and large businesses.
To give you a better feel for Booneville demographics for small businesses, we have tabulated the small business sizes, based on number of employees, for business in Booneville.
Businesses
As a new Booneville entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Booneville for each business category. By looking at this chart, you can get a general sense for how much competition there is in the business niche that you are pursuing.
Businesses
Choosing a Company Name
A big decision when starting a company is choosing a company name. Believe it or not, choosing a good company name can be a big contributor to your business success.
Pick a company name that isn't too generic. If you do a search engine search for your proposed name and a billion results come up, you may want to reconsider the name. It's much easier to come up in the search engines when your name is fairly unique.
For other considerations regarding naming a company, we recommend this article: Branding Advice.
As a final piece of advice, remember that because you are opening a business in Booneville, it's very important that you make sure no other Mississippi company is using the business name you want to use.
The Role of the Business Plan
Creating a business plan is essential to the health of your new business. Indeed, your business plan is your game plan for how you hope to grow your business. Not having a business plan
Before you start writing a business plan, we suggest you skim Business Presentations. You can also get free counseling sessions provided by your local SCORE chapter in Mississippi.
Raising Capital for Your Venture
Getting your Booneville business the capital it needs to succeed is very difficult due to the ongoing business credit crunch. Bootstrapping, which means growing the business without outside funding, is the best alternative, but that's not a viable option for many startup plans.
Fortunately, this site contains dozens of articles on raising money, including one we recommend entitled 504 Loans.
For Booneville entrepreneurs who need startup capital, check out our List of Mississippi Angel Investors and our List of Mississippi Venture Capital Firms.
Bring in Revenues
Being able to sell is critical to your business success. Whether you are focused on selling local customers in Booneville or are selling to customers throughout Mississippi, the United States or even the world, you have to be able to sell.
Good selling involves demonstrating that your wares meet your customer's needs. Fortunately, we've got plenty of good advice to help you improve your selling skills.
Selling Stuff on the Web offers some helpful tips on how to sell. It's one of several good articles on our site regarding Entrepreneurial Selling.
Now It's Up To You
You have a dream -- starting a business in Booneville. To achieve your dream, you have to persevere, even when the odds are against you.
From this point on, you control your own destiny.
Our goal here is to promote the vitality and growth of small businesses in Booneville and throughout the United States . We have a wealth of experience in business start-ups, financing, marketing, sales and more...and we've made all of our knowledge available to you.
More Entrepreneurial Resources for Starting a Business in Booneville, Mississippi
Here are more links that we believe will help you be successful in starting a business in Booneville.
- Resources for Booneville, Mississippi Entrepreneurs - Browse a variety of resources we've collected to assist Booneville entrepreneurs.
- Mississippi Entrepreneurial Resources - We've gathered state-level entrepreneurial resources to help new entrepreneurs who are based in Mississippi.
- Mississippi Small Business Development Center - The Mississippi Small Business Development Centers (MSBDC) is dedicated to helping build and grow businesses in Mississippi. For new entrepreneurs, this is an excellent resource.
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