New Hampshire Business Startup Guides
Opening a Business in Durham, New Hampshire
Contemplating starting a business in Durham, New Hampshire? We walk you through the process of opening a business in Durham.
Durham, New Hampshire Demographic Information
Durham has an active business community that includes small businesses, mid-sized businesses and large businesses.
To give you a better feel for Durham demographics for small businesses, we have tabulated the small business sizes, based on number of employees, for business in Durham.
Businesses
As a new Durham entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Durham 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
Have You Considered Franchising?
Browse the Yellow Pages for Durham and you may be surprised to see how many franchises there are in the area. But is franchising the right option for you?
Our advice is to evaluate the possibility of your buying a franchise opportunity. On our site, you can read many articles about franchising, such as Staffing a Franchise. Become a franchising expert of sorts by reading more of our Articles on Franchising.
To learn about specific franchise opportunities, check out our Franchise Directory.
Representative franchise opportunities include The Steak Escape and Larry's Giant Subs. Alternatively, you can browse franchise categories, such as Bagel Franchises and Convenience Store Franchises.
Note on Durham Franchise Opportunities: To find out if a franchise you are interested in is available in Durham, you will need to get in direct contact with the franchisor.
Raising Money for Your New Venture
Getting your Durham business the capital it needs to succeed is a difficult chore. Bootstrapping, which means growing the business without outside funding, is the best alternative, but that's not a viable option for many startup plans.
The good news is this site contains dozens of articles on raising money, including one we recommend entitled How Much Venture Capital Is There?.
For Durham entrepreneurs who want to raise money for a new venture, check out our List of New Hampshire Angel Investors and our List of New Hampshire Venture Capital Firms.
Promoting Your New Company
To rise above the crowd in Durham and build your business, you'll need to have a good marketing plan.
We have some useful resources on this site for entrepreneurs who are working on marketing plans. How to Market to Accountants and CPAs discusses marketing strategy and tactical marketing in a way that should get you thinking about how to creatively promote your business. That's just a sampling of the many useful articles we have on Marketing a Small Business.
Bring in Revenues
Mastering the art of selling is essential if you want your new Durham business to do well.
Not knowing how to sell can result in lost customers and minimal market share. The good news is we can help you to make selling a big competitve advantage for your new firm.
Landing Big Customers offers some helpful tips on how to sell. It's one of several good articles on our site regarding Entrepreneurial Selling.
Advancing Your Entrepreneurial Skills
The best business owners recognize that they need to continually improve.
With your business being located in Durham, New Hampshire, you will want to take advantage of the many programs available at nearby New Hampshire universities, colleges and community colleges. It's also worthwhile to see if there are any Durham networking organizations.
Never Give Up
Most new Durham businesses underestimate the number of challenges they will face.
From this point on, you control your own destiny.
We are here to help Durham businesses to be successful. 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 Durham, New Hampshire
Here are more links that we believe will help you be successful in starting a business in Durham.
- Resources for Durham, New Hampshire Entrepreneurs - Browse a variety of resources we've collected to assist Durham entrepreneurs.
- New Hampshire Entrepreneurial Resources - We've gathered state-level entrepreneurial resources to help new entrepreneurs who are based in New Hampshire.
- New Hampshire Small Business Development Center - The New Hampshire Small Business Development Center offers free, one-on-one, confidential business counseling, low cost training programs, and other great services for New Hampshire entrepreneurs.
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