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Starting a Business in Miami Beach, Florida
Thinking about starting a business in Miami Beach, Florida? This step-by-step guide walks you through the major decisions you should consider before opening a new business in Miami Beach.
What Type of Business Should You Start?
There are many businesses that you can start. How do you know which type of business is right for you? You might get some good ideas about what kind of business to start by reading Business Ideas That Don't Make Sense.
For step-by-step instructions on starting a variety of business types, visit the Good Businesses to Start section of our site. For example, you might be interested in our Opening a Failure Analysis Testing Laboratory guide or our Starting a Trail Rides Business guide.
Always keep in mind that starting a business in Miami Beach has some implications. Some businesses will do better in Miami Beach than others. Make sure you fully understand Miami Beach demographics before you lock in on your business idea.
Miami Beach, Florida Demographic Information
Miami Beach has an active business community that includes small businesses, mid-sized businesses and large businesses.
To give you a better feel for Miami Beach demographics for small businesses, we have tabulated the small business sizes, based on number of employees, for business in Miami Beach.
Businesses
As a new Miami Beach entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Miami Beach 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
Don't Skip the Business Plan
A business plan is vital to the health of your new business. In effect, a business plan describes what you plan to do with the business and how you plan to do it. Starting a business without a business plan is a recipe for disaster.
To learn more about business plans, read Business Plan Contests. A great resource for business planning assistance is the free counseling sessions provided by your local SCORE chapter in Florida.
Raising Capital for Your Venture
Getting your Miami Beach business the capital it needs to succeed is very difficult due to the ongoing business credit crunch. To obtain business financing, you will need to hear a lot of rejections before you finally find a funding solution that works for you.
To learn about raising money, we recommend you read the fundraising articles on our site, such as Choosing VC Firms.
For Miami Beach entrepreneurs with great ambition but a shortage of investment capital, we have assembled a List of Florida Angel Investors and our List of Florida Venture Capital Firms.
Getting the Word Out About Your New Venture
Whether your goal is to attract Miami Beach customers or you plan on selling elsewhere, you need a excellent marketing plan.
There are myriad resources on this site to help you with your marketing plan. Avoiding Bad Product Launches 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.
The Art of Selling
Mastering the art of selling is essential if you want your new Miami Beach business to do well.
Good selling involves demonstrating that your wares meet your customer's needs. The good news is we can help you to make selling a big competitve advantage for your new firm.
Closing Sales Techniques offers some helpful tips on how to sell. It's one of several good articles on our site regarding Entrepreneurial Selling.
Next Steps
Most new Miami Beach businesses underestimate the number of challenges they will face.
If you choose the right business and love what you do, you will greatly increase your odds of success.
Our goal here is to promote the vitality and growth of small businesses in Miami Beach 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 Miami Beach, Florida
Here are more links that we believe will help you be successful in starting a business in Miami Beach.
- Resources for Miami Beach, Florida Entrepreneurs - Browse a variety of resources we've collected to assist Miami Beach entrepreneurs.
- Florida Entrepreneurial Resources - We've gathered state-level entrepreneurial resources to help new entrepreneurs who are based in Florida.
- Florida Small Business Development Center - The Florida Small Business Development Center Network (FSBDCN) is a statewide economic development partnership between higher education and other stakeholder organizations dedicated to providing entrepreneurs and established businesses with the assistance needed to start, grow and succeed, contributing to the Florida economy.
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