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Starting a Business in Sutton, Nebraska

Thinking about starting a business in Sutton, Nebraska? This step-by-step guide walks you through the major decisions you should consider before opening a new business in Sutton.

Do You Have What It Takes?

Before you get too far along in the process, consider your entrepreneurial instincts and capabilities.

Here are three things we recommend you do before you fully commit to starting a new business of your own.

  • Speak with other entrepreneurs in Sutton. Get their candid feedback on what it takes to start a successful business.
  • You should read Starting a Company. It's a good read for those who are thinking about becoming an entrepreneur.
  • Talk it over with a close friend or partner. 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.

Sutton, Nebraska Demographic Information

Sutton has an active business community that includes small businesses, mid-sized businesses and large businesses.

To give you a better feel for Sutton demographics for small businesses, we have tabulated the small business sizes, based on number of employees, for business in Sutton.

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
234
5-9 Employees
66
10-19 Employees
54
20-49 Employees
42
50-99 Employees
12
100-249 Employees
0
250-499 Employees
0
500-999 Employees
0
1000+ Employees
0
All Sutton Businesses
408

As a new Sutton entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Sutton 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.

Business Type
# of
Businesses
Beauty Salons
1
Cheese Manufacturing
1
Child Day Care Services
1
Civic and Social Organizations
1
Commercial Lithographic Printing
1
Commodity Contracts Dealing
1
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
1
Elementary and Secondary Schools
1
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
1
Floor Covering Stores
1
Florists
1
Full-Service Restaurants
1
General Automotive Repair
2
General Freight Trucking, Local
2
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
6
Limited-Service Restaurants
1
Masonry Contractors
1
Natural Gas Distribution
1
New Car Dealers
1
Newspaper Publishers
1
Nursing Care Facilities
1
Offices of Dentists
1
Offices of Lawyers
2
Prepress Services
1
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
1
Tire Dealers
1
Truss Manufacturing
1
Veterinary Services
2
Wood Preservation
1

Have You Considered Buying an Existing Sutton Business?

We've created a useful website page for those who want to Buy a Business in Nebraska. Follow that link and you might discover several good businesses for sale in Sutton.

Before buying a business, be sure to read this article: Buying a Business.

Getting Money to Start a Business

Getting your Sutton 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.

Take advantage of our many articles on raising capital, such as 504 Loans.

For Sutton entrepreneurs with great ambition but a shortage of investment capital, check out our List of Nebraska Angel Investors and our List of Nebraska Venture Capital Firms.

Promoting Your New Company

To rise above the crowd in Sutton and build your business, you need a solid marketing plan.

There are myriad resources on this site to help you with your marketing plan. Television Advertising Rates is a good read to get your marketing juices flowing. That's just one of the many useful articles we have on Marketing a Small Business.

Building Up Your Sales

Being able to sell is essential to your business success. Whether you are focused on selling local customers in Sutton or are selling to customers throughout Nebraska, the United States or even the world, you have to be able to sell.

Not knowing how to sell can result in lost customers and minimal market share. Fortunately, we've got plenty of good advice to help you improve your selling skills.

Selling Products on eBay is worth reading, as it may give you some good ideas on how to sell your products or services. We have many more good articles on selling that you may enjoy reading.

Now It's Up To You

You have a dream -- starting a business in Sutton. To achieve your dream, you have to persevere, even when the odds are against you.

From this point on, you control your own destiny.

This site is all about helping entrepreneurs in Sutton and elsewhere to achieve real success. We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in Sutton, neighborhood development and overall economic health.

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