How to write a business proposal for selling a at home business?
Q. I have my own wedding and event planning business and I am interested in selling in it. I really want to know the format of a business proposal for selling a business and I would really like to see an example of a business proposal for selling a business (comes with existing advertising and a website). I want a sample so that I can get an idea. Please do not tell me tips. I really would like to see a sample of a proposal for selling a business.
Asked by Austinite - Fri Dec 5 12:54:51 2008 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments

A. You can't post a Proposal for Sale of Business here. It is a comprehensive document similar to a business plan with dozens to hundreds of pages. Contact a broker like VR Business Brokers and see if you can get help. Yours is a unique business driven by personal contacts and is not easily sold.
Answered by GETaLIFE - Fri Dec 5 23:52:56 2008

What does a business analyst do? What course do you take to become a business analyst?
Q. I came across a chart showing the avarage salaries of business analysts in IT/Computer software/Computer hardware. I do not know what a business analyst does exactly. What course should I take in college to become a business analyst. Currently I'm planing on getting a degree in Business with IT in college, will that enable me to become a business analyst?
Asked by Wayne R. - Thu May 17 12:45:28 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yes, the courses you speak of will help you to become a Business Analyst. A BA can be on the client side or the IT side. If on the client side, they are interfacing with work group domains that process the work and review what they need. They generate requirements and then work with the IT side to update or generate processes and applications to fullfil the business needs. If you're a BA on the IT side of the house, then you're taking all the requirements and developing processes and application solutions. Your job is to work with the client to generate a business solutions document (there are many names for it) and get signoff. Then, you need to make sure that solution becomes reality by working with systems analysts, programmers,… [cont.]
Answered by Zeltar - Thu May 17 14:02:04 2007

What business field should i study for to become an entrepreneur?
Q. i start college in the fall and im pretty sure i wanna study business. i want to open businesses, buy apartment buildings, etc. But the term business is too vague. What is the subfield that teaches you how to open/maintain your businesses?
Asked by cooolioooo - Tue Jul 28 17:42:41 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. business school is the right field to study, if you choose your college carefully, some have an entrepreneurship track/program
Answered by ljosien - Tue Jul 28 18:20:12 2009

How important does the business plan to lenders?
Q. I want to get $20,000 business loan to extend my small business. I have never taken serious to write a business plan for my business, and I don't like play the words or numbers, but my business do have some profit. Would I get a loan if I have no a qualified business plan? Please help.
Asked by cccxh1 - Mon Mar 17 04:43:26 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Business plans are VERY important. You definitely have to put a lot of thought and time in constructing one. Put yourself in the lender's situation - if some random guy came up to you with no clear plan, why on earth would you give him $20k? If you are sure that you'll make a or are already making a profit, spell it out for them. Show them how you've flourished and how you expect to grow in the future with this money. Obviously you don't have to know every specific detail going into the distant future, since no one can predict what will happen with your business, but at least develop likely scenarios so you'll be prepared for anything. Good luck!
Answered by kelly o - Mon Mar 17 04:49:09 2008

What kind of business should i start up?
Q. I am thinking of starting up a business... I have a job but i am wanting to start something of my own so i ask: What kind of business should i start up? What sites could help me in starting up a business. What classes in college should i take in starting up my own business? How do i start a new business without spending too much of my own money? Where do i start? - Thank you so much: answer all questions and get the best answer.
Asked by John - Thu Jun 3 09:09:57 2010 - - 4 Answers - 1 Comments

A. Congratulations on your decision to start up a new small business! First and foremost, I'd say to pick a business you are interested in so that you will enjoy your time building and running it. No specific classes are required (although a knowledge of accounting, marketing, and the internet would help). Depending upon the type of business you chose to start up, there are small business grants available, and of course financial institutions, and even friends and family. Regarding your question on hepful start-up sites, I've placed a link to the Microsoft Small Business Center. Under the learning tab, there is some great information on how to start-up a new business, approaching clients, writing a business plan, obtaining a website and… [cont.]
Answered by unknown - Thu Jun 3 14:24:24 2010

Do you think a business acquaintance service can be a profitable industry?
Q. Everyone has some business acquiantance that can help others to do successful business. How to let all of them know each other. Business acquitantance service may do it. Big business service ? Profitbale business service ? Let me know. Great thanks.
Asked by energyquotenet - Mon Aug 14 04:06:43 2006 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Networking. In your instance, pooling together all business acquaintances for mutual exchange of ideas and support. Sounds great, go for it. Good luck and success, my friend.
Answered by TK - Mon Aug 14 04:10:45 2006

What business class is good for wanting to own a salon?
Q. I want to do a business class so I can own a salon. So what type of business class should I take? I was thinking business administration.
Asked by J SEXXY - Wed Jul 8 09:49:23 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Business administration is good. Accounting/Finance is always a useful skill for any business. Marketing if you want to develop a good marketing plan.
Answered by Lauren F - Wed Jul 8 09:54:54 2009

Is a Business Statistics course the same as a Regular Statistics course?
Q. Hi. Is a business statistics course considered equivalent as a regular statistics course in college? In other words, if a student wants to earn a bachelor's degree in business and the school that he is enrolled in requires him to take a business statistics course, would he meet that requirement if he took a regular math statistics course and not a business statistics course? Have a nice day.
Asked by recalcitrant99 - Thu Nov 20 22:46:34 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Depending on the course, statistics (as offered by the math or statistics department) will be purely procedural. They will go into great detail about WHY you perform a procedure a certain way and, generally, will discuss theorums and formulas in detail, sometimes even proving them. There will be little or no practical application and no discussion of experimental methodolgy. On the other hand, in a business stats course the time not wasted on in-depth detail about statistical procedures will be spent on methodology and application. Although it will greatly depend on your college and department, some departments will waive a requirement if you have fulfilled a similar one. Usually, they will only make this exception with transferred… [cont.]
Answered by Henry B. - Fri Nov 21 16:16:28 2008

What type of business should I mark my business to operate as?
Q. I'm almost done with my business plan. I'm stuck on something. I don't know sould I operate my business as a Corporation or Sole Prietorship if I'm planning to run a photography and graphic designing business with employees I'm planning to hire which will include a secretary, assistant, graphic designer and a beautican. Please help I'm planning to open and start at the beginning to 2010.
Asked by L Ant - Tue Dec 15 16:58:26 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. First off, let me congratulate on your business venture. I'm so excited for you because of the strong passion I have for business and hopefully you will gain one to. I wish you the best of luck and I hope to quickly here from you about the success you are having with your company. From personal experience this will be a task you won't regret, but at the same time please understand that it will be challenging. Now to answer your question on if you should operate a business as a corporation or sole prietorship, you first need to understand the difference between a corporation and a sole prietorship. If you chose to go the sole prietorship option, than a question u need to be prepared to answer is are you willing to put up personal assets… [cont.]
Answered by glenn w - Tue Dec 15 21:01:03 2009

What is a business that can not be enhanced by the internet called?
Q. I am doing a research paper in which I am going to discuss E-commerce and internet businesses versus anti-internet businesses only that is not a real word. So please DON'T give me an obvious and idiotic answer like "business." I am looking for businesses that do/can not use the internet to greatly benefit themselves. thank you!! thank you, after doing some work i remembered brick-AND-Mortar businesses.
Asked by Bleach - Tue Feb 24 20:43:10 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You may need to separate "Internet" and "E-Commerce" into distinctly different roles. Every business on the planet would benefit from an "Internet" presence, because of the potential mass exposure. The internet allows a business a space to educate its ideal consumer about the companies product and service. The whole point of being in business is to make and keep customers...so being exposed to as many potential customers as possible, is a massive advantage upgrade. E-Commerce...I think this is where you are trying to identify a company which would not benefit from "Purchase" transactions over the internet...and again...as I sit here I am having difficulty thinking how this would not benefit any company. If something comes to mind I will… [cont.]
Answered by Doran P - Tue Feb 24 20:57:17 2009

How would you promote a neighborhood business?
Q. I'm trying to create a personal business and I have business cards and have made flyers for my business. It is pet sitting and many other things. Someone else beat me to the pet sitting, but I still want to practice my other businesses. I have made prices and have references, but nobody is calling. I haven't put up the flyers yet, because I don't know where to put them! I also have a babysitting business too. What kind of other promoting should I do, and any other ideas for different businesses? I don't want to do any online surveys.
Asked by Lauryn - Wed Jun 2 13:12:10 2010 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Hey Lauryn, for starters, you can send out a "Grand Opening" email to all your contacts so they're aware of your business and start getting your flyers and any other marketing materials distributed throughout your local community. Below is a list of places to get you started. The key is to be consistent in getting as much information out there as you can so make sure you have your marketing materials with you whereever you go leaving a "paper trail" behind. Once you start building up a clientele, you'll be able to work on referrals as well. You'll eventually want to expand on this but you first want to start with the basics. HTH
Answered by Laura - Wed Jun 2 13:30:10 2010

What kind of business should I start in Bangladesh?
Q. I have US $ 1000. I would like to invest it in my country (Bangladesh). I want to invest in a production business or any other suitable business. I am ready to do this with partnership also. Is this money enough to start any business ? if yes then what kind of business. Pls help me.
Asked by Sajjad B - Mon Aug 20 01:29:03 2007 - - 2 Answers - 6 Comments

A. open up a internet cafe... good luck!
Answered by John Loves Jenn - Mon Aug 20 01:34:34 2007

Does my small business need to file a tax return?
Q. I am a small business owner and have been developing my company for the past year. Because I left my previous job to start this business I do not have a current income and because my company only recently officially "opened for business" we do not have a profit line. Do I need to file? What about the business expenses that I incur?
Asked by greg b - Mon Mar 5 18:09:43 2007 - - 4 Answers - 2 Comments

A. Definitely keep track of your expenses. Most start-up expenses should be capitalized until operations begin. This means that you cannot deduct certain expenses until the date the business started, even if you paid them last year. Some expenses should be amortized over a period of time. Business start-up costs are the expenses you incur before you actually begin business operations. Your business start-up costs will depend on the type of business you are starting. They may include costs for advertising, travel, surveys, and training. These costs are generally capital expenses. You usually recover costs for a particular asset (such as machinery or office equipment) through depreciation (discussed next). You can elect to deduct up to… [cont.]
Answered by tma - Tue Mar 6 02:55:56 2007

I work for a 501C business,which is closing and liquidating. Can I start my own separate taxable business?
Q. I have worked for the 501C business for 10 yrs total, 3 in this specific business area. They no longer wish to carry this branch of their association. When they close, I will be fired. Can I start up my own for profit business, with the same business description?
Asked by izzy - Fri Sep 29 12:12:56 2006 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You may have some problems if you use similar names or other things that may be the intellectual or business property of the 501C (3). You should get a written agreement with the Association approving your enterprise. If you plan on using the same facilities as the non-profit there could be some zoning issues that would require a new approval by the local planning department. After that you may organize in the same manner as any business.
Answered by unknown - Fri Sep 29 12:41:32 2006

Is it possible to build business credit with a small home-based business?
Q. I have a small e-business, and I would like to know if it's possible to build a significantly high level business credit score? Also, can you build a business using business credit?
Asked by mrcharlie69 - Mon May 5 13:28:28 2008 - - 5 Answers - 2 Comments

A. You can absolutely business business credit with a home-based business. www.thexbanker.com is a good source. I don't understand your second question. Can you clarify?
Answered by Beancounter - Mon May 5 13:34:02 2008

Can I operate a business outside the country with a sole proprietorship type of business?
Q. I'd like to operate a Business and Trade Organization outside the US. If I have a sole-proprietorship type of business, can I do that? If I decide to form an alliance with another business outside the country, would I have to change into a Corporation?
Asked by JM - Fri Feb 27 13:39:49 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You can absolutely operate as a Sole Proprietor and still have have alliance with another company. Whether you have strategic partnership or contractual partnership, you should be able to show revenue on your tax form as a sole proprietor. The taxes are very complicated, depending on which company you are operating in because I know someone who has a similar business model. There are accountants that specialize in this area and you can consult them. Also feel free to sign up on where you can find and network with small businesses globally. Feel free to link with my company (Paul Graphics).
Answered by jamie.jordan80 - Fri Feb 27 18:23:15 2009

Over 60% of small businesses fail due to a lack of planning and execution of a business plan.?
Q. Over 60% of small businesses fail due to a lack of planning and execution of a business plan. When businesses are so small it is rare to have an HR manager, because of that training and follow-up is non-existent. Who would be accountable and how could management implement a training routine to make it beneficial and cost effective?
Asked by babydollof4kids - Sat Sep 29 11:11:36 2007 - - 3 Answers - 3 Comments

A. If you're only really asking about training, then it would depend on the size of the business. If there's only about 1 - 10 people, then it would usually be the duty of the owner to train new staff, as he or she would be the person with the most interest in ensuring that everyone knows what they are doing. If you go into 10 - 30 or so staff, you'd probably have an operational or production manager who should take care of training. Most businesses don't fail because of inadequate training though. As you pointed out, it's more about lack of planning. I ran my own small businesses for a few years, and I made sure to only hire people that didn't need any training! Is your concern that businesses fail because of no proper training programs?
Answered by Jger - Sat Sep 29 11:32:40 2007

What steps should a business take to claim legal ownership of work completed by contractors on it's behalf?
Q. If a small business hires either independent contractors or another business to perform work for them, what steps should that business take to make sure that the completed product is legally owned by the business and not the entities or individual employed to create that product? Pointing me to resources on this topic would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Asked by rlc_60504 - Sun Jan 10 11:13:07 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You definitely need an intellectual property agreement before the work commences. My understanding is that, in the absence of this, the contractor would own the rights to the work regardless of your payment for the work. Whether or not that is true, it makes sense to have one to remove all doubt. Search using terms like "contract programmer intellectual property agreement" (even if the work/product you are talking about is not computer code, because this industry uses them a lot).
Answered by OldJimmy - Sun Jan 10 11:32:09 2010

What's a good business that I can do working from home? Any ideas on starting a business?
Q. My husband is stuck in a terrible job (like half the country!) and he's always wanted to own his own business, but he's not sure of what he wants to do... I was wondering if anyone has ever had their own business, and if so, what do you do? Also, has anyone been successful w/ a business from home? Thanks!
Asked by lucy lu and baby Chloe! - Sat Sep 27 14:36:13 2008 - - 8 Answers - 1 Comments

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Answered by coco16141 - Sat Sep 27 18:06:52 2008

Ending a home based business - what are the tax implications?
Q. I've been writing off my home based business for the last few years. If I stop using that portion of my home solely for my business, how do I indicate that on my taxes? Additionally, does anyone know of any resources that indicate what the implications are of stopping a home based business write-off? I see lots of information on how/what to write-off for a home based business, but can't seem to find anything on what to do when that ends.
Asked by Eric M - Fri Mar 21 00:33:34 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You don't show on your tax that you ended the business, but keep track of the depreciation allowed or allowable while you were claiming the home office deduction - you'll need that number when you sell the house.
Answered by Judy - Fri Mar 21 00:45:27 2008