Is Business Ownership For You?

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Is Business Ownership For You?

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t About Baanabaana Business Agency
r See our website – www.baanabaana.com
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d Why this training
u I wished I had this when I started out
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I love to share what I know
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Help entrepreneurs set a solid business foundation to build upon
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A business savvy customer is the best customer
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What to expect
Listen only mode * Interact via our blog * Feedback survey


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Training Overview
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i Topics
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Is Business Ownership For you?
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Writing Your Business Plan
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Business Organization
Registration, Licenses, Permits Insurance
O Business Finances & Financing
v Business Location
e Tools, Technology & Equipment
r Staffing
v Marketing & Opening
i Growing & Expanding
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e Is Business Ownership For you?
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k Personal Evaluation
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Business Vision
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Business Selection Recommendation
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o Choosing The Right Path For You
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Getting the skills
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What To Do / What Not To Do


P Characteristics Of An Entrepreneur
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r Creative Visionary * Independent Thinker
s Dreamer Planner Communicator * Gutsy Dedicated Motivator
o Self-Fulfilled Socially Conscious Seeker * Zen Focused Storyteller
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Gregarious Confident Innovator * Proactive Tech Savvy Leader
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l Honest Action-Orientated Salesperson * Pedantic Resourceful Risk-taker
Organized Money-wise Negotiator * Customer Centered Jack/Jill-of-all
E Expert Self-Promoter * Competitive Accessible Go-getter
v Fair Culturally Fluent Team Player * Hardworking Patient Collaborator
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Persistent Optimistic Realist * Analytical Empathic Listener
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u Compassionate Adaptable Professional * Conscientious Loyal Worker
a Responsible Inspiring Manager * Tenacious Problem-solver
t Open-minded Opportunist * Panoramic Strategist
i Passionate Learner
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Critical Traits
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Gutsy Risk-taker
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Courage, determination, nerve, intense desire/need to take the risk and leap
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a Expertise
l Working knowledge about the business industry you plan to be in before you start
at the very least. Good dose of common sense, willingness to learner, appropriate
E experience
v Patience
a Becoming successful takes time. You may have failures before you make it
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u Adaptable Opportunist
a There is a good chance that things may not go as you envisioned. Be ready to take
t advantage of opportunities. Nurture the ability to turn a failure into opportunity
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Why would you need to evaluate yourself?
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s Everything about owning a small business revolves around one thing and that is YOU
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Check for other readiness factors before you launch
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Other personal circumstances and of those close to you – health issues, family
support
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v Factors beyond your control still depends on YOU and how you react and how you
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u Business Vision
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What you visualize when you think about being in business
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n Some Questions to ask yourself
e Where do you want to work?
s How many hours per day do you want to work?
s What do you want to do daily?
When do you want to work?
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How do you want to dress for work?
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Solopreneur or working with others?
i What would you love/hate doing?
o Moonlighting* or full charge?
n How big do you want your business to be?
etc


B Why You Need A Business Vision
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To help you plan effectively
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e For Direction – every journey needs a road map
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For Destination – so you know when your dreams have comes true
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Exit Strategy
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B Create Your Vision & Write Your Sound Bite & Vision Statement
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i Write down your answers to the questions above
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Create a draft sound bite (elevator pitch), share and get feedback
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Re-write and repeat above step until perfect
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i Know your sound bite by heart and say it like you mean it
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i Pick a time frame
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n Create your vision statement based on sound bite


B Sample Sound Bite & Vision Statement
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s A sound bite may read like this:
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n Hello, my name is Sally. I am a chef, a food blogger and winner of the 2012 Healthy Chef
e competition in Johannesburg, South Africa. I graduated from one of the region’s top
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culinary schools and have been in the food and beverage industry for over eight years,
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working with internationally chefs.
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I plan to open a one-of-a-kind restaurant in Cape Town, called The Skinny Chef in the
s next 3 months, providing a combination of healthy eating with perfectly prepared and
i portioned food and outstanding service that creates an extraordinary healthy, gourmet
o dining experience.
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You can follow my blog at www.skinnychef.com or reach me at 45-555-1212


B Sample Sound Bite & Vision Statement
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s A Vision Statement based on the above might read like this:
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In the next three years, The Skinner Chef will be rated as a "five star" restaurant in the
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Manhattan area by consistently providing a combination of healthy eating with perfectly
s prepared and portioned food and outstanding service that creates an extraordinary
healthy, gourmet dining experience.
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u Selecting A Business - Recommendation
s "Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life. " - Confucius
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n Find a need to fill
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s Don’t rush, take your time
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Make sure you have enough capital
S Start simple and grow
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l Look for long term potential
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c Go for a business industry you know over one that is brand new to you
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i Specialize if possible
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i Choosing The Right Path For You
g Start from scratch
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Buy an existing Business
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u Buy a Franchise
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T Getting The Skills You Need
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Work for someone else in the same business
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i Take courses
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h Read books / online material
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Get a mentor
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D What To Do / What Not To Do
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Do Don’t
a rush into business ownership
evaluate your business readiness
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research industry, market and competitors neglect research and testing
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get the skills you need get caught in a conflict of interest
D test your market mortgage everything you own
o objectively compare all your options do something you don’t enjoy
n ensure you have enough capital spend, spend, spend
’ be patient be in business by yourself
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Next Week
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