A Successful Business Requires One Simple Thing: Passion

- Teresa Collins

We all want to earn money and setting up a business is one of the best ways to do so. To start a business, you need to choose the goods or services you want to get involved in. It would be best to plan how to start, manage and execute your business. This blog will help you know how to start and manage your business, and how to register a company.

1. Here are a few tips to start and manage your business:

2. Assess the Market Accurately

To start a business, you need to assess the market accurately. By assessing the market, you would get an idea regarding what your audience wants and accordingly sell your products or services. While evaluating your market, you need to keep the following things in mind:

• Know the age, occupation, income, location and other target audience details
• How eagerly do people want or need the product you are selling?
• Evaluate the highest price people were willing to pay for your product
• How are your competitor companies performing?
• Know the needs of the market

3. Formulate a Business Plan

A good business plan always helps us grow our business. By forming a business plan, you get to decide how your business would perform in the future. A well-executed business plan would help you determine how your business would run, function and grow. A business plan guides you through each stage of setting up and managing your business.

If you diligently follow your business plan, it would help you achieve your business goals, get funding and help gain new business partners.

4. Register Your Business Name

Registering a valid name is  an essential task for any business. While deciding on the  name of the business, you need to try and be as unique as possible. A company’s name tells a lot about your business and hence, must be kept with careful consideration. The company’s name should also be kept while considering your business structure.

5. Select a Business Structure

A business structure of a company tells about how a business operates. There are four main types of business structures:

1. Sole proprietorship – In a sole proprietorship, there is only one owner, and that person is solely responsible for making decisions regarding his company. In this type of ownership, he has ultimate personal liability.
2. Partnership – In this type of business structure, two or more people can own the business, and all the owners distribute the gains or losses of the company.
3. Corporation – When it comes to the corporation, there are three main types o corporation structures:

• C Corporation – In this type of corporation, one or more people are owners, but owners are not personally liable for any liability.
• S Corporation – In this type of corporation, not more than 100 shareholders are allowed. Under this corporation, you can only have one class of stock.
• B Corporation – One or more people can be a part of this type of corporation. In this, owners are not personally liable for any liability. Mission and profit both are the driving force of B corp.

4. Limited Liability Company (LLC) – LLC gives you the benefit of both corporation and partnership structure. In this type of business structure, your personal assets won’t be at risk, and it is a good choice for a business structure having a higher risk.

6. Acquire the Talent

To run an effective business, you need to acquire the necessary talents. These talents will help you to perform well in your industry. A few such skills are:

• Financial literacy – Financial literacy is an essential aspect of a business. It is very crucial to attain financial growth. Many organisations hire a financial adviser for a better understanding of finances.
• Effective marketing skills – No matter what kind of business you want to undertake, you need to do a lot of marketing. You must be a successful marketer to gain clients or customers and keep your business growing. Convincing someone that they need your products or services is a particular skill.
• Understanding of economy – For an effective business, you need to understand how an economy works. With this knowledge, you can have an idea regarding future profits or losses. Also, you can invest better to achieve success.
• Negotiation skills – You should learn to negotiate well. If you have negotiation skills, you  reduce your business’s expenditure. Also, there are vast chances of having more gains than an investment through an effective negotiation technique.
• Leadership – This unique quality will help you to lead your business. You can run your business as per your vision, and your shareholders will also show confidence in you if you have leadership qualities.

7. How to setup and manage your business

By following the above tips, you can set up and manage your business. But for the smooth running of a business, you should always register your company. To register your company, follow the following steps:

• Step 1 – Get your Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)
• Step 2 – Get Digital Identification Certificate (DIC)
• Step 3 – Create your account on the MCA portal
• Step 4 – Now, apply for your company to get registered

8. Frequently asked questions on Setup and manage your business

• How to register a company?

Ans. To register a company, follow the following steps:

Step 1 – Get your Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)

Step 2 – Get Digital Identification Certificate (DIC)

Step 3 – Create your account on the MCA portal

Step 4 – Now, apply for your company to get registered

• What are different types of business?

Ans. The various types of business are:

1. Sole proprietorship
2. Partnership
3. Corporation
4. Limited Liability Company (LLC)

• Does Bikayi help small businesses grow?

Ans. Yes, Bikayi is an e-commerce enabler that provides an online platform for various businesses to grow.