questions to ask when you want to start a business?
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['Why do I want to start a business? ... ', 'Specifically what kind of business do I want to start?', 'Am I interested in selling products or services?', 'What are my key personal strengths--what am I better at than anyone else?']
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['Who are the founders, and what expertise do they have?', 'How is the business being funded? Who are the investors?', 'Does the product or service being sold have potential?', 'What is the longer-term plan of the business?', 'Are you ready to work in a startup?', 'Conclusion.']
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['What problem does your business solve? ... ', 'How does your business generate income? ... ', 'Which parts of your business are not profitable? ... ', 'Is your cash flow positive each month? ... ', 'What is your pricing strategy and why?']
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['Do You Have a License? ... ', 'Are You Insured? ... ', 'Can You Provide Me with a Bid? ... ', 'Where Do You Purchase Your Materials? ... ', 'How Long Have You Been in Business? ... ', 'What is Your Timeline? ... ', 'How Do You Protect My Home?']
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['How Much Does It Cost? ... ', 'What Service And Support Is Offered? ... ', 'What Online Tools Are Offered? ... ', 'How Much Proprietary Research And Analysis Is Offered? ... ', 'Do They offer Access To International Markets? ... ', 'Is The Firm Itself Risky? ... ', 'What Promotions Or Incentives Are They Offering To Lure Customers?']
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['What business objectives does the marketing strategy need to support? ... ', 'What metrics determine success or failure? ... ', 'How much should I spend? ... ', 'What marketing strategies and tactics have been used in the past? ... ', 'What does your competitive landscape look like? ... ', 'What positioning and messaging will work for your audience?']
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["What Do and Don't You Need? ... ", 'What Problems Are You Facing? ... ', 'Who Are the Decision-Makers, and What is the Approval Process? ... ', 'What Are Your Expectations? ... ', 'What is Your Budget, and When Do You Want to Start? ... ', 'What Would You View as a Success? ... ', "What's the Next Step and by When? ... ", 'Is There a Need, and Is it a Match?']
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[' ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A JOB AND SOME EXPERIENCE, OR IS YOUR GOAL TO JOIN A PRACTICE WHERE YOU CAN EVENTUALLY BECOME AN OWNER? ... ', " WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU: LOCATION, OR THE QUALITY OF THE OPPORTUNITY?"]
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['How often do you use the product or service?', 'Does the product help you achieve your goals?', 'What is your favorite tool or portion of the product or service?', 'What would you improve if you could?']
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['How much experience do you have? ... ', 'What do your customers think of you? ... ', 'Do you have any accreditations? ... ', 'How much will it cost? ... ', 'Do you offer guarantees? ... ', 'Do you use your own employees? ... ', 'Do you have a showroom I can visit? ... ', 'How long will it take?']
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['What is your highest priority in the next six months, and how could someone like me help? ... ', "Why do your customers buy from you and why don't they buy from you? ... ", 'What are the characteristics of your top people? ... ', 'Tell me about the history/growth of the company.']
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['1 – How do you make money?', '2 – Who are your customers?', '3 – What is your unique competitive advantage?']
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['What does the business do?', "What's the history of the business?", 'Why is the business for sale?', 'How old is the business?', 'How long has the business been operating under the current owner?']
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['Who are my customers?', 'What customers do I want to have?', 'Who are my competitors?', "What is my competitors' brand position?", 'What problem does my company solve? ... ', 'What is my value proposition?']
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['Does My Idea Meet a Need? ... ', 'Is This Feasible? ... ', "Does My Product Add Value to a Customer's Life? ... ", 'Can I See Myself Doing This for Years? ... ', 'Does It Work Within the Life I Want to Have? ... ', 'Can It Be Monetized? ... ', 'Can I Sell My Wife on the Idea? ... ', 'Can I Get a Complete Stranger to Buy My Product?']
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['Have you consistently met your sales goals?', 'What motivates you?', 'How did you land your most successful sale?', 'How would your colleagues describe you?', 'Sell me this pen.', 'What are your long-term career goals?', 'What do you know about this company?']
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['How long have you been in business? ... ', 'Do you have a contracting license and proper insurance? ... ', 'Will you obtain the permits and set up the inspections required? ... ', "What's the timeline for the project? ... ", 'What does the payment schedule look like? ... ', 'Is there a dedicated team working on my project?']