How do you start a tee-shirt business?
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Go to http://www.score.org/ to find the nearest SCORE chapter.  Contact them to arrange for a free one on one meeting with a SCORE counselor about starting a T shirt business.\n\nSCORE is a nonprofit organization. They provide a public service by offering small business advice and training. .\n\nSCORE's 10,500 volunteers have more than 600 business skills. Volunteers share their wisdom and lessons learned in business. The volunteers are working/retired business owners, executives and corporate leaders
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OK, do you really want to nock your brothers socks off?\n\nTry following some or all of this:\n\nAnytime you want to start any kind of business, there are several basics that you will need:\n\n* You should first sit down and think about what it is you want to do and then write out the scenario in detail!  This may sound tedious, but it will help you clarify what it is you are thinking about.  Also, when you talk to anyone about the business (mentor, bank, clients, prospective investor), you will have a clear vision to share with him or her.  You can check any number of books at your local library or the Internet for ideas on creating a business plan or goals list.\n\n* Is there anyone out there doing something like what you want to do already?  Can you research what it is that they do and maybe even talk with them about what they do?\n\n* Are there businesses out there that are doing some aspect that you want to do?  In this case, you want to create an online drop shipment business.  What websites have you seen that you like (can you talk with them)?  How does the local McDonalds or other retail outlet do business that might help you in yours (i.e. how is McDonalds able to provide a product to a customer on demand at almost anytime of day – and do it with a much of high school kids)?\n\n* Never listen to anyone who says that you CANNOT do something UNLESS they have been there and tried that!!!!!  Anyone can tell you the good things that you can try or do, however, only someone who has actually tried the specific thing your are thinking can truly give you advise on the pitfalls that could await the unsuspecting.\n\n* If you want to look for a mentor (free or paid – although mentors usually offer their time at no cost), the question that you should be ready to address is WIIFM (What In It For Me {the mentor})!  What are you willing to do for your mentor to help them with something that they may need (for me it’s simple – I am looking for 10 points :-)\n\n\nContacts:\n\n* Contact your local Better Business Bureau or Chamber of Commerce – they have business people who will help start up operations.\n\n* Contact your local high school, community college or university and find out whom the teachers are for courses related to your business (like business or computer/internet classes).  Contact these teachers to get some ideas or even to see if they will take you company startup on as a class project or special project for some of the student to work on (might give the students extra credit and you a free startup).  In the worst case, you might get the names of some good students whom you might hire to do certain aspects of what you need at a very low cost.\n\n* Contact you local, county or state governments (check their websites) – many areas have small business administrations (or some other agency that can help with various things) that have any number of references and resources available at little or no cost.\n\n* Go to your local library in the Reference Section and find the Encyclopedia of Associations.  It is a three-book set published by Gale Research.  The first book lists thousands of tiles of professional organizations and groups.  It will give a code number to use in the other two books to find out more about that organization.  Contact the organizations who have something to do with your idea and find out if they have a services to give you advise or local groups that you can network with.  In many cases, just asking for membership and publications information may give you a lot of useful stuff.\n\n\nOther outstanding sources that I have used in running my four businesses:\n\n* Nightingale-Conant – the largest producer of audio/video training programs in the world.  Many of their programs can be borrowed for free from local libraries.  http://www.nightingale.com\n\n* Entrepreneur Magazine (http://www.entrepreneurmag.com) – many great tips and ideas about running a company.\n\n* Rich Dad Poor Dad - http://
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There are 2 components to the business you want to start. 1) mobile and 2) dry cleaning.\n\nYou may be able to get started with your day to day car. As business develops though, a van will be necessary.\n\nFor the dry cleaning, you probably don't want to invest in starting one from scratch, so use one that is up and running. My suggestion is finding a local dry cleaner to partner with. Tell them you are starting this business and you need to service a number of clients in the area and what kind of discounts they can offer.\n\nOnce you've determined a price, you can market that price plus a profit to your perspective clients. Take into account, driving time, gas cost, and the dry cleaner's turn around.\n\nYou are basically going to begin this business as the dry cleaner's driver, but once volume picks up and you are sending them lots of business, you will need to renegotiate the cost to make it more profitable for you. \n\nThe hardest part is getting started.\n\nGood luck!
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I would start by doing lots of research on opening a business and jotting down just off the top of your head what you'll need to get started before you even try to figure out costs - listing everything will give you a place to start.  Here are some things I would think about:\n\n1) where and how big do you want this shop to be?\n2) what space is available in the area where you want the location\n3) will you need to do your own renovating/remodeling to the space\n4) do you plan to buy or rent the space?\n5) location is really, really important; are there other businesses in the area that draw people and might promote walk-in business for your shop?\n6) how close is your nearest competition? don't even try to compete with starbucks if they're anywhere near unless there's something so unique about your shop that you'll have your own niche following\n7) how will you advertise?\n8) will you need to hire employees\n9) who will handle the legal work? the accounting? \n10) how much insurance will you need - property insurance, insurance against loss of inventory, liability insurance in case a customer or an employee gets hurt in the store\n11)how much inventory do you need to get started?\n12) how much money do you need not just for upfront costs but to keep the shop going in the beginning before the business takes off\n13) have either of you worked at the kind of coffee/tea shop you'd like to own - are you willing to do that for awhile to really learn the ins and outs of the business?
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I suggest you check out the following websites that could help you in starting a new business. These websites contain lots of useful advice and information in starting a new business:\n\nEntrepreneur http://www.entrepreneur.com\nInc.com http://www.inc.com\nSBA http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/\nPowerHomeBiz.com http://www.powerhomebiz.com\n\nYou may also want to check the following books:\n\n- What No One Ever Tells You About Starting Your Own Business: Real Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1574101129/ref=nosim/powerhomebizguid \n- If You're Clueless About Starting Your Own Business and Want to Know More  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1574100939/ref=nosim/powerhomebizguid \n- Start Your Own Business : The Only Start-Up Book You'll Ever Need  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1891984217/ref=nosim/powerhomebizguid \n- Steps to Small Business Start-Up : Everything You Need to Know to Turn Your Idea into a Successful Business http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1574101323/ref=nosim/powerhomebizguid\n\nI have also written a 173-page ebook called "Checklist for Starting a Small Business" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/Index/checklist.htm that is meant to be a guide for those starting their own businesses. It starts with determining if you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur to financing your business to managing its growth.
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Well, first of all, if you want to start a "business," it better be a garage/yard sale.  It's not so easy.  You can't just go to the government and say, "I'm making a business, can you give me some land?"  NO!\nI hope I don't sound rude with this reply, but if you want to start a business, it will take a while and again, will not be easy.\nAs for the whole, "What should it be?"  You're the one to decide that.  If you want to make a sports shop, do that!  If you want to sell shoes, go for it!  Doing chores for average households, giving art lessons, whatever it is, go for it!
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1. Think what business you'd like to do. Determine what you want to do, and whether it is profitable to do. Will it be a Web business or will you open a Main Street store, or both? Will you sell a product or service? \n2. Prepare a business plan - even if you are not planning to apply for a loan. It can help you think through your business, make you assess the market, let you know how tough competition is out there, and allow you to calculate your expected profit and when you can breakeven. A business plan is your GPS guide to your destination.\n3. Get your financing ready, whether you will get the funds from your bank account or find investors.\n4. Once you have the money, get the ball rolling. Start with making the decision on your business legal structure, then get all the necessary business licenses and permits. Then work on the business name, location, logo, insurance, etc.\n\nSome recommended articles:\n\nHow to Launch a New Business Successfully http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol51/launch.htm\nHow to Build a Business from Scratch http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol18/scratch.htm\n5 Questions to Ask Before Starting a Business http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol139/questions.htm
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This should give you some ideas:\n\nhttp://www.wiktel.net/deew/Create%20a%20Business.htm
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How about making it a  big poster. T-shirts are made by your local t-shirt makers.They will help you with whatever you want ,just like a print shop.
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You are still very young, and there is so much to learn about the business. I suggest you continue to hone your design skills and start learning of the ins and outs of the fashion business.\n\nYou may want to read the free article "Starting a Clothing Line Business" at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/clothing.htm . It contains information on how you can get started in the apparel business.\n\nIf you want in-depth information, you can read the following books:\n\n- The Official Step by Step Guide to Starting a Clothing Line Start Your Own Clothing Store (Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Up) \n- Apparel Manufacturing: Sewn Product Analysis \n- The Business of Fashion: Designing Manufacturing, and Marketing \n- The World of Fashion Merchandising \n- Made in America: The Business of Apparel and Sewn Products Manufacturing \n- The Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing \n- Fashion: From Concept to Consumer \n- Fashion Merchandising and Marketing \n\nThe following Associations also can give you information on how to get started in this business\n\nProfessional Apparel Association http://www.proapparel.com \nAmerican Apparel Producer’s Network http://www.usawear.org/ \nWorldwide Responsible Apparel Manufacture http://www.wrapapparel.org/ \nAmerican Apparel and Footwear Association http://www.americanapparel.org/\nNational Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers http://www.nafad.com/ \nFashion Group International http://www.fgi.org \nApparel News http://www.apparelnews.net/
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I recommend you to visit www.entrepreneur.com and click on 'Start-up' section. You'll find tons of information on how to start a business.
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Most wholesale companies or supplier require a state reseller's license, or tax payer id number. You may need to have a business license to be able to do business in your city. Some times your credit history is also check.\n\nNow if you are looking for apparel wholesalers, I recomemd you to go to Wholesale411.com. There you can search for clothing wholesalers, and more... Also go to Liquidations.com, this is a wholesale auction site where you can buy different kind of apparel by the quantity.\n\nAlso go to Entrepreneur.com for more information.\n\nHope you the best...\n\nLuis Galarza, Business and Communication Consultant\nGet telecommunication tips at http://www.cogni360blog.co.nr\nand free business tips at http://luisgalarza.blogspot.com
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Hi, I have no experience with this but I've found two sites that may help in starting up your business.\n\nGood luck!
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Most of my experience has been in the States, however, I have consulted with people from around the world.  Here is my basic advise that should be helpful to you:\n\nAnytime you want to start any kind of business, there are several basics that you will need:\n\n* You should first sit down and think about what it is you want to do and then write out the scenario in detail!  This may sound tedious, but it will help you clarify what it is you are thinking about.  Also, when you talk to anyone about the business (mentor, bank, clients, prospective investor), you will have a clear vision to share with him or her.  You can check any number of books at your local library or the Internet for ideas on creating a business plan or goals list.\n\n* Is there anyone out there doing something like what you want to do already?  Can you research what it is that they do and maybe even talk with them about what they do?\n\n* Are there businesses out there that are doing some aspect that you want to do?  In this case, you want to create an online drop shipment business.  What websites have you seen that you like (can you talk with them)?  How does the local McDonalds or other retail outlet do business that might help you in yours (i.e. how is McDonalds able to provide a product to a customer on demand at almost anytime of day – and do it with a much of high school kids)?\n\n* Never listen to anyone who says that you CANNOT do something UNLESS they have been there and tried that!!!!!  Anyone can tell you the good things that you can try or do, however, only someone who has actually tried the specific thing your are thinking can truly give you advise on the pitfalls that could await the unsuspecting.\n\n* If you want to look for a mentor (free or paid – although mentors usually offer their time at no cost), the question that you should be ready to address is WIIFM (What In It For Me {the mentor})!  What are you willing to do for your mentor to help them with something that they may need (for me it’s simple – I am looking for 10 points :-)\n\n\nContacts:\n\n* Contact your local Better Business Bureau or Chamber of Commerce – they have business people who will help start up operations.\n\n* Contact your local high school, community college or university and find out whom the teachers are for courses related to your business (like business or computer/internet classes).  Contact these teachers to get some ideas or even to see if they will take you company startup on as a class project or special project for some of the student to work on (might give the students extra credit and you a free startup).  In the worst case, you might get the names of some good students whom you might hire to do certain aspects of what you need at a very low cost.\n\n* Contact you local, county or state governments (check their websites) – many areas have small business administrations (or some other agency that can help with various things) that have any number of references and resources available at little or no cost.\n\n* Go to your local library in the Reference Section and find the Encyclopedia of Associations.  It is a three-book set published by Gale Research.  The first book lists thousands of tiles of professional organizations and groups.  It will give a code number to use in the other two books to find out more about that organization.  Contact the organizations who have something to do with your idea and find out if they have a services to give you advise or local groups that you can network with.  In many cases, just asking for membership and publications information may give you a lot of useful stuff.\n\n\nOther outstanding sources that I have used in running my four businesses:\n\n* Nightingale-Conant – the largest producer of audio/video training programs in the world.  Many of their programs can be borrowed for free from local libraries.  http://www.nightingale.com\n\n* Entrepreneur Magazine (http://www.entrepreneurmag.com) – many great tip
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You'd need a business plan first.  If it's a school project, probably doesn't have to be quite as detailed as if you were actually starting this business, although that depends on whether you're in high school, or getting your MBA.\n\nSome things to include - \nWhere will your shop be located, and how big will it be?\nAre there any legal restrictions (licenses required, such as business license and sales tax collection license - you might find this info on your state website)\nWhat professional help will you need to set up your business (e.g. lawyer, accountant) and how much will that cost\nWhat type of entity will your business be?  sole proprietorship? LLC?  s-corp?\nWhat merchandise will you carry, where will you get it, how much will it cost to purchase, how much will you sell it for (what markup?)\nWill you have any employees or just run it yourself?  Be aware that either way, there are income tax implications, but they're a lot more complicated if you have employees.\nHow much money will you need to start your business - Rent, utilities turnon fees, purchase of initial inventory - and if your location doesn't already have them, shelves, hardware to hang things on the walls, cash register....  and where will you get the money?  Probably combination of savings, investment by relatives and friends, maybe a bank loan but that could be tough to get\nOngoing costs after startup\nWhat competition will you have?\nHow will you get customers?\nHow much do you have to sell monthly to pay your costs and make some amount of profit?  How much profit can you reasonably expect to make?  Is it seasonal?\n\nHave fun with your project - sounds like it could be interesting.
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You can start by reading the free article "Starting a Clothing Line Business" at  http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/clothing.htm The article talks of the startup requirements, understanding your market, how to enter the market, question of production, financing the business and resources.\n\nFor in-depth information, I recommend reading the following books:\n\n- The Official Step by Step Guide to Starting a Clothing Line \n- Start Your Own Clothing Store (Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Up) \n- The Business of Fashion: Designing Manufacturing, and Marketing \n- The World of Fashion Merchandising \n- So You Want to Work in the Fashion Business? A Practical Look at Apparel Product Development and Global Manufacturing \n- The Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing \n- Fashion: From Concept to Consumer \n\nYou may also want to check the resources offered by the following industry associations:\n\nProfessional Apparel Association http://www.proapparel.com   \nAmerican Apparel Producer’s Network http://www.usawear.org/  \nWorldwide Responsible Apparel Manufacture http://www.wrapapparel.org/   \nAmerican Apparel and Footwear Association http://www.americanapparel.org/ \nNational Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers http://www.nafad.com/ \nFashion Group International http://www.fgi.org  \nApparel News http://www.apparelnews.net/
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The best routes to take are to research the process of starting a business as well as the industry you're interested in.\n\nI recommend checking out the SBA, Entrepreneur, The Start Up Journal & Nolo. All 4 are great informational resources for the new/small business owner. I posted links for you in the source box.\n\nResearch, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can. Here are some book titles that are relevant:\n\nStarting a Business Specific:\n* How to Really Start Your Own Business, Fourth Edition by David E. Gumpert\n* How to Really Create a Successful Business Plan: Step-by-Step Guide by David E. Gumpert\n* What No One Ever Tells You about Starting Your Own Business: Real-Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs (What No One Ever Tells You About Starting Your Own Business) by Jan Norman \n* Business Start-Up Kit by Steven D. Strauss \n* Start Your Own Business (Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Up) by Rieva Lesonsky\n\nWeb Site Specific:\n* Make Your Small Business Web Site Work: Easy Answers to Content, Navigation, and Design \nby John Heartfield\n* Small Websites, Great Results by Doug Addison\n* The Complete E-Commerce Book: Design, Build, and Maintain a Successful Web-Based Business by Janice Reynolds \n* Six-Week Start-Up: A Step-By-Step Program for Starting Your Business, Making Money, and Achieving Your Goals! by Rhonda Abrams\n\nThere are plenty of free informational resources out there. Check the source box for links to articles.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!