questions to ask when starting business?
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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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['Who owns the company?', 'What are your leading products or services? ... ', 'services are you planning to introduce in the near future?', 'What are your key markets?']
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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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['Who are My Primary Competitors in the Industry? ... ', 'How Is the Market Responding to This Industry? ... ', 'How Is My Solution Different From My Competitors? ... ', 'Who Is My Ideal Customer? ... ', 'How Will I Market My Business?']
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['Why are they selling their business? ... ', "What's included in the sale? ... ", 'How did they arrive at the asking price? ... ', 'What outcomes is the seller looking to achieve? ... ', 'Are they willing to commit to a non-competition agreement?']
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['Who would pay for my product or service? ... ', 'Who has already bought from me? ... ', 'Am I overestimating my reach? ... ', 'What does my network think? ... ', 'Am I making assumptions based on my personal knowledge and experience? ... ', "What's my revenue model? ... ", 'How will I sell my product or service? ... ', 'How did my competitors get started?']
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['What business are we in? ... ', 'What is the vision and mission of the company? ... ', 'Who is our customer? ... ', 'What does our customer value? ... ', 'What is our target market? ... ', 'What products and services do we provide? ... ', 'What is our sales and marketing strategy?']
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['What Are the Startup Costs for This Home Based Business Opportunity? ... ', 'What Kind of Training and Support are Available with the Home Based Business Opportunity? ... ', 'What Are the Rules for Advertising and Promotion? ... ', 'What Is the Realistic Income Potential for This Home Based Business Opportunity?']
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['What business are you in? The question sounds easy enough. ... ', 'How will the business make money? ... ', 'What does your business need to get off the ground? ... ', 'What is the operating budget? ... ', 'Who are your customers? ... ', 'How will you reach your customers? ... ', 'What sets you apart from the competition? ... ', 'What are your strengths and weaknesses?']
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['10 Questions to Ask Before Committing to a Business Partner.', 'What do I need from a business partner?', "What is your potential partner's financial situation?", "What are the potential partner's expectations on the time involved?", "Is your potential partner's commitment to the business as strong as yours?"]
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['10 Questions to Create Your Company Strategy. ... ', 'What is the vision we want to own? ... ', 'How is the organization going to grow? ... ', 'What should the organization do more of? ... ', 'What should the organization quit doing? ... ', 'What are the biggest roadblocks the organization faces? ... ', 'What could disrupt our organization?']
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['What interested you in our product/service?', 'How open is your company to change?', 'What is the biggest barrier preventing you from meeting your goals?', 'What is your strategic direction?', 'What are your short term and long term goals?', 'What is your buying criteria?', 'Which vendors are you currently working with?']
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['Does the technology actually meet a business need you can identify? ... ', 'Is this new technology the best way that you could meet that need? ... ', 'Will purchasing this equipment allow the company to offer a service it has never offered before?']
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['How Long Have You Been Trading? ... ', 'How Happy Are Your Customers? ... ', 'What Services Can You Offer? ... ', 'How Flexible Are Your Services. ... ', 'If I Need More Work From You, Do You Have The Capacity To Meet Demand? ... ', 'What Do You Charge? ... ', 'Is Insurance Included?']
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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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['#2. What product will I manufacture? ... ', '#5. What would be the product costing, pricing, and profit margin? ... ', '#7. How can I finance my enterprise? ... ', '#9. How will I protect myself and the business from liability risks?']
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['What are our business goals? ... ', 'What do we want to achieve with new branding or rebranding? ... ', 'What are our biggest challenges as an organization? ... ', 'Are we in a position to invest in our branding? ... ', 'What are we looking for in a brand agency partner?']