Small Business Start-up
Turn your dream into reality
So, you’re thinking of starting a business and you have come up with a realistic idea that you can turn into a product or service that you think people will want to buy. What do you do next?
Turn your idea into a business
- Research your market
Identify potential customers. Talk to them and find out if your idea is meeting a real need. - Develop and plan
Test your product or service with real customers, make changes, and test it again. Keep doing this until you’re sure there’s a demand for it.
Register your intellectual property to make sure nobody copies it without your permission. - Find partners and suppliers
Think about who you’re going to work with to develop and sell your idea.
Think about how you want to sell your idea: a market stall, your own shop, through distributors or online through a website or eCommerce shop. - Set up your business
Choose a name for your new business.
Decide on which type of legal set-up is right for you: Sole Trader, Limited Company, Limited Partnership etc and make your business official!
Register for Tax and decide on whether you want to be VAT registered. - Get funding
Explore different sources of business finance, from bank loans to government-backed schemes.
You might even be able to get support and financial help from your local Job Centre if you’re unemployed. - Build Visual Identity for your business
Every business; big or small; needs a Brand Identity so that it can be recognised by all customers, suppliers and investors.
Build a Design Brief outlining your preferences on design styles, the image you would like your brand to portray and the emotions that you would like onlookers to experience.
Contact a professional Graphic Designer or Brand Specialist (such as Puro Design!) to expand and explore your options of the perfect Logo and Brand for your business.
Puro Design can customise a Small Business Start-up Package to suit your business requirements, just tell us what you need and leave the rest up to us.