5 Important Things You Must Know Before you Start Your Own Business

By Oshobukola Olufemi

The dream of starting a business is one shared by many people. A nd yes, even with the economic challenges, now is one of the best times ever for you to get started. Before starting that business; I want to share with you 5 important things you need to start, with this five things you will know if your plans will succeed or fail, they are


1. Find out what people really want.
This is very important, before starting out, find out what your clients really want. what do you think they buy from you? this is where you have to think very well because the opportunities are wide. Take a look around and see what other business owners are selling. can you make to look new, better, faster, cheaper or add a unique change to it? for you to have financial success then you must find what people really want and give it to them.

2. Solve people's problems.

Here is the opportunity, be a solution and people will have no choice than to draw close to you with whatever price you offer. everywhere people are trying to solve problems. once you can come up with a solution to peoples problem the sky will be the begining. facebook is a solution to the world today as it solve a problem of bringing friends close to each other, yahoo.com is a solution to the problem of marketing and mail messaging, some business men came up with the idea of. someone what to cheat them. Learn something..this will help your business to succeed better.someone what to cheat them. Learn something..this will help your business to succeed better.look around is their any problem you can profer solution to?

3. Learn How The Business Really works

Starting a business is good, but it is better to know how the business really works for you to be successful. great business men and business owners learn about different aspect of business such as marketing, management, advertising, accounting, record keeping, sales, tax and financial planing without going to an expensive college. so as to know when thing they operating wrongly. someone what to cheat them. Learn something..this will help your business to succeed better.someone what to cheat them. Learn something..this will help your business to succeed better.

4. Start With What You Have No Matter How Small
The Bible says ' despise not your days of little begining for thy later end should greatly increase....many of the large corporations you see today came from humble beginings. at the initial stage of every business money is always hard to come by but that should not stop you..you have to start with what you have from where you are. if you are resourceful you must surely succeed. ideas creat riches..never throw away any idea..when it comes write them down, you never can tell that idea can be the way to your millions.

5. Customer care

In business, customer care is paramount. Happy customers will become loyal customers who return for more and will spread the good word about your business to their friends and family. Customer Care is not just about having a good customer care team, but includes many other elements. Start with a high quality product or service, which is a good value for money. Its important to have customer care policies set-up so staff and employees know the core values and principals, ensuring that customers get the best possible service from your company. Part of this will involve training employees so that they interact with customers in the best possible way, professionally and politely and thus present the best image for the company. It's important to have certain principals in place in order to provide the best service:

     Publish clear and help information on the services you offer
     Respond to any complaints quickly and politely.
     Make realistic promises
     Seek and encourage customer feedback
     Provide a safe and secure environment

Your customer are life blood of your business. you should always be on the lookout for new ways to ehance patronage with your company or industry. So, before you stare that business put your customer satisfaction as first. If you put this five things, in mind, even if you don't have capital or money you will succeed in whatever business you engage in. Take sometime to look aroung for business opportunities. be curious. look for the problems troubling people and think of solution. all you need is just one good iddea and dont forget to get a good mentor who will guild you through the way to avoid making unnessary mistakes.