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Re: need advice on getting business From Andy on 23 March '00 replying to need advice on getting business posted by stephanie >Hello. I've frequented this forum, a lot and I love it. I have my own website and business. Now I would also like to build websites for others. Any advice on getting the business and any software I should invest in? Thank you , all comments are appreciated! >Stephanie Before I would think about gtting into business for myself, I would check out a local FastTrack business course. Here is a link to the one that I took in Ohio: http://www.ofee.org/ In FastTrack 1 you create a feasability study and in FastTrack 2 you create a business plan. I already knew my business was feasable for my market so I only took FT2. The success rates of the entrepreneurs who take a course like this is very high as compared to those who just jump in without a well thought out plan. As far as software I would get MS Office if you don't already have it, QuickBooks is excellent accounting software. Andy oh.. I just found the FastTrack stats 98% still in business 3 years later 40% average annual sales growth rate 4% growing at 250% per year 53 new job positions created and filled $4 million in external capital obtained to fuel growth (debt and equity) 30% of FastTrac I grads start up We reverse the national statisitcs! The United States Small Business administration states that 80% of all businesses that start up fail within 3 years.

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>>Hello. I've frequented this forum, a lot and I love it. I have my own website and business. Now I would also like to build websites for others. Any advice on getting the business and any software I should invest in? Thank you , all comments are appreciated! >>Stephanie > >Before I would think about gtting into business for myself, I would check out a local FastTrack business course. Here is a link to the one that I took in Ohio: >http://www.ofee.org/ >In FastTrack 1 you create a feasability study and in FastTrack 2 you create a business plan. I already knew my business was feasable for my market so I only took FT2. The success rates of the entrepreneurs who take a course like this is very high as compared to those who just jump in without a well thought out plan. > >As far as software I would get MS Office if you don't already have it, QuickBooks is excellent accounting software. > >Andy > >oh.. I just found the FastTrack stats > >98% still in business 3 years later >40% average annual sales growth rate >4% growing at 250% per year >53 new job positions created and filled >$4 million in external capital obtained to fuel growth (debt and equity) >30% of FastTrac I grads start up >We reverse the national statisitcs! The United States Small Business administration states that 80% of all businesses that start up fail within 3 years.