Friday, April 20, 2012




Starting a small business is rewarding and has a successful impact to assist others with supply and demand. Determination is of the key factors in overcoming your fear to pursuing a business venture. Consumers buy on impulse, it’s what they want versus their needs.

However, there are some definite rules that should be addressed for successful outcome.
It could be to fill a void and satisfaction in every degree possible.
Fear is a four letter word that should never be used in your vocabulary for business.

How I Started a Small Business

Conversely, over night success is not a myth but rare, hard work is a major key in business. In other words, rolling up your sleeves is essential and significant to get satisfaction. I have formed online groups about the steps in a start-up and informing potential business owners trying to encourage them that it only takes five minutes to get started.

I started a small business consultant practice serving remotely (online) www.dcassistant.com and Washington, DC metro area. Providing executive secretarial services, data entry, bookkeeping, grant writing, correspondence, errands, blogging, social networking marketing and other services as requested.

Financing a business does not take a lot of money but it does take a few dollars.
Asking family, friends, business associates, neighbors, and peer lenders.
Indeed, consulting with your local bank that offer business loans and good to start with personal funding to avoid applying for amass of loans that will cause the plummeting of your credit score.

Basic Ways to Start a Business

  • Create a business name
  • Build a website
  • Flyers
  • Word-of-Mouth
  • Mascot
  • Volunteers
  • Brand Ambassadors
  • Videos
  • Social Networking
  • Team Support
  • TV commercial
  • Blogging
  • Public Relations/Press Releases

Overcoming Fear To Start A Business


Advertising with Confidence

Nevertheless, spending a lot of money for advertising is not necessary and there are some free to low cost ways to get your point across. Searching for customers is not hard but time consuming. For instance, if you want to advertise locally it’s free to advertise on

PRICING: Products OR Services

What will you charge? This will always be the question to keep up with competitors.
Conversely, research the competition for pricing and then decide which is best to go higher or lower. Making your products or services one-of-a-kind to keep customers coming back and enticing new customers.

Start-Up Costs May Vary Depending On Industry

  • Business License/Permit
  • Equipment/Supplies
  • Business Insurance
  • Rent
  • Utilities
  • Employee Wages


Business Achievement

The greatest accomplishment of having a business is seeing clients/customers smile and is satisfied of excellent customer care. The most important thing to achieve as a business owner is motivation and determination to strive to be the best and producing high quality.
 Overall, have fun starting and maintaining a business besides it’s what you make of it and ignore the naysayer, follow your gut feeling.



Hire For An Hour Campaign

Hire 4 An Hour Program in Washington, DC

According to news reports there are over thirty million unemployed people in the United States of America, this is absurd and not tolerable. Indeed, people are seeking jobs on a daily basis and they want to work quickly and efficiently to help with daily operations.

Employers must give honest and hard working dislocated workers a chance to re-gain a sense of purpose and self-worth. Job seekers are desperate and despair of poverty, becoming homeless, utilities being disconnected.
Giving people a second or third chance to get back in to the workforce arena is a wonderful gesture.

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