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Preliminary steps to being a business person
First, there is a need to build your personal brand through some self discovery measures. To start a business does not require a degree or one’s ability to be good in business studies, nor is it for only those in business environment or for those who are very well established in business.
 These may be relevant but they are not prerequisites for starting a business. What it required is having and developing an idea, which maybe what motivates, inspires and makes you determined to work hard for it achievement. Such a person must be an entrepreneur who is willing to bear the risk of a new venture if there is a significant chance for profit, because there is a necessary ingredient for stimulating economic growth and employment opportunities in all societies. When one has taken the decision to start a business, one should identify the types of product and services and the industry one is entering into.
Unfortunately, many ambitious entrepreneurs have failed in their business because of lack of prior information about the business they are in. As a prospective entrepreneur, you are required to explore your occupation by reading and conducting research to enable you to provide information on all the various markets within the industry, including references to new products or development that could benefit or hinder your business. Such enlightenment of how to register your business with the necessary authority, price which is the most important marketing decision and which is of great importance as well as difficult to small and medium scale business owners. Study demography so as to understand the choice of location, the existing competitions, markets, raw materials, distribution so as to decide what makes yours different as well as your advantages.

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