Opening a small business?

[Kevin]

If you're going to start a business, sit down with a city business planner. They are usually free just to hear them out. There are franchises available, unless you can find your own products to list and sell.

What you can do to begin, is find items that are overstocked and start selling on weekends at the local flea markets. You can usually rent a spot for around $5 - $45 depending on local. Just make sure you plan it out and get products you know people in your area are interested in.

As many know, education makes you specialized in one area or another. As an entrepreneur, I would say you should focus on getting yourself situated in a retail business of your choice. Make sure that if you are going to be successful you put in the work and research needed to get yourself to where you need to be. If you're going to start small don't take out a huge loan, or if you can work and use the money you earn as purchasing and operating costs to begin, you can and should be able to fund your own startup.

If you think you can qualify, or a parent is willing to work with you and get you qualified, seeing that you're 17 http://www.ifundbiz.com/1885 - offers good SBA loans to get your business started. If you are going the route of loans be sure you plan to take enough to include operating costs and marketing cost for the entire first year. Friends, family can be your best source of primary Word-of-mouth advertising to begin.

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