 Whether you are a start-up business or a business that wants to grow the company to the next level, you may need some form of cash injection to help you on your way. But asking for money isn’t that simple. Any money lender will want to see a thorough business case and financial projections, to help them decide if investing in your idea is going to be a profitable one, or not. The business advisors at RBSS Consulting in Romford, Essex, help companies of all sizes get finance ready. Here is our four-step process that we will take you through. 1. Business Goals and Mission Statement You’ve decided to take the plunge and begin the rewarding journey of entrepreneurship. Self-employment or starting your own business is a noble calling and is not for everyone. Do you want to sell products, services or both? What are your business goals? Do you have a mission statement? If you don’t have answers to these questions, not to worry. RBSS will help you define your business goals and mission statement. This is a necessary and vital step in creating a business plan. When networking or attending a social event, when people ask you, ‘What do you do?’ you will have a clearly defined answer formulated. 2. Brainstorming Entrepreneurs often work in solitude without having anyone to bounce ideas off of. Our business consultants are here to help you flesh out your concepts. It’s one thing to repeat your objectives to yourself or even write them down on paper. It’s a completely different ball game when you communicate your thoughts out loud to someone who can give you feedback. A mundane scheme can become revolutionary. You may be leaving money on the table by not considering other ways to diversify your product or service offerings. By diversifying, you increase your market share. A larger market share is usually indicative of more revenue and what business owner doesn’t want more revenue! 3. Research Demographic and Competition Who is your demographic? Where are they located? How will you reach them? What are their spending habits? These are just a few of the questions we will ask you so that you can eventually build a profitable enterprise. Many novice entrepreneurs make the mistake of asking these questions after they’ve had their soft opening. If the right questions are posed and answered before opening, businesses would last longer and be of greater good to society. Are there other businesses like yours in the area you plan to serve? Do these businesses serve the same target group? Our expert business consultants will help you pinpoint your digital and brick and mortar competition. 4. Business Plan Perhaps your parents will lend you money without a business plan, but a bank won’t. An investor, whether a bank, angel or venture capitalist worth their salt will need to see a clearly defined and well-executed business plan before they will even consider your solution and give you access to finance. All of the research results and questions answered will go into your business plan. This plan will be clearly formatted with every ‘i’ dotted and every ‘t’ crossed, complete with graphics, tables and examples. If you’re not a finance person, we have a consultant on staff that can generate your financial statements. This business plan will be the key in your success towards acquiring financing. 5. Due Diligence There are the mundane but necessary things to make sure you have in place and up to date. They are the more legal requirements that we have to make sure you have in place. They relate more to the directors or owners of the company. This is in order to comply with the Anti Money Lending and Know Your Customer rules. They are the proof of identification, proof of address, a few months’ business bank statements and sometimes a CV for the directors. In some cases you may be asked for a credit report. We do this to make sure that these things don’t end up being the stumbling blocks after all the hard work has been done. Again, don’t worry about a thing. An RBSS Business Advisor will help you make sense of all this on a one to one basis. What type of finance can RBBS Consulting help you get access to? There are a number of ways for you to raise finance for your business. Here we explore the common avenues:
If you want to find out more about these options, they are explained on our Raising Finance page. What's stopping you? Call the business consultants at RBSS now to help you get your business finance ready. Raising Finance Romford | Raising Finance Hornchurch | Raising Finance Upminster | Raising Finance Brentwood | Raising Finance Barking | Raising Finance Dagenham | Raising Finance Ilford | Raising Finance Stratford | Raising Finance London
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