List: First 100 Days: The Start-up Checklist Every New Business Needs
- Don’t quit the day job until you have to
- Talk to business owners and peers that you know and trust
- Consider a co-founder
- Join an online business community
- Define your customer profile
- Research the market
- Assess the competition
- Draw up a brief business plan
- Choose a business name
- Register a website (or two)
- Make a list of suppliers and distribution partners
- Make something you can show people – an MVP
- Find your first customers
- Look for small business grants and/or consider raising investment
- Register your business with Companies House
- Get a logo
- Build a website
- Get social
- Get a business bank account
- Make your first hire(s) if you can afford to
- Get an accountant or purchase accountancy software
- Test, measure and iterate your business concept
- Develop stories
- Lastly, make sure you can walk before you run!
