Comments on: I want to start a party planning business in New York City. Anyone have anything to share on how to start? http://www.partygirlsupply.com/i-want-to-start-a-party-planning-business-in-new-york-city-anyone-have-anything-to-share-on-how-to-start Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:20:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: reassistant http://www.partygirlsupply.com/i-want-to-start-a-party-planning-business-in-new-york-city-anyone-have-anything-to-share-on-how-to-start/comment-page-1#comment-1904 reassistant Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:31:09 +0000 http://partygirlsupply.com/i-want-to-start-a-party-planning-business-in-new-york-city-anyone-have-anything-to-share-on-how-to-start#comment-1904 SCORE provides small business counseling and training and is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration. http://www.scorenyc.org New york State Small Business Resources http://www.nylovessmallbiz.com/home.asp Research - Spend some time at the New York Public Library's Business Library. With your library card a lot of their databases can be accessed from home. Great for when working on your target market. http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/index.html SCORE provides small business counseling and training and is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
http://www.scorenyc.org

New york State Small Business Resources
http://www.nylovessmallbiz.com/home.asp

Research – Spend some time at the New York Public Library’s Business Library. With your library card a lot of their databases can be accessed from home. Great for when working on your target market.
http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/index.html

]]> By: Alex http://www.partygirlsupply.com/i-want-to-start-a-party-planning-business-in-new-york-city-anyone-have-anything-to-share-on-how-to-start/comment-page-1#comment-1903 Alex Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:22:55 +0000 http://partygirlsupply.com/i-want-to-start-a-party-planning-business-in-new-york-city-anyone-have-anything-to-share-on-how-to-start#comment-1903 Check out your competition. Find out what they charge, who their preferred suppliers are, etc. Do they do anything in-house or outsource? Also, find out if they're all really busy. If they are, then there's enough room in the market for one more. (Heck, one might even mentor you if there's more than enough business to go around.) But if they're struggling to find business, you might want to look elsewhere. Check out your competition. Find out what they charge, who their preferred suppliers are, etc. Do they do anything in-house or outsource?

Also, find out if they’re all really busy. If they are, then there’s enough room in the market for one more. (Heck, one might even mentor you if there’s more than enough business to go around.) But if they’re struggling to find business, you might want to look elsewhere.

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