Free Comprehensive Resource Offers Information to Start, Brand and Promote Startup Businesses
The Entrepreneur Resource Center (ERC) website portal provides helpful information to future entrepreneurs. The URL is: http://www.csdesignworks.com/startyourbusiness/.
“Even in these tough economic times, we think there will be a proliferation of new startups,” says Nick Chiechi, President of Manhattan-based CS Designworks. The firm has launched the Entrepreneur Resource Center to help.
The Entrepreneur Resource Center provides relevant and useful content for new businesses in three key areas: 1) Getting Started – all about logistics, 2) Establishing a Brand – creating a professional visual presence, 3) Getting the Word Out – how to promote a new business. The Entrepreneur Resource Center has organized all of the above in one easy-to-use place. In addition, The ERC has great links, ask an expert, fun polls and a blog called BizBlog.
With the job pickin’s slim, and new-found time on their hands, many of the recently unemployed are turning themselves into the next generation of entrepreneurs. Figuring that now’s the time to try out that idea they’ve always had on the back burner, and with nothing to lose, more and more small businesses are starting up. Starting a new business is of course a major undertaking, and making headway in a market with your new business can be tough, so think of branding as your friend. The friend you need right from the start. And a friend you should choose carefully. So put some thought into it.
Is company stationery really necessary? Yes. A little while ago, a small company, an entrepreneur of sorts, approached us about a partnership. Great. We were interested, we wanted to know more about his company, we wanted to think things over after the fellow left our office. But he could leave no trail, paper or otherwise, because he didn’t have a business card.
I want to direct your attention to some wisdom from across the pond: