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How to start your business from scratch if you have no money and experience? Where can I find a working business idea to start a project? What kind of business to start in order to get the first profit tomorrow?

Hello dear friends! In touch Alexander Berezhnov, entrepreneur and one of the founders of the HiterBober.ru business magazine.

Today we will talk about how to start your own business from scratch. Is it really possible to do it at all? I answer unequivocally - YES!

Here I will describe a step-by-step technology for starting a business, and give examples from my own business practice, as well as talk about the experience of my entrepreneur friends who started their own business without money and others. material assets in the form of premises, equipment or goods.

You just have to study this material and apply the knowledge gained in life!

Ready? Then let's go!

1. Why is it better for beginners to open a business from scratch?

Dear readers, this section of the article is very important! I sincerely advise you to study it carefully. I guarantee you won't regret it.

Here, the key points for starting a business for beginners will be explained in terms of entrepreneurial psychology.

Before you start new project, be sure to think about what your desire is due to.

Understand yourself and your motivation to open a business, and my little test, compiled in the form of two blocks of different beliefs, will help you with this.

For example, a great way for a beginner to start a business would be to sell popular, in-demand products from China.

Belief Block #1.

With what thoughts you SHOULD NOT start your own business:

  • How to quickly earn a lot to pay off debts?
  • The idea that I have in my head will definitely work, but I need money to implement it;
  • Am I worse than others? Here my neighbor is engaged in business and everything will also work out for me;
  • Tired of these fool bosses, tomorrow I quit and open my own business!

Yes, friends, business is more psychology than technology. I'll explain why a little later.

Belief Block #2.

Conversely, you are READY to start a business if you think like this:

  • I am very good at doing a business that is in demand by the “market”, and on its basis I want to open my own business;
  • I realize that in the beginning big investment in business are very risky, and only free money I can invest in the business, but I will not borrow it, since the risk of losing money without business experience is very high;
  • My business requires a lot of time, and in order to develop it, I must have a cash reserve or source of income until my project brings tangible income;
  • Having started my business, I will no longer have bosses and controllers who guide me in my work, and I need to become an organized enough person now to act independently and achieve success in entrepreneurship.

If you are dominated by beliefs from block number 1, do not rush to get into a fight. After all, most likely, such judgments indicate the emotionality of your decisions and underestimation of the risks that arise when starting your own business.

The beliefs that prevail in your head from block number 2 indicate that you are fully aware of what a business is and are going to take a responsible approach to its start and further development.

I already wrote above that business is basically psychology and only then - technology.

It is time to explain why this is so.

The thing is that our internal "cockroaches" and delusions prevent us from starting our project.

Here are just a few of the myths that hold back successful projects:

  1. Without money and connections, a business cannot be opened;
  2. Taxes will eat up all the profits;
  3. Bandits will take my business;
  4. I don't have a commercial streak.

Surely you are familiar with all these fears of beginners. In fact, if you overcome them, or rather, just score and do not think about all this nonsense, then your chances of success will increase MULTIPLE!

You can prepare documents for registering an LLC and an individual entrepreneur for free through the online service. At the exit, you will receive forms filled out without errors, which will be printed and submitted to the tax authority. So already at the first stage you save your money and time, insure yourself against the refusal of the Federal Tax Service, without delving into the complex language of the legislation.

2. How to start your business so as not to burn out - 10 iron rules!

Then I bought 2 terminals for receiving payments. You probably yourself have used the services of such terminals more than once when paying mobile phone. But this business cannot be called open from scratch, since at that time (2006) I invested about 250,000 rubles in it.

So friends, maybe you know how successful examples business projects, and examples where entrepreneurs with their "brainchild" failed.

By the way, basically everyone hears stories of great successes, but it’s not customary and even ashamed to talk about failures.

Like, here I am a fool, a loser, went bankrupt, lost money, got into debt. So what's now? And now there is nothing left to do, it remains to live on and step by step to get out of this situation.

So that you don’t end up in the place of this poor fellow, here are the simplest rules that will help you start a business with minimal risks and greater chances for the success of the enterprise.

How to start your business from scratch and not go broke - 10 iron rules:

  1. Never take loans to start a business if you have no experience;
  2. Before opening a business, take off your “rose-colored glasses” and ask yourself the question: “What will I lose if I fail” ?;
  3. Be prepared for different scenarios, consider both an optimistic scenario and a pessimistic one;
  4. In no case do not open a business with money intended for other strategic goals in your life (education of children, payments on loans, treatment, etc.);
  5. Carefully study the market and your capabilities, that is, the resources you have to start your own business;
  6. Do not get involved with obscure or "super profitable" projects that require serious investments;
  7. If possible, talk to experienced entrepreneurs who are successful in business and take note of their advice;
  8. Start a business in a field you know;
  9. Plan the upcoming actions in writing and clearly articulate each stage that you have to go through to achieve the goal;
  10. Be optimistic and do not stop at the first difficulties!

3. How to start your own business from scratch - 7 easy steps using the example of a fictional aspiring entrepreneur Vasya Pupkin

For clarity, I propose to go through all 7 steps of the technology for organizing your business using the example of a fictitious entrepreneur, let his name be Vasily.

This is the hero of our story, who decided to open a business from scratch.

Step 1. Determine your value

Look, friends, I think you will agree that a business can be called an exchange of money for some value that you can give to your customers, that is, to solve their problem for money.

Let's say you're good at driving a car, or good at making beautiful designs on a computer, or perhaps you have a talent for making DIY crafts - in all these cases, you have value that people are willing to pay for.

Let's get straight to the point and do a practical exercise that will help you start your business from scratch:

Exercise:

Grab a piece of paper and a pen, then write down a list of 10 things you feel you're better at.

Once this list is complete, consider what things you are good at that you really enjoy doing. Maybe you are currently doing this as a hobby.

The fact is that a person cannot do what he does not like for a long time, and business is a big creative process that requires you to be versatile, willpower and dedication.

For example, as a result of this exercise, you came to the conclusion that you like to teach something, explain, communicate with people and work with information, and most importantly, that you are good at it.

Then, by combining your abilities, you can become a private tutor, consultant or succeed in the network marketing industry.

This is a general principle.

So, Vasya lived...

Vasily decided to open a business, and responsibly approached this task.

Vasya made a list of his favorite activities and compared it with what he does best.

As a result of the exercise, our hero decided that he would be engaged in computer design, since he has been working for the company DesignStroyProekt LLC in the city of Chelyabinsk for several years, which develops interior design and then finishes the room according to a 3D project.

Vasily appreciated his strength and decided that he would become a private interior designer, he already had a number of completed projects, positive customer reviews and an impressive portfolio.

Vasya loved his work and sometimes even took it home, as there were a lot of orders from the company.

Even then, our hero realized that, in fact, he was engaged in entrepreneurial activity, only the company buys his services at a low price, and customers pay the company much more for design development.

Here Vasily realized that if he could find clients on his own, then he would not have to go to the office at all, and his initial investment in business will be minimal. After all, his design skills themselves are, in fact, a business.

And so the idea came to our newfound entrepreneur to start a business.

While working in the company, Vasya even received a small percentage of completed projects, which means he could influence his income level.

Thankfully he lived in major city where he had quite a few potential clients.

Step 2. We analyze the market and choose a niche for a future project

In order to understand whether your business will be successful, you need to conduct an appropriate analysis of the market in which you will sell your products or services.

So, Vasya decided not to rush and carefully prepared for a new life stage, which was called "free floating in the world of business."

During the few years that our designer worked for the company, he learned that there are about 10 similar companies in the market of his city, and they all provide similar services.

He asked his friend Pasha to go to these companies under the guise of a client and identify their weaknesses and strengths in order to further develop competitive advantages working for myself.

After commercial intelligence, Pasha named a number of strengths and weaknesses of these companies. Pasha arranged these sides in a table so that it would be convenient for Vasya to compare them.

Strengths of Vasya's competitors:

  • the interior designer of these companies makes an inspection and measurement of the object for free;
  • all companies provide a discount on the subsequent finishing of the apartment;
  • 7 out of 10 companies give a client a gift certificate for a 30% discount when ordering a design project from them again;
  • managers of 9 out of 10 companies talk attentively with the client, correctly ascertaining his needs.

Weaknesses of Vasya's competitors:

  • 8 out of 10 companies try to oversell too many additional products and services on their first meeting with a customer. This causes his negative reaction;
  • the interior designer in all 10 companies, at the first conversation with a potential client, conducts a dialogue in a complex professional language using a large number of special terms;
  • 7 out of 10 companies charge extra for editing computer-aided design projects.

Taking into account all the pros and cons of competitors described above, our hero Vasily decided to design the interiors of houses and apartments in his city at a lower price. Similar companies on the market provide these services more expensively, since they spent a lot of money on maintaining a workplace and paying taxes for an employee.

The cost of the services of our designer was now one and a half times lower with the proper quality of execution of design projects.

This completed the second step of building your business from scratch with Vasily Pupkin.

Step 3. Decide on the positioning of your business and draw up a Unique Selling Proposition (USP)

In order for your customers to understand what exactly you offer them and what makes you unique, you will need to decide on your positioning. In other words, in what light will you present yourself to your client.

Let's return to our fictional character Vasily, who wanted to open his own business and was at the stage of developing an offer for the customer.

Vasya already had good portfolio and a number of reviews from satisfied customers, but how to show all this to your potential customers?

Then Vasya said to himself: "I'm a designer!", and decided to create his own website on the Internet.

Here he posted his portfolio, reviews, information about himself and his experience, as well as his contacts, so that a potential client could easily contact him.

Vasily also formulated his Unique Selling Proposition (USP) *, which sounded as follows: “Creating the interior design of your dreams for a reasonable price. Creative. Brightly. Practical."

So Vasya began to position himself as a professional designer who develops a product for an adequate cost. good quality for middle income people.

Step 4. We draw up an action plan (business plan)

In order to launch your business and avoid many problems, you need to be prudent and try to put your idea and action plan on paper in as much detail as possible.

You can briefly write down the main stages that you have to go through to organize and launch your project. Draw diagrams and drawings, make explanations for them.

Correctly, this stage of starting your business from scratch is called business planning. This is your instruction, following which, the chances of success are greatly increased.

I already wrote in one of the previous articles, be sure to check it out.

Now back to our hero Vasily, who decided to become an entrepreneur and quit his job. Vasily has long wanted to open a business without investments, because he did not want to risk money. He understood that without proper experience, such an experiment could end badly and lead to loss of money.

As a result, Vasya decided that his actions would consist of 3 simple stages with subtasks and look like this:

  1. Create your own website with portfolio, reviews and contacts;
  2. Post your portfolio online on sites for remote workers;
  3. Inform the immediate environment about your new project (friends, acquaintances and relatives).

Stage 2. Getting the first orders

  1. Sign contracts and receive advance payments from customers;
  2. Fulfill orders;
  3. Get feedback and recommendations from the customer, add work to the portfolio.

Stage 3. Dismissal from work

  1. Write a letter of resignation;
  2. Work out the required 2 weeks, complete work projects and transfer cases;
  3. Negotiate delivery of customers repair and finishing works contractor firms.

Now he was completely ready for the first practical steps to transform yourself from an employee into an individual entrepreneur.

Step 5. We advertise our project and find the first clients

In order to find the first customers, when you already have an offer for your services, you must first notify your acquaintances, friends and relatives. Tell them that from now on you are engaged in such and such an activity, and also try to conclude the first contracts with them.

In case in this moment your services are not relevant for them, ask them for contacts of people to whom they could recommend you.

It's no secret that for a large audience coverage and automatic self-presentation, you just need to create a website for yourself.

In the meantime, the hero of our business story, Vasily, did not sit idle and developed a personal website for himself, created groups in in social networks, notified the environment about the services he provided and sent out commercial offers to your potential clients.

The first orders have arrived...

Step 6. Launching a business, earning the first money and building a brand

Having completed all the previous steps, you gradually approached the most interesting stage - the first orders, and therefore the first profits.

  • Isn't that what we strived for when we became entrepreneurs!?
  • “How to make money by starting your business from scratch?” Isn't that the question we asked ourselves?

If you show due perseverance and follow my recommendations, then you will certainly succeed. Just believe in yourself and do not give up ahead of time, be prepared for difficulties, because they will be, I tell you for sure.

So, our Vasily received and completed the first orders. As usual, he did it with his usual professionalism. The designer understood that it was not enough just to earn money, because he already knew how to do it at his office job in the company.

Possessing a strategic vision, Vasily decided that in order to develop his business and increase the value of his services, he needed to develop a name for himself, or, as they say in business circles, a reputation.

Earn yourself a name that will help you earn everything else!

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To do this, Vasya did not just sit at home and watch TV, but methodically engaged in self-education, visited thematic exhibitions and seminars, went to creative parties of designers and entrepreneurs, where he could find potential clients and meet new partners.

A few months later, Vasya established a reputation as an experienced and punctual professional in the field of interior design. The average cost of his order was growing, and clients came to him already on the recommendations of their friends, to whom Vasya provided high-quality design services.

Step 7. Analyze the results and expand the project

When your business began to bring tangible income, regular customers appeared, and you began to be recognized in business and professional field, it's time to sum up the intermediate results of the work and outline new horizons. Simply put, it's time to expand your project in order to increase profits and your own "weight" (your name) in the chosen business area.

Vasily did the same, he analyzed his results, income, outlined possible ways to expand the business.

As a result, our designer drew up a new business plan.

Now Vasily could hire assistants for himself, who performed all the routine operations for him. Our entrepreneur opened his own interior design studio named after Vasily Pupkin. In it, he was now the leader and art director.

Thus, having gone from a novice designer and employee of the company, our now big boss Vasily proved to everyone by his own example that it is realistic to open a business from scratch and this does not require cosmic sums, and even more so loans that inexperienced entrepreneurs like to take.

Dear readers, perhaps someone will say that this is a fictional story and the issues of registering a company, proper negotiation with clients, legal issues and other subtleties are not disclosed here in detail.

Yes, this is true, but trust me, if you take these simple 7 steps as a basis, then opening a business for you will turn into an amusing trip which you will remember for a very long time. And as an experienced entrepreneur, you will share your practical knowledge with beginners.

I will say that I personally managed to open a business according to the described model.

I wish you good luck and I am sure that by approaching the beginning of your own project responsibly, after a while you will be doing what you love and getting paid for it.

Below you will find working business ideas for starting your own business from scratch, as well as real entrepreneurial stories about how my friends and I started our own business.

4. Things to do to Start Your Business from Scratch - Top 5 Business Ideas

The following business ideas will help you get started in business and feel like an entrepreneur in practice.

Some ideas will be related to making a profit with the help of the Internet, others will not.

You just have to choose the type of business you like and start diving into it.

Business idea number 1. Online store

Internet sales in Russia are growing every year - in the past 2018, the market grew by more than 150 billion rubles and exceeded 1 trillion in volume. Analysts' forecasts say that by 2023 sales will reach 2.4 trillion (!) Rubles. And the growth will continue...

It is not a sin to take advantage of this trend. However, the question is how to start? What product is really profitable to sell in online stores today? What investments will be needed? And so on.

Let's take real example- online store Video-shopper:

  • the owner, Nikolai Fedotkin, is quite active in sharing information on the project;
  • the main product of the site - cell phones and accessories;
  • initial investment amounted to approximately 50,000 rubles (for the first version of the site and advertising, the goods were taken from suppliers “on order”);
  • now the average monthly attendance of the store is more than 500,000 people, the company already has more than 150 employees, the guys opened their own courier service, contact center, service center, full-fledged offline stores and so on

Of course, it is easier to open a store not alone, but in a community of like-minded people. An important tip is to join the clubs of online store owners, go to specialized conferences, communicate and absorb information. So you will gradually find “your” niche.

The largest club of online store owners in Russia at the moment is Imsider. The community includes thousands of working and profitable sites.

Many started even with even smaller investments - an average of 10,000 - 15,000 rubles. This is the main highlight of the Internet business: you do not need to spend money on renting a full-fledged store, a sign, repairs and many other things.

Club members work in a variety of niches:

  • metal detectors,
  • irrigators,
  • knitted clothes,
  • expensive books and diaries,
  • goods for gardeners and summer residents,
  • Tula gingerbread,
  • fur coats,
  • children's products,
  • hunting, fishing and much more.

The club regularly hosts online and offline events. If you are just thinking about opening your online store, I advise you to attend the club's online webinar, specially designed for beginners - “6 Steps to a Profitable Online Store”.

The webinar is completely free, where you will learn how to look for a profitable niche, correctly evaluate your ideas, understand how to build a product delivery process, make a website and launch minimum investment. The webinar is hosted by Nikolai Fedotkin, the owner of the Video-shoper online store, that is, all information is given "first hand". Personally, I was most struck by the fact that Nikolai openly shares the figures for advertising costs - how much and where to invest, what gives greatest effect. And all this is not in a theoretical mode, but on the example of our own project. There is nothing better for the initial start in RuNet now.

The main advantage of the club Imsider is that all coaches are active practitioners. Everyone has their own working online store. No water and naked motivation in the style of "it's time to get off the couch." Cases, figures, concrete launch ideas…

You can sign up for the Imsider webinar at this link - just click, registration will take 20 seconds:

Business idea number 2. Business with China

The sale of trendy goods from China is now a very relevant area.

You can sell such goods by pre-purchasing them directly in China via the Internet, through social networks, one-page sites and message boards.

I have my friend Alexei in Moscow, a retail and wholesale business of Chinese goods. At first it was watches, various “cool things”, things for the home.

Now this business brings him clean 350,000 rubles per month.

His scheme is simple and consists of 5 steps:

  1. Choosing the right product and testing.
  2. Buying goods in bulk in China.
  3. Advertising this product over the Internet different ways.
  4. Sending the ordered goods to the buyer by courier in Moscow or transport company across Russia.
  5. Scale your business and reward yourself.

And once Aleksey worked as a taxi driver and, as far as I know, he started with a debt of 30,000 rubles.

His success lies in learning necessary information, you can start by watching a free webinar by Evgeny Guryev, an expert on the topic of Business with China, and then take the first steps to put this idea into practice.

Here's what Evgeny says about doing business with China - 3 topical issues:

If you want to start an effective online business selling popular products from China, visit an expert online seminar on starting this type of business.

You will learn step-by-step information for starting a business right now.

Business idea number 3. Consulting and training

If you know how to do something well, then there will surely be many who want to learn from your experience and knowledge.

Nowadays, online learning is especially popular. This is where you can find hundreds and even thousands of people who are willing to pay you.

For example, I have a friend Alexei, he lives with me in the same city of Stavropol and teaches foreign languages. A few years ago, Lyosha had to go to his students at home or invite them to his home. Now the situation has changed radically, everything has become much easier.

With the advent of the Internet, my friend began to teach people English and German by Skype. I myself used his services for a year. During this time, I managed to learn English from scratch to a conversational level. As you can see, it works.

You can also open your home business from scratch to educate or advise people over the Internet.

Nowadays, many lawyers, accountants and teachers earn good money in this way. But there is an even more advanced option for making money on your knowledge, it consists in creating and selling your own training courses via the Internet.

To make a profit in this way you need:

  • choose a topic in which you understand;
  • write a training course on it;
  • start advertising this course online in many ways and earn income from sales

The advantage of this type of business is that you record your course once and sell it multiple times.

In general, the sale of information on the Internet in the form of methods and guidelines is called infobusiness. You can also open it and make it your main source of income.

Business idea number 4. Earnings with the help of the social network Twitter (Twitter)

Today, almost every person has their own profile in any of the social networks. But few people know that here, in addition to entertainment and communication, you can earn good money.

One of these opportunities is the usual for many Twitter - a social network for exchanging short messages up to 140 characters.

Ordinary people spend their time and money here, while smarter people have turned this social network into their source of permanent income.

It's no secret that wherever people hang out, there is money.

After all, our Internet users are an active solvent audience. So why don't you get some of their money. Moreover, it is absolutely legal and does not require outstanding knowledge.

It is enough just to make a few RIGHT actions and get the first profit. We have previously written about how to start a business on Twitter and earn income comparable to average salary across Russia. Read our article "" and implement the methods described in it.

Business idea number 5. We are engaged in mediation - we earn on Avito.ru

Earnings with the help of electronic bulletin boards is the easiest and most affordable for most people.

You are required to have minimal computer knowledge, a few hours a day and a desire to work for yourself.

With the help of sites that specialize in posting free ads, you can build your very profitable business.

This can be done in 3 steps:

  1. Find what to sell
  2. Place an ad on the site
  3. Get a call from a buyer and sell a product

As a site for placing ads for sale, we will use the most popular Avito board (avito.ru).

Hundreds of thousands of ads are posted here every day, and the active audience of the site has tens of millions of users.

Can you imagine how many potential buyers for your product can be found here?!

First, you can start here by selling unnecessary things that you have at home, and then post ads for the sale of goods and services that you do not even have in stock.

Do not believe that this is possible and want to know how it's done?

I myself tried to earn quick money with the help of Avito, I won’t say that I became a millionaire, but I managed to earn several thousand rubles in a week.

Business idea number 6. Grow from an employee to a business partner

If you are currently employed, it is not necessary to quit your job and start your own business. You can do this within the company you work for.

If your company is not too big, and you are one of the key specialists there, then under certain conditions you can get a share in the company's business. This will allow you not only to receive a salary, but to become a full-fledged managing partner on a par with the current owner - your main manager.

This is possible if you can directly influence the increase in the company's profits by your actions.

Become an indispensable specialist and it is quite possible that the owner of the company himself will offer you to become his business partner.

This method offers the legendary Russian entrepreneur Vladimir Dovgan. Yes, you will have to work hard here, but on the other hand, you will become a co-owner of an already operating company without any risks and really from scratch.

Dovgan himself cites the example of a guy who became a co-owner large network restaurants in Moscow, and before that he was a simple cook in one of the restaurants.

This young man I really liked what he does, he was professional in cooking and courteous with the guests of the establishment.

The owners, seeing his passion for his work, first promoted him to a restaurant manager, and then offered him a stake in the business because he would develop their network of restaurants and train staff.

I don’t remember the name of this person, but now he has become a dollar millionaire, without actually opening his own business, but starting to develop someone else’s.

This is also a good way to start your own business, especially if you have a good career in a small or medium commercial company.

Business idea number 7. Building your business online

If you are good at computers, know how to create Internet projects, or at least understand the principles of their functioning, then you should consider the Internet as a way to start your business from scratch.

There are two main ways to start an online business:

1. Freelance. It's a business of giving you paid services through the Internet. If you have professional skills, such as drawing beautiful designs, writing texts professionally, or knowing programming languages, you can easily make money on the global web. More precisely, it can rather be called work for yourself. Although successful freelancers earn from 500 before 10 000 dollars per month.

You can start earning in this way on the popular exchanges for freelancers Freelance (fl.ru) and Workzilla (workzilla.ru).

2. Classic business on the Internet. It is not so easy to build a full-fledged online business on your own, it is best to follow the beaten path.

To do this, just read my article. There I talked about how you can make money on games, on social networks, on selling information from 50,000 rubles a month and gave examples of real people who are already doing this.

This concludes my review of business ideas. I hope that they will help you get moving and start earning your first money.

5. My own experience of starting a business from scratch in the service industry

As I wrote earlier, I opened my first business at the age of 19 - it was a vending business (terminals for accepting payments). Yes, it took money. Then I had several more projects. All of them had nothing to do with the Internet.

And so, about 3 years ago, my current friend and business partner Vitaliy and I opened our own website creation studio without a penny. We ourselves learned to make Internet projects literally on the go, but in the end, after a few months, we earned about 500,000 rubles at our website creation studio.

Naturally, I often had to work with legal entities that transferred payment for services by bank transfer. To do this, you had to either open your own company or work through someone.

We chose the second way, having agreed with our current business partner Evgeny Korobko. Zhenya is the founder and head of his own advertising agency. I interviewed him, you can read him in an article about, the material is published on our website.

Our first clients were familiar entrepreneurs.

We approached our business responsibly, and fulfilled orders with soul. Soon the effect of "word of mouth" worked, when our satisfied customers They started recommending us to their friends.

This allowed us to get a continuous flow of customers, and sometimes we even could not cope with orders. This experience helped us to believe in ourselves, and today we have a complete picture in our head of how to start a business from scratch and make it successful.

I want to note that with the development information technologies in the world, your market today is the whole planet!

There are no more distances, any information is available, and now starting a business is much easier than even some 10 years ago.

I hope that all the materials in this article will help you take the first step towards your dream - your own business, which will eventually turn from a small home project into a huge company with a worldwide reputation.

Therefore, dear readers, I assure you, everything is in your hands, just act, because the city takes courage!

6. The real story of how my friend Misha worked as a security guard and became a businessman

Here is one of my favorite stories about a real entrepreneur who started a business from scratch. After all, I promised in the article to give examples from life.

Do you want to know how Mikhail became an entrepreneur from a laborer, opened, bought a foreign car and an apartment?

A few years ago, my friend Mikhail worked wherever possible: as a laborer at a construction site, as a loader, and as a security guard.

In a word, he was engaged in not the most monetary and intellectual work. It all started with the fact that my friend was guarding a company selling building materials. One day a client came to them who wanted to buy a large batch of building insulation, but it was not in the assortment.

Misha knew that literally 100 meters from the company he was guarding, there was another hardware store where there was definitely such a heater. Taking contact from potential client, he went to this store in the evening and agreed that he would bring them a large client if they would give him a percentage of the purchase made from them. The management of this store agreed and Misha worked as a freelance sales manager, earning about 30 000 rubles for just one trade (recommendation).

And it was an amount equal to his monthly salary!

Michael thought it was an interesting thing, and financial results from the deal gave him confidence. So he quit his job and started by negotiating with various firms that he would sell their products. Since Misha already worked as a handyman and security guards in construction company, then the goods for sale were also chosen for construction: windows, doors, fittings, roofing, and so on.

My friend just walked around the construction sites of the city and offered his goods. Some were bought from him, some not. As a result, Mikhail formed an assortment of the most hot goods and understood how to properly negotiate with foremen at construction sites.

After 2 years, Mikhail opened his own company selling building materials and connected his brother to this business. Prior to that, his brother Kostya worked at Gorgas and received the usual small salary. Now the guys are quite successful in sales and earn good money.

By the way, I have been to their office more than once and have known Misha for several years. He told me this story himself.

Conclusion:

By opening a business from scratch, you avoid the risk of losing money, and this is the most important thing. Also, start without material resources teaches you to make better decisions to make money. After all, if you manage to make a profit without investing, then with money you can even become a successful entrepreneur.

See you in the next articles and good luck in your business!

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Many start-up entrepreneurs at the initial stage, when registering their activities, face a lot of formal problems. For example, you need to open an LLC on your own, without the help of a lawyer. This procedure is simple, but without knowledge of the regulations, it is beyond the power of some people. The legal services market is currently developed enough to provide professional help in this area to everyone. Also created a lot of manuals that tell you how to open an LLC. The step-by-step instructions given in them are very convenient, but most business people prefer to entrust the problem to specialized firms. As a rule, this is due to the desire to save time and avoid errors in documents.

OOO

First you need to define legal status future enterprise. It depends on several factors, this is, first of all, the form of tax and accounting, respectively, the types of taxes paid to the budgets of various levels. The most common form today commercial enterprise serves society with limited liability(OOO). In accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation, an LLC is a legal association that can be organized by both citizens (individuals) and enterprises. At the same time, the statutory share is distributed among business owners (founders), each of which bears economic responsibility only in the amount of its contribution.

"I want to open an LLC!"

Before starting this troublesome process, it would be useful to familiarize yourself with the legislative acts regulating the work of the company in this status. it the federal law“On Limited Liability Companies” No. FZ-14 dated February 08, 1998 and August 08, 2001 “On state registration individual entrepreneurs and legal entities. After studying these documents, many entrepreneurs will have a question: "How much does it cost to open an LLC with the help of a specialized company?" When comparing costs, it turns out that the amounts are approximately equal. which helps to open a turnkey LLC, get a seal, statistics codes, open a current account, will cost an average of 20 thousand rubles. Moreover, this price is average for the country, from Moscow to Vladivostok. When trying to open an LLC on your own, the amount of costs can be much higher, especially if you have to submit documents several times due to mistakes made.

Where can I register a company

Open an LLC in Moscow or Novosibirsk - only the owner can choose. The registration procedure, the list of documents, the sequence of actions are the same. The place of registration depends only on the legal address of the future company, respectively, it is necessary to apply to tax office registration area. You can open an LLC in another city quite simply by placing a production base there or renting a room for Main office. Many entrepreneurs optimize tax payments in this way. At the same time, the law does not regulate the number of organized companies, i.e. how many to open an LLC. AT modern economy holding companies are gaining popularity. Production activities carried out by one organization, the second is engaged in retail, the third makes wholesale deliveries. This scheme is beneficial for entrepreneurs to optimize the tax burden.

How to open an LLC: step by step instructions

The main difficulty is the correct filling of a large number of documents, although, according to some entrepreneurs, this is a kind of school for all future activities. At the initial stage, everyone determines for himself what is more profitable for him: to pay for the result or to achieve it himself. So, to open an LLC on your own, you need to go through the following steps step by step.

Stage 1. Name

Not the most difficult, but the most responsible first step. We create a company, lay its foundation. First, the title. The owner's fantasy is limited only by the legislation of the Russian Federation, specifically by Article 1473 of the Civil Code, each paragraph of which contains a specific requirement for the name. A prerequisite is the indication of the form of ownership commercial organization(CJSC, LLC, JSC). The use of the word "Russia" in the name in various variations is possible only with the consent of the Government of the Russian Federation, which will evaluate not only the scale and activities of the company, but a lot of parameters that are not related to commerce.

It is also necessary to remember that there is a full name of the company and its abbreviated counterpart. For use on letterheads and internal orders, a short version is sufficient, for example, Shmel LLC. In most constituent documents, it is required to indicate the full version, for example, Shmel Limited Liability Company.

At the initial stage, it is also necessary to determine the scope of the enterprise. The number of species is limited to 20. Accordingly, the selected OKVED codes will appear in registration documents.

Stage 2. Founders and capital

The number of founders (owners) of the business is determined. Depending on their equity participation and the amount of the contribution is formed authorized capital. The number of participants depends on which LLC to open. There can be from 1 to 50, depending on the size and scope of activity. The amount of the cash or non-cash contribution of each co-owner is not regulated, the law establishes only the lower limit of the size of the authorized (share) capital - 10 thousand rubles.

The share can be paid in cash, assets (property), working capital. At the same time, non-cash funds are necessarily subject to an independent assessment. Based on its results, the monetary value is determined, which is the amount of the contribution. If there are several owners, then the general meeting selects a director, who is not necessarily a member of the founders. The order on his appointment and the minutes of the meeting are additional documents to the company's articles of association.

Stage 3. Address

The LLC to be created must have legal address. If one of the founders owns a non-residential premises or office suitable for the company's activities, then it may appear as a place of permanent registration. In the case of renting space, you will need letter of guarantee from the owner (lessor) with confirmation and a lease agreement drawn up in the form approved by regulatory enactments. Registration of an LLC is possible at the address of the place of permanent residence of the director (or CEO). In this case, a copy of the passport is provided.

Stage 4. Charter

Creation of the charter of the future company is a very important issue. This document is the basis for state registration (registration) of an LLC as a legal entity. The charter of the enterprise must contain the following positions:

  • Name (full and abbreviated).
  • Address (legal required, actual optional).
  • Management bodies, decision-making procedure, documentation.
  • Statutory (reserve) fund, composition, size, procedure for increasing and decreasing, transfer of shares to third parties.
  • The composition of the founders, the procedure for the entry of new members, the withdrawal from the membership of the company.

The charter is printed in 2 copies, must be signed, numbered, stapled and certified.

Stage 5. Taxation system

This point is very important for financial activities future company. It is necessary to determine the taxation system for work. Tax and accounting, types and procedures for reporting, fees that the company is required to pay - all this depends on the chosen regime (USN, KSNO, UTII). As a rule, at this stage, consultation of the chief accountant, if he has already been hired, or a specialist auditor is required to establish the entire system and optimize it.

The final item of the preparatory stage is the payment of the state fee. It can be made through any branch of Sberbank, its size today is 4 thousand rubles. Before submitting the documents, the original receipt for the deposit of funds must be attached to them.

Stage 6. Documents

The next step in registering a company is to collect a package of documents and submit them for processing to the tax office. law firms and outsourcing companies can tell you in detail how to open an LLC. Step-by-step instructions at this stage provide for the collection of the following papers:

  1. Charter of the company (2 copies).
  2. Decision (agreement) on the establishment of the company, protocol general meeting(in case of several founders).
  3. The composition of the owners.
  4. Statement application form registration (in the form P11001). The signature is notarized.
  5. Orders (instructions) on the appointment of the chief accountant and director (general) of the organization.
  6. Letter of guarantee when renting a building - the bearer of a legal address.
  7. Receipt confirming the deposit of funds for registration.
  8. Statement of the applicable taxation regime, if the simplified tax system is used.

You can prepare the above documents for free using this service.

Stage 7. Check

Stitched, certified documents should be carefully reviewed again. If an employee of the tax inspectorate finds an error, then the registration of the enterprise will not take place. All work will need to be carried out again, while the paid state fee is non-refundable. The next submission of the full package of documents must contain a new receipt for the transfer of funds.

When opening an LLC through a specialized company, the package of documents is finalized free of charge. In this case, the errors are eliminated at the expense of the company with which the contract for the provision of relevant legal services has been concluded. The tax inspectorate specialist is obliged to issue a receipt with a complete list of documents received for processing. The date of receipt of registration certificates is also indicated there, if there are no questions to the papers provided.

Stage 8. Receipt of documents

The official processing time for documents is 5 days (working). After that, the applicant must contact a specialist and get a decision. In case of refusal to register, the reason is indicated in official document. We start the process anew, correct the shortcomings and re-solve the issue of how to open an LLC. The step-by-step instructions above will help you with this. With a positive decision, the following documents are issued:

  1. legal entity (LLC).
  2. Certificate (assignment of TIN to the organization) on tax registration.
  3. Charter, certified by the tax office.
  4. Extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.

Stage 9. Registration

After registering with the local tax office, the LLC must be registered with all relevant funds and the statistics department. Statistical codes assigned after the presentation of the Charter, an up-to-date extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, TIN, PSRN, are used to open a current account for the enterprise. At the moment it works, so there is no need to go to extra-budgetary funds on your own. The tax office must issue a notice of registration of the enterprise with the FSS, PF and the health insurance fund. If one of the documents is missing, then you will have to visit this department yourself. You must have all the papers issued by the tax office and a passport proving the identity of the applicant with you.

Step 10. Print

We can say that the registration was successful. Certificates of registration in all non-budgetary funds have been received, the organization is registered as a taxpayer, you can proceed to final stage. We create the seal of LLC. Today, the service is widespread, when contacting the appropriate workshop, each company will be offered several options for official and round seals, not to mention additional stamps. Moreover, if kept strictly, business style(name, details, company codes), then seals for internal use may contain the company logo, which gives scope for the owner's imagination.

Stage 11. Accounts

Where to open an account for an LLC? For most entrepreneurs this question causes no difficulty. Of course, with the bank you need to have partnerships and business relationship that are built on trust. In this case big role the reputation of a financial institution, its technical equipment, location of the nearest office (branch), fee for servicing settlement, currency and special accounts play a role.

Particular attention should be paid to customer support. Should work modern, comfortable, with high level performance program served technical services jar. You should be able to obtain appropriate specialist advice at any time without any problems. The choice of a credit institution is currently quite large, so any newly registered legal entity has a wide choice. The legislation of the Russian Federation does not limit companies in the number of accounts, therefore, if such a need is seen, several settlement or special service units can be opened in different banks.

Stage 12. Final moment

After opening one or more current accounts, it is necessary to provide all information about it to the tax office and funds within seven days (7 working days). In case of violation of deadlines by government agencies penalties may be imposed. If a new company headed by the director independently successfully passed all the tests of Russian legislation and bureaucratic red tape, then it has a huge potential for development. It turned out to open an LLC on your own, it remains to wish you success in your professional activities!

Looking for an answer to the question of how to start your own business from scratch? Read our practical advice and be financially independent.

Many people are dissatisfied with their work, bosses, working conditions, salary.

And now those who want cardinal changes in their lives, over time, begin to ask themselves in search of an answer to the question: how to start a business from scratch.

But not everyone can realize this idea.

Someone lacks desire, someone lacks knowledge and support, and someone, corny, start-up capital.

But still, it is so important that thoughts about starting your own business remain not just dreams, but begin to turn into concrete actions.

Therefore, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with our recommendations that will help you deal with this issue.

How to start a business from scratch and what is the situation in the business?

First of all, it is worth saying a few words about the situation that has developed in the field of small business and individual entrepreneurship.

  • personal funds and savings;
  • credit;
  • investors.

The most optimal source of start-up capital is own funds and savings.

If at the moment there is extra money and the whole organization of the future business has already been thought out, then you can start implementing the idea at any desired time.

If these are not, then they will have to be earned.

There are two options here - sell unnecessary property or earn money and accumulate it.

Therefore, in this matter, you need to rely on your patience, because it will take some time to receive the required amount.

If we talk about credit, then it will always be associated with risks, especially for beginners.

Features of the loan are as follows:

  • registration of liquid collateral (real estate, car);
  • it is necessary to hire an expert who can evaluate the collateral;
  • making insurance payments;
  • monthly pay the body and interest of the loan;
  • if the case “burns out”, you can lose the property that was pledged.

Based on the above, a loan is not just a return of the funds taken and interest, but also a strong emotional burden on a novice businessman.

And this is not the most The best way receiving funds for beginners who decided to start their own business from scratch.

The third option for obtaining start-up capital involves the search for investors.

In order to reach them, you need to look for intermediaries who are engaged in start-ups, and specifically, crowdfunding.

To do this, you must put together a compelling business plan and be willing to share your earnings with your investor.

A few practical tips for everyone who wants to start their own business from scratch:

    If at the moment there is no starting capital, as well as a desire to take funds on credit, then it is better to earn them, but there is a desire to start a business from scratch, we suggest you get a job related to your planned business.

    Firstly, you will receive a reward from which you can save the amount you need, and secondly, you will get to know the “kitchen” from the inside.

    If your business is not particularly tied to the office, then save on it.

    Business meetings can be held on neutral territory - restaurants, rented meeting rooms.

  1. Promote your business on the Internet, namely in social networks.
  2. Do not neglect the detailed preparation of a business plan.

    This is the foundation of the business, and the slightest mistake can cost the entire amount of capital.

    Better lay heavy expenses or include an article with unexpected costs.

    When drawing up a business plan, many advise starting with a profit calculation.

    Thus, you can immediately determine the scope of the business.

    To start your business from scratch, use your connections.

    Firstly, it will help promote your business, and secondly, perhaps in this way you will find future partners.

  3. Calculate several forecasts at once: profit, break-even and losses.

So, if you're thinking, how to start a business from scratch, you must understand that this is not an easy job that can be done in the shortest possible time.

In addition to a great desire, you must have patience, because it will take time to receive start-up capital for starting a business, as well as the profit itself.

Communicate with people, study the basics of economics, follow the law, and you will succeed.

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An individual entrepreneur - who, after state registration, has received the right to conduct entrepreneurial activity. To open an individual entrepreneur, you must fill out an application P21001 and submit it to the tax office.

Step 2. Select activity codes according to OKVED

Before filling out an application for opening an IP, decide what kind of business you will do. Entrepreneurial activity codes are selected from a special classifier, use ours for this. If you use to prepare documents, then a drop-down list will be offered to you, which will make your work on choosing codes even more convenient.

On one sheet A of the application, 57 activity codes can be indicated, and if one sheet is not enough, then it is allowed to fill in additional ones. Only those OKVED codes that contain 4 or more digits are indicated. Choose one code as the main one (the type of activity for which the main income is expected), the rest will be additional. You are not required to operate on all of the specified codes, but we recommend registering only those codes that you plan to work on. In the future, if you change the direction of the business, you can add them.

Step 3: Fill out the P21001 application

An application for the transition to the simplified tax system must be submitted within 30 days after the opening of the IP, but this can also be done when submitting documents for registration. If you decide to register an individual entrepreneur using our service, the program will prepare an application for you to switch to simplified taxation.

Step 6. Collect a package of documents and submit it to the registration authority

Check that to open an IP you must have the following documents prepared:

  • application for registration of an individual entrepreneur in the form P21001 - 1 copy;
  • receipt of payment of state duty - 1 copy;
  • copy of the main identity document - 1 copy;
  • notification of the transition to the simplified tax system - 2 copies, (but some IFTS require 3 copies);
  • power of attorney, if the documents are submitted by an authorized person.

If the method of submitting documents is through a proxy or by mail, then the application P21001 and a copy of the passport must be notarized.

Step 7. After registering an IP

In 2020, it is no more than 3 working days after the submission of documents. In case of successful registration, the Federal Tax Service sends an e-mail to the applicant in in electronic format a record sheet of the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs in the form No. P60009 and a certificate of registration with the tax authority (TIN), if it has not been received earlier. You can get paper documents only at the request of the applicant at the IFTS or MFC.

Congratulations, you are now a sole trader! We hope that our step-by-step instructions for registering an IP in 2020 helped you!

What to do if you are denied registration of an individual entrepreneur or LLC? From October 1, 2018, the applicant can again apply for registration of an individual entrepreneur or LLC. You must contact the IFTS within three months after the decision to refuse, and this can be done only once.

To open an individual entrepreneur, it is not necessary to contact registrars and pay for legal services. Anyone who decides to start their own business can cope with this procedure. In this article, we will talk about what is required for registration of an IP, and how an individual can go through self-registration at the tax office.

The most important thing for registering an IP is to correctly fill out the P21001 form in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Tax Service. If you want to print the finished application in a few minutes, then register in personal account and follow our instructions.

What documents are needed to register an IP? The list for opening an IP in 2020 is given in Article 22.1 of Law No. 129-FZ. For convenience, we have divided this long list into:

  • documents for opening an individual entrepreneur by a Russian;
  • documents for registration by an individual entrepreneur of a person with citizenship of another country or without citizenship.

Registration of IP by a Russian citizen

To open an IP in 2020, a Russian needs to prepare:

  • form - this is an application in which an individual provides information necessary to register an individual entrepreneur ( full name, address, passport details, OKVED codes).
  • photocopy of all pages of the Russian passport.
  • paid receipt in the amount of 800 rubles (state duty for consideration of the application).

Additionally, you may need:

  • Power of attorney for registration actions, if the applicant is represented by another person, for example, a professional registrar.
  • Notification of the transition to the simplified tax system (3 copies). In most cases, the simplified mode is the most beneficial for a novice businessman. However, we advise you to get a free one first, perhaps in your case it will be easier to work on UTII or USN.
  • If the applicant has not reached the age of majority, then the documents for registration of entrepreneurial status must be supplemented (optionally): with the notarized consent of the parents; a photocopy of the minor's marriage certificate; a photocopy of the decision of the guardianship authority or court to recognize the applicant as fully capable.

Documents for registration of IP in 2020 can be submitted in person, sent by mail or entrusted to a trusted person. During a personal visit to the IFTS, it is not required to certify the P21001 form and a photocopy of the passport with a notary, in other cases it is mandatory.

How can a foreigner obtain IP status?

Not only Russian citizens, but also foreign citizens can register an individual entrepreneur and conduct legal business in the Russian Federation. Even if individual no citizenship at all, he can engage in commercial activities in Russia. It is only necessary to prove the legality of being on the territory of the Russian Federation. What documents are needed to open an individual entrepreneur if there is no Russian citizenship?

  1. Application P21001 is the same form that Russians fill out in Russian. There is no special form.
  2. A copy of the main identity document of the applicant. Depending on the category of an individual, this may be: a passport of the country of citizenship, a refugee certificate, a certificate of a person who has received temporary asylum in the Russian Federation; identity card of a stateless person.
  3. A copy of the birth certificate, if the main document of a foreign citizen or stateless person does not contain information about the date and place of birth.
  4. Confirmation of legal residence in Russia: a copy of a temporary residence permit or residence permit and the original for comparison.
  5. Confirmation of payment of the state duty in order to register an individual entrepreneur (the amount is the same as for Russians).

Important: all originals written in a foreign language must be translated and certified by a Russian notary.

You can learn more about what documents are needed to open a business, how an individual entrepreneur differs from an LLC, what features exist during state registration in your region at a free individual consultation.

What does a sole proprietorship need to run a business?

Strictly speaking, the concept of "Constituent documents of IP" does not correspond to the letter of the law. Individual entrepreneurs are not established, this is only the status that an individual receives after registering as an entrepreneur. But if we draw an analogy with legal entity, then founding documents IP - these are the papers that prove that you are standing on tax accounting and work legally.

Documents for IP

Identity document

An individual entrepreneur acts on his own behalf, his powers do not need to be confirmed by a power of attorney, decision, order of appointment, etc. In order for your partners or government agencies to make sure that you are you, you must present your passport Russian citizen. Foreigners present a foreign-style passport or its notarized translation. Persons who find themselves in Russia in search of asylum confirm their identity on the basis of a refugee certificate or a certificate of a person who has received temporary asylum.

TIN certificate

This is proof of tax registration. An individual tax number for an individual is one. If you did not have it before the opening of the IP, then the certificate will be issued after the registration of the entrepreneur. If the TIN was assigned earlier, then it must be indicated in the P21001 form.

IP state registration certificate

Confirmation that the citizen is registered as an entrepreneur. It indicates the OGRNIP number and the date of making the corresponding entry in the state register. Since 2017, the IP registration certificate is no longer issued. Instead, a form is sent to the entrepreneur.

Extract from USRIP

EGRIP is State Register individual entrepreneurs. The record sheet contains the full name of the individual entrepreneur, passport data, OKVED codes. Before concluding a transaction, counterparties require a fresh statement (no later than a month), which is issued on paper only by the INFS. There is another way to establish that information about the IP is entered in the register. allows you to get an abbreviated version of the record sheet (without passport data), but this can be done online and without payment.

Statistics codes

Information on the assignment to a business entity and statistical codes (OKATO, OKTMO, OKFS, OKOPF). Codes are required when opening a bank account, filling out payments, submitting reports, etc.

Notice of registration in funds

Initially Pension Fund independently registers the insured according to the IFTS information. After hiring employees, individual entrepreneurs must additionally be registered as an employer with the Pension Fund and the Social Insurance Fund.

Are you planning to open a sole proprietorship? Do not forget about the current account - it will simplify doing business, paying taxes and insurance premiums. Especially now, many banks offer favorable conditions for opening and maintaining a current account. You can get acquainted with the offers with us.

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