Founder of American food companies.
Strategic Advisor to Founders and CEOs. Took a specialty food manufacturer from capital raise to exit sale. Turnaround CEO. Food safety expert. Built five USDA inspected food manufacturing facilities.
eCommerce
Founder of American food companies.
If you do not own your own brand or design/patent you will find out that 99% of drop shipping businesses fail and fail fast. So instead of just drop shipping, create a brand and then find manufacturers that will put your name on the product and all the POS materials and packaging.
freelancing
Founder of American food companies.
Join various platforms such as Upwork, People per Hour, FIVR and offer your services.
Marketing Strategy
Founder of American food companies.
Depends on your product. If it is food - go and give samples to potential customers. If it is a physical product - find the first customer, provide the product, utilize the feedback to improve and get a testimonial. For digital products - offer a free trial.
Business Strategy
Founder of American food companies.
Specialize in niche markets or niche packages (i.e. yoga trips, academic trips etc). Once you get practice in handling one niche, you just keep adding niches.
Rentals
Founder of American food companies.
Turo is a good platform if you can licence or copy it.
Wellness Coaching
Founder of American food companies.
Consider looking into affiliate marketing programs.
Outsourcing
Founder of American food companies.
1) Language 2) Time zone 3) Cheaper competition from Africa and Far East 4) Culture 5) Track record
Agriculture
Founder of American food companies.
You will need to start small. If you have a garden use that to raise some chickens from scratch. If you don't have a garden, make a deal with a farmer to use some land to raise chickens. You can sell some of the eggs and use others to get more chickens by letting them hatch. Protecting the chickens will be a major issue in the beginning. Alternative is to raise money to rent land and build coops and get an initial amount of chicks.
Small Business
Founder of American food companies.
Social enterprise and "most profitable" are in conflict with each other. It may be best if you focused on one or the other and once the idea works, then either make it profitable or add a social component. Trying both at the same time has a very high chance for failure.
SEO
Founder of American food companies.
Depends on your industry and target customer. As a no-revenue start-up I would not spend more than $ 1,000. If it is a consumer direct item then I would put most of my marketing money into ppc ads and still less than $ 1,000 for SEO.
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