5 Things A Start-Up Must Have

Creating your own start-up is a great idea. In order to succeed, your start-up needs a strong foundation. We broke down the top 5 things you should consider and prepare before you jump into launching your start-up.

Customers

This should be the priority for every business. Struggling to find customers is an experience most entrepreneurs can relate to. And creating a system that consistently drives new sales is essential if you want your business to succeed.It’s hard to attract potential customers when no one knows you exist. You have to find a way to get in front of people who will actually care about your product.

 Sense of Timing

You should know what is the right time to launch your business. In the initial years, the idea of starting a business will demand a lot of preparation. You should be consistent throughout the process.

Product Or An Idea

The product you're creating, needs to directly answer the unmet needs or desires of your customers. It doesn’t have to be a physical product. Even your idea can cater to an untapped audience. For this you need to do a feasibility study or do a market research.

Flexibility

If there’s anything that’s consistently true about launching a start-up, it’s that very little will be consistent. When you put so much time, effort and faith into one business plan, built on one business model, it’s logical that you would have trouble accepting that maybe it needs to be modified, or worse yet, scrapped and rebuilt entirely.So, it is always important to be flexible.

Having An Office Space

This is a topic which is usually pushed back. But it is really important to have your own office space to work peacefully.

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5 Ways To Impress Your Clients

Everyone knows that the customer is King. But good customer service goes beyond that. If you wish to retain your customers and win over new clients here are a few ideas of things you try doing:

Being Responsive

Just like any other relationship, communication is the key in a business-client relationship. It is critical because it will not just impress the clients but it also helps a company to develop new products or modify the current ones, based on the changing needs of customers. Customers leave information and provide feedback all the time by way of product reviews, comments about a company, experiences with a brand, and other such data.

Keeping Your Promise

The biggest mistake that the salespeople or the companies make is giving wrong time lines and commitments to the customer in order to get the sale. If you think you can get something done in one day, tell them it will take one week. If you finish in a day, they will be pleasantly surprised.

Listening

How often do you truly listen to what your clients are saying, beyond the work they are relaying to you? If you listen, you may discover new areas where they could use your talents, or be able to suggest a different and more efficient way to do something.

Going Out Of The Way

Customers are the biggest asset to the business. Never leave your customers dissatisfied as it can cost a lot to the company. Yes, even though you probably have a fairly defined list of deliverables, you can do more by putting in time to ensure quality, testing and re-testing, and essentially creating a final product that is even better than what the client expected.

Your Meeting Space Matters

It can be difficult to communicate clearly with clients in the office when you’re having a particularly rough morning, or if you work in an environment where you don’t feel supported. Building up a cool meeting place will have a positive effect on your mood.

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