Advice Please For New Business

Business By Peg3 Updated 16 Jun 2011 , 2:49pm by costumeczar

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Peg3 Posted 15 Jun 2011 , 9:46pm
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I would appreciate your feedback & advice for my business start-up ideas. I plan to start a business in CO selling cupcake stands, cake pop stands, and misc. cake decorating equipment. I'm also considering selling cake pops & cupcakes if I can secure an affordable retail location. I may start out as a website retailer to build clients. No one sells reasonably priced
cupcake or cake pop stands locally, and I want to secure this niche & provide a service to local bakers. I can rent a commercial kitchen hourly to prep edibles. I'd appreciate any comments from the veterans on this site. Thanks icon_smile.gif

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leah_s Posted 16 Jun 2011 , 7:54am
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Have you written a complete business plan?

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cakification Posted 16 Jun 2011 , 2:46pm
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Do you have any specific questions? I make cake pedestals and i sell them on etsy, would you be looking to do something similar? Etsy is a great place to start, because there's lots of like-minded creatives types on the site, and people go there specifically looking for cool handmade items. My cake pedestals are selling great, so it might be worth looking into to.

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costumeczar Posted 16 Jun 2011 , 2:49pm
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I would appreciate your feedback & advice for my business start-up ideas. I plan to start a business in CO selling cupcake stands, cake pop stands, and misc. cake decorating equipment. I'm also considering selling cake pops & cupcakes if I can secure an affordable retail location. I may start out as a website retailer to build clients. No one sells reasonably priced
cupcake or cake pop stands locally, and I want to secure this niche & provide a service to local bakers. I can rent a commercial kitchen hourly to prep edibles. I'd appreciate any comments from the veterans on this site. Thanks icon_smile.gif




You're also going to have to figure out what you mean by "reasonably priced." If you're a customer looking for "reasonably priced" it might be a whole lot lower than the same thing will mean if you're the person having to make them yourself and sell them to make a decent profit that will sustain a business.

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