Starting Your First Company

helpful advice and tips for people looking to start and grow their first business. help turn your idea into a business research your market - identify potential customers. talk to them and find out if your idea is meeting a real need. develop and plan - test your product or service with real customers, make changes, and test it again. keep doing this until you’re sure there’s a demand for it. find partners and suppliers - think about who you’re going to work with to develop and sell your idea. set up your business - work out which legal structure is right for you, and register for tax. get funding - explore different sources of business finance, from bank loans to government-backed schemes.