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Before this I wrote a post about the first decision whether we should start our part time business around something that we have passion in or simply follow the market’s hot trend. I have discussed the pros and cons for each decision but if you confuse with it, I also suggested that you can follow my advice and start something you have passion first to gain experiences.

You are advised to start a business around your passion because of the motivation. You will have a strong desire and passion on your business if you are doing something that you love. You will enjoy your business and feel happy with it. With this state of mind, your learning potential will be fully maximized and this is the time you can learn everything very fast. You can gain a lot of experience from here. Business experience is a treasure for you and it can let you to start multiple businesses in future. With the skills and experience you have, you will have high possibilities to succeed.

Steps to Start a Part Time Business around your passion

Now you know the main reason to start a business around your passion. So our next question is how to start a part time business around your passion. Here are some simple steps that you can take at this moment to prepare for your part time business:

1. Determine which business is right for you.  This is the first stage of your business planning. You must know and understand what kind of passion you have that can be change to be a business. You can start your brain storming by writing down what you like to do in your spare time, what you spend most of your time on, what people around you say about you, what are your skills and etc. Just list down what come across your mind in this step.

2. Research on your choice – Now you have a list of passions and hobbies. Our next step should be sort the list out and choose those are the best for your business. Try to research the market and competition for you business of passion. We need to find out whether there is market ready for your business or does your market over saturated and high in competition. Last but not least, you have to find out whether your ideas can be started as a part time business. Not all ideas are created equally and some of them cannot start as a part time business.

3. Build a plan or strategy for your business. Now you know what your passion is and also choose one of them to be your first part time business. Now all you have to do in the step is build a strategy for your business. Before this, my mentor taught me a good lesson on this. At that time I was trying to start a web site and make money from it. I have some ideas but I don’t have any plan for them. According to my mentor, before we start a business or project, we must know our strategy and our target market. If not, your business is planned to be fail. I agree with my mentor. It is quite hard and confuses to take action if we don’t have a plan. In your plan, you must know how you are going to make money and also the system that you want to build for your business.

4. Decide your value for your business. Building a business is like constructing a building. Your foundation must be strong and good to build a strong business. So your personal value will be the foundation of your business. Personal value is your principal, your value that gives your life direction. Besides that, it also can be the direction for your business. This is where business mission, vision and motto come from. So take your time and think that what kind of personal value you will implement in your business. Maybe honesty, punctuality, considerate or as simple as fast and productive.

5. Decide the value that you can provide to customers. After defining your personal value for your business, now it is time for your to decide what kind of value your can provide to your customers. People spend their money to exchange some kind of value from you. So the more value you provide, the faster your business can grow and stay in the market. Some of the hot question that you can ask is how you can make your customer satisfy, how your business can help them to solve problems quickly and etc. If possible, please think some value that special and unique. This will make your business unique too and hence attract a niche market for your business.

Please Remember….

Please remember that starting a part time business is not easy. But it is also not so hard until you cannot start one. With a good plan, strategy and good understanding about your strength and weakness, then you already have all the requirements to start a part time business. In first stage, your business is new and it really depends on you to succeed. So don’t forget you are the key to succeed. If you don’t give up and work hard, then you business will grow and succeed. This is the state of mind that you must have. Good Luck!

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