52businesses

We believe that hands-on education through our successes and failures will be invaluable. The most important part of our process, is that we focus on action rather than simply planning that action, then providing information about that process to all the world. Throughout the next year, we will seek/use the right tools, the right process, and the r... ight guidance, to show some possible solutions to common issues facing new business owners. People should not have to spend their pension, children's college fund, or quit their jobs, in order to start their new business. Our goal is to help entrepreneurs with the scariest part of starting a business: Taking that first step. We want to help as many people as we can, start their new businesses, and introduce them to our network of supporters that will allow for responsible and sustainable growth, for as many small business owners as possible. What do we mean by "starting a business"? To our team, 52businesses means bringing an idea out of the clouds and onto the ground (and onto paper). Businesses have come to us at all different stages - some are just about to launch for the first time, some are just ideas, and some have been in the works for months. However, each business is very early stage and each business needs some sort of help. On Monday morning, the 52businesses team sits down with the business founders and determines the most important steps for starting that business and/or getting them to where they need to be. What happens to the business when the week is over? This varies from week to week. For some businesses, like Week 2's Touracle and Week 8's wedding vow site, we continue to work on some aspects of the business every week in the background. Most often, however, we will set up each business with the right tools and contacts to better ensure their success. We do, of course, check in on them time to time. In fact, we have created many good friends through our experiences so far, and many of them continue to be involved with 52businesses through guest ...Read More