About our Start-up sites
Our Start-up sites
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1. Are you ready to start your business | Pre-planning is the key to the success of your business. This checklist/guide covers everything you need to know - what follows is other sites that will give you a wider perspective |
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2. Market research | Is there a market for your products and is it large enough to justify your entering this market |
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3. Strategise and plan - Business plan |
What is your vision for you business, what are the threats you will face and your strategies to combat them |
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3.1 What is your business model | Your business model affects every aspect of your business |
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3.1.1 Importing and exporting | Things to consider if your business model includes importing or exporting |
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3.2 Choose the right business structure | Choose the ownership structure of our business. The different structure incur different costs and offer different protections |
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3.3 What name do you want for your business | A business name offers branding opportunities. this site contains links to the business name register, trading name register and domain name register |
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3.4 Where is your place of business | The right location is dependent on your customer's needs. Most small business operate from home |
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3.5 Understand your legal obligations | This site links to general business legislation that you will have to comply with |
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3.5.1 ATO obligations | An overview of tax and finance obligations |
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3.5.2 FairWork Obligations | An overview of employment obligations |
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3.4.3 WorkSafe obligations | Introduction to OH&S legislation in Victoria |
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3.4.3.1 Who is a "worker"? | Workers are not just employees. Workers include contractors, labour-for-hire staff, students such as interns, unpaid volunteers and more |
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3.5. Industry obligations | This tool identifies the industry regulations and liciences that will apply to your business based on your industry and actual physical location |
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3.6 Search for grants | A lists of grants available to businesses in Victoria |
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3.6.1 Search for more grants | Another list of grants available to small businesses in Victoria |
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4. Strategise and plan - Marketing Plan |
How will you differentiate your products from those of your competitor and ensure customer satisfaction |
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5. Strategise and plan - risk Management plan |
Ensure you have enough money to start a business and that the business is likely to generate the incomes you require |
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5.1.2 Need WorkCover insurance? | Requirements and List of approved Workcover insurance agents |
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5.2 Other insurances to consider | This site contains a check list of all the insurance a small business could consider |
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6. Strategise and plan - Start-up costs and revenues |
Ensure you have enough money to start a business and your estimated revenues are realistic |
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7. Begin your business | This page has links to the various sites to register your business |
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7. Set up your financial tracking tools | Learn how to do your own books to track your profits, losses, sales, stock, and cash flow. Useful templates for a business include the financial statement template and cashflow forecasting template |
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8.1 ATO record requirements | A guide to the record keeping requirements of the ATO |
| 9. Set up your employee tracking tools | A guide to small business employment | |
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| employee form | ||
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ohs forms | |
| ATO record keeping - pay slips | ||
| ATO Tax Form | ||
| ATO Tax Form | ||
| Super stre | ||
| Customer Serive and markering | ||
| After sales care | ||
| Payment options | PayPal | |