Last night I kept thinking and thinking what to write on my very first blog, until I decided that I should just begin typing and writing down exactly what came to mind. Since this blog will be my journey to becoming an entrepreneur I decided to let you know what I have already done and what I will be doing. Since I’ve already reached my first milestones I will tell you with this blog and from now on, I will let you know of what my every step pertaining to building my business. Please if you have any advise or comments please feel free to let me know, I am learning as I go and I know that I will make mistakes.

First off I began researching every single kids clothing company that I love, from how they started to how they are doing right now. I researched blogs, articles, stories that had to do with start-ups, successful businesses, entrepreneurs and many more. Believe me, I’ve been doing my research. I subscribed to the, Entrepreneur Magazine it’s awesome and free, I really suggest you look it up it. In an article they give you a step by step guide to developing your business plan.

I also visit frequently the U.S Small Business Administration website, please look for the article, “10 steps to starting a business”. I have completed 2 steps of the 10, step 1. business plan, step.6 registering a business name. Some of the steps do not apply to me yet since I will begin my business online but nevetheless it’s good to cover all legal steps.

Let me tell you about my business plan, after reading and looking at samples online I decided that I would work on it myself. I did, but somehow along the middle I got stuck and I could not really figure out what to do with the financials. As I researched places that could create a business plan I realized that the costs were too high.  Also, my business plan needs to be a simple outline since I am not asking for funding yet.  And it was then that I discovered Elance. You can find all kinds of freelancers with great portfolios from all over the world and not to mention excellent prices. I posted a job stating I needed a business plan for a start-up and since elance gives you the choice to name a set price, I decided to put up to 100.00 thinking I would get very few proposals if any. In a matter of minutes I began receiving proposals from all over the world with different amounts, and after reading their ideas and portfolios I decided to work with Zain from India. It is really amazing what the internet has done for us, it has opened so many opportunities to become completely global, I just can’t stop thinking how awesome it is but back to my business plan. After 4 days and emails back and forth Zain delivered my business plan.

To be continued…..

Tomorrow I will continue with this blog since It’s getting too long and do not want to bore you……

Thanks for reading!!!