Helloo forum,
I am currently working on a business creation, so I will post here the steps I have been through and my plan for the next few months / years, and upload it over time. If you have any thoughts or advices related to this new business, I would be glad to ear it and discuss with you.
A little background
25 years old, French, living in the south-west part of France (Pau), just finished my Master degree in business (with a specialization in corporate finance and cost control). My bachelor was in International Marketing, that's why I speak english.
Worked for a big company during the past 13 months in apprenticeship, and have been able to save 15 000€. I plan to invest around 10 000€ in the business.
Read The Millionnaire Fastlane in June : it convinced me to go for the business creation, although it had been on my mind since the beggining of my studies, 7 years ago. The company offered another comfortable 1-year contract but I declined to start my entrepreneurial dream.
The concept
After a few changes (of ideas and of partners), I decided to start it on my own.
I am very attached to food and terroir. You all know the french reputation for high quality alimentation : this notoriety is based on a great agriculture. My project is to home deliver terroir products (from local farms) directly to customers, thanks to an online platform.
It would allow consumers to have access to product directly from farms, even if they cannot go pick it up themselves. On the other way, it would allow small farmers to sell more of their products directly to consumers, short channel, without having to do anything new from their current strategy. They would then be less dependent from large retailers that can have a strong margin of negociation on prices.
Our main values would be transparency, simplicity, taste.
What I expect from this thread
To post in this forum has 3 main objectives for me :
- Hold myself accountable to what I previously said, so that I can measure the difference between what I expected and what I have really manage to achieve.
- Benefit from your experiences if some of you already work in this field, if you have knowledge to share, if you have reflexion to make this project grow into the right direction.
- Contribute back to what I learned on the different threads of this forum. I don't have so much experience for the moment, but I'm quite sure some of the things I'll go through will help someone one day in his adventure.
My plan
For the moment, here are the few next steps I planned
Before December 2017 = Building and clarifying the vision, the strategy, the business model of the company, realize the market study.
From December 2017= Start working on the website. I want to have a Minimum Viable Product for mid-February. At the same time, I'll create the legal structure I need to operate, start a few partnerships with local farmers (I am already in some networks), develop the commercial strategy.
March = Beggining of the activity on a small scale, to be sure I am able to deliver the products clients pay for. Once it'll work well, I will start communication and developing more partnerships. I would like to have an operating system that can deliver at least one hundrer products a week by July 2017.
To end this first message
I am very excited to go on this adventure as it has been on my mind since a long time. Do not hesitate to tell me the barriers you think I have to be careful about, and the details you would like to know to understand my vision / chances of success.
Thanks for reading all this message !
Let's go !
Marc B.
I am currently working on a business creation, so I will post here the steps I have been through and my plan for the next few months / years, and upload it over time. If you have any thoughts or advices related to this new business, I would be glad to ear it and discuss with you.
A little background
25 years old, French, living in the south-west part of France (Pau), just finished my Master degree in business (with a specialization in corporate finance and cost control). My bachelor was in International Marketing, that's why I speak english.
Worked for a big company during the past 13 months in apprenticeship, and have been able to save 15 000€. I plan to invest around 10 000€ in the business.
Read The Millionnaire Fastlane in June : it convinced me to go for the business creation, although it had been on my mind since the beggining of my studies, 7 years ago. The company offered another comfortable 1-year contract but I declined to start my entrepreneurial dream.
The concept
After a few changes (of ideas and of partners), I decided to start it on my own.
I am very attached to food and terroir. You all know the french reputation for high quality alimentation : this notoriety is based on a great agriculture. My project is to home deliver terroir products (from local farms) directly to customers, thanks to an online platform.
It would allow consumers to have access to product directly from farms, even if they cannot go pick it up themselves. On the other way, it would allow small farmers to sell more of their products directly to consumers, short channel, without having to do anything new from their current strategy. They would then be less dependent from large retailers that can have a strong margin of negociation on prices.
Our main values would be transparency, simplicity, taste.
What I expect from this thread
To post in this forum has 3 main objectives for me :
- Hold myself accountable to what I previously said, so that I can measure the difference between what I expected and what I have really manage to achieve.
- Benefit from your experiences if some of you already work in this field, if you have knowledge to share, if you have reflexion to make this project grow into the right direction.
- Contribute back to what I learned on the different threads of this forum. I don't have so much experience for the moment, but I'm quite sure some of the things I'll go through will help someone one day in his adventure.
My plan
For the moment, here are the few next steps I planned
Before December 2017 = Building and clarifying the vision, the strategy, the business model of the company, realize the market study.
From December 2017= Start working on the website. I want to have a Minimum Viable Product for mid-February. At the same time, I'll create the legal structure I need to operate, start a few partnerships with local farmers (I am already in some networks), develop the commercial strategy.
March = Beggining of the activity on a small scale, to be sure I am able to deliver the products clients pay for. Once it'll work well, I will start communication and developing more partnerships. I would like to have an operating system that can deliver at least one hundrer products a week by July 2017.
To end this first message
I am very excited to go on this adventure as it has been on my mind since a long time. Do not hesitate to tell me the barriers you think I have to be careful about, and the details you would like to know to understand my vision / chances of success.
Thanks for reading all this message !
Let's go !
Marc B.
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