QUESTIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS

1. What kind of schooling is necessary or beneficial when starting your own business?

2. What kind of skills are necessary or beneficial when starting your own business?

3. How did you obtain those skills?

4. Briefly describe your schooling? Example: High school grad, college grad (2yr, 4yr), business school)

5. How did you prepare to start your own business?

6. What legal documents needed to be completed? Did you consult an attorney? About what?

7. How did you obtain financing? Fees? Loans-type of loans

8. What kind of goals did you set?

9. What strategies did you use to achieve those goals?

10. How did you decide what materials and equipment you needed to run your business?

11. How and why did you chose the location of your business?

12. How did you divide up the responsibilities of your business? Did you have employees, partners, etc.?

13. How did you let people know you started a business? How do you continue to let people know? MARKETING

14. How do you market your business?

15. How do you get paid?

16. What are your future goals? Expansion?

17. What was the most frustrating part about starting your business?

18. What was the most rewarding part about starting your own business?