Add to CartSaving Your Business Before it Starts ~with Donna Maria Coles Johnson~
OK, you've finalized your recipes, hooked up with the best suppliers and are ready to enter the marketplace. Or maybe you've been around for a while and are still waiting for you ship to come in. Either way, you may soon discover that there's a lot more to turning dollars into profits than you once thought! While "small business workshops" abound, this one gives you the real low down so your mind set can keep up with the realities of business in a fast paced, global economy. In this workshop, Donna Maria bares the business and lifestyle mind set principles that she uses to successfully run her business and help others run theirs. In this eClass, you'll learn:
- How to choose the right business structure (sole proprietor, LLC, corporation, etc.) for you
- Discover the business and lifestyle mind set principles that will help you successfully run your business now and into the future
- Donna Maria's 12-step approach to business planning, or business planning without the headaches
- and more!
- 3 hours of information!
Table of Contents - Saving Your Business Before it Starts eClass:
(with the time frame for each topic)
- Overview
- Introduction (0 to 3:17)
- The Law (03:17 to 09:07)
- What is considered a cosmetic? (09:07 to 13:40)
- Changing your true soap into a cosmetic or a drug (13:40 to 18:20)
- Labeling your Product (18:20 to 24:50)
- What is required to be on the label? (24:50 to 48:00)
- What would a regulator want your customer to see? (49:00 to 1:02:26)
- Creating a level of trust with your customers (59:00 to 1:02:26)
- Claims on Labels (1:02:26 to 1:08:22)
- FDA Requirements (8:22 to 13:40)
- Warnings & Product Testing (1:13:40 to 1:16:55)
- Water Verses No Water (1:16:55 to 1:23:00)
- When you buy a base & modify it, does it make it yours? (1:23:00 to 1:29:10)
- Good Manufacturing Practice / Procedures (1:29:10 to 1:34:47)
- FDA Globalization Act (1:34:47 to 1:54:45)
- Product Liability Insurance (1:54:45 to 2:02:22)
- Small but mighty! Small company set up & structure. (2:02:22 to 2:12:47)
- Ready? What is the first thing you do? (2:12:47 to 2:26:23)
- Establishing the business mindset (2:26:23 to 2:39:30)
- Saving your friends & family relationships & your sanity (2:39:30 to 2:49:18)
- Educate yourself! (2:49:18 to 2:54:12)
What you are purchasing contains 2 parts: 1) The main content in audio form (MPEG file) and 2) a 6 page detailed text outline with hyperlinks (.pdf document) of what is covered, minute by minute. After purchasing, you should download both files to your computer (and save them). There you can listen & access them as many times as you like. We recommend printing the outline (.pdf document) and using it to refer to & make notes on as you are listening to Donna Maria's voice on the audio (MPEG file).
This Small Business Boot Camp was originally intended to be experienced as a whole (all 4 parts), but we are offering the option to purchase each day individually, so that you can pick and choose the part(s) you want, when you are ready for them. You can rest assured that each individual Audio eClass stands on its own as a valuable business resource. Additionally, these sessions were professionally recorded & professionally edited to ensure excellent quality and a pleasurable listening experience.
ABOUT THE TEACHER: Donna Maria Coles Johnson is the founder and CEO of INDIE Business Media, a company offering personal development, leadership, and coaching for small and independent business owners. She is the leader of the INDIE Beauty Network, a nationwide trade organization, as well as an attorney, author, and award-winning small business advocate. She blogs at http://www.indiebusinessblog.com. Read comments from Donna Maria's Business Boot Camp students HERE.
NOTE: This audio recording is from the Small Business Boot Camp with Donna Maria Coles Johnson, first offered at The Nova Studio in October of 2008. Since then, we have had many requests for this information. In preparation for offering this rare boot camp as an eClass (and audio download), the information was thoroughly reviewed & checked by multiple people in 2011. The information is still relevant & useful to those who already own a small business or wish to start their own businesses in the near future.