Exploring a Cookie Business Milton, Delaware U.S.A. is the birthplace of a family-run homemade cookie business called Bella's Cookies. I visited the family home and production site on a beautiful, sunny morning. My motivation for the trip was to search for a complete answer to a question that many of you had asked me. You were interested in knowing how to start a homemade cookie business. In a nutshell, there are three (3) inter-related aspects to consider: Legal - Involves registering your company’s name, applying for a business license or permit, deciding on a structure for your business (sole proprietor, partnership, LLC 1, or corporation), reporting to the IRS2. Financial - Concerns with your written business plan, available sources of capital, your understanding of basic accounting. Marketing - A business is not a business until it has a customer. The quality of your products plays a major role in getting and keeping customers. Effective way to advertise a cookie business
Promotion, location, dedication are three golden legs that can potentially hold up your business, on or offline, to unlimited height. I built this Web site with those criteria in mind and lots of help from Site Build It!. This is my story. What Other Visitors Have SaidClick below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...
Cookies in Motion, Literally!
Mark and Kelly built their business based on relentless passion and exceptional product quality, along with the help of their two adorable children, Bella and Liam.  Kelly bakes these gigantic cookies (5" in diameter) under the most sanitary condition in the family-owned production facilities. She uses 100% natural, organic ingredients. Fresh eggs come directly from a local farmer who raises Rhode Island hens. Mark makes organic sugar from cane juice. Their two little children, Bella and Liam, are reliable cookie testers. When Mark and Kelly needed capital for their cookie business, I'm sure that they considered approaching a financial institution. Imagine living in a developing country and not being wealthy, how can we finance our dream of becoming a business owner?
Through Kiva, you and I can make a loan of as little as US$25.00 to an aspiring entrepreneur in a developing country. This is not charity, but a business loan.
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