I make home made Beef Gerky, how can I get to the next level and get my product in stores?
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Sounds so yummy Paul!
Couple of main questions before you go further:
*are you a licensed, health inspected location?
*do you have a business plan and projected goal?
(I suggest 2 year and a 5 year)
Secondly, think about what you time line is, amount of money you this to invest and how you want to staff your company:
*do you plan to do this alone? Do you have a friend or a partner?
*CASH in the bank helps as there will be an Overhead: computer, labels, marketing & driving. Not to mention the time it takes to drive around.
*what do you want to do w/ the product? Besides selling stores, how else do you let people know it exists and how do you back your product up after it sells?
After you have consider these questions, get a long list of hopeful contacts.
These are stores and companies you would like you product to be affiliated with.
Make sure your product is available to taste w/ packaged products in your Sales Pitch bag, ready for the shelf. Get ready for more running around and accruable actions.
Thanks.