Carving Headstone
Posted on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 at 10:50 am
want to start my own business?
Just would like to know if there is any money to be made in carving headstones. Anyone know the start up cost of this type business? I know it may be sad to try to make money off of someone’s death, but somebody has to supply this type stuff. Just wondering. Looking maybe to start this year. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
If you’ve never been in business before, I would strongly recommend that you talk to a business counselor before you do anything especially spend money. I’d call the local office of SCORE (go to http://www.score.org and input your zip code to find the chapter nearest you), the advice is FREE.
The counselor at SCORE will most likely advise you to write a business plan which is very good advice because it will force you to dig out all of the start up details and the costs of starting a headstone carving business and force you to also understand all of the aspects of this business including the customers you’ll concentrate on (your market ) and how you’ll go after them.
You may also think of linking up with sites like http://www.rememberwell.net and other sites that are dedicate to remembering the dead.
Try this link :
http://www.ychange.com/small-business-consulting-articles.html
and read some of the articles especially the ones about a business plan and starting a business.
Good Luck
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