What You Need To Know About Starting A Nutrition Company
Starting your own business and being your own boss a goal for tens of thousands of
people across this country, and undoubtedly millions throughout the world. Sometimes, these aspirations are based on nothing more than a desperate hope, whereas other times it's the fervent determination of the entrepreneurial drive backed by solid understanding of a particular market that fuels these goals of being your own boss. In this vein, starting a nutrition company could be an exceptionally profitable business opportunity, but here is what you need to know before you start putting your plan into action.
Two ways to own your own business.
While the internet has infiltrated nearly every nook and cranny of our 'offline' worlds, there may be some people who do not realize that there are two very different options for those who are looking to start a nutrition or supplement based business.
1) You can start a traditional nutrition company. This means you need to have your own product or product supplier, develop a business plan, acquire funding, acquire licenses, a building, and so forth. After this, you must advertise your product, acquire salespeople or marketers, and hopefully sell your product.
2) You can join an existing company as an IBO, or Independent Business Owner. This means that you have to find a company that provides products that you like, sign up with them, then promote the product or service.
Obviously, out of the two options, the second is significantly less expensive and has exorbitantly less 'red tape' than the first. When you literally start your own nutrition company from scratch, the costs -- in terms of dollars and time -- can be astronomical. It could take months and tens of thousands of dollars, at the very least, to get to the point where you could offer your product to the general public.
However, the second option, where you join an established company to represent them and their product, that is something that you can usually get started within a few days with limited out-of-pocket expense. You can think of being an independent business owner like buying a franchise, but usually with more freedom and no royalty payments.
Defining differences between the two business options.
All this said, we are not saying that the second option is better than the first -- that depends on your goals, your drive, and what you can personally bring to the table either through connections or cashflow. However, for most people who want to start a nutrition company, they simply do not have the means, or the drive, to do what it takes to get a product, even if it's not their own, to the market through their own branded name. Joining an established company, yet operating your business as an independent business owner, gives you many of the perks offered through owning your own company, just without the hassles, headaches, and need for a substantial amount of collateral and overhead.
If you're seriously considering starting up a nutrition company, you should weigh out the options available to you personally. If you're a person with the means and the connections to bring your own product to the market, that's great and it could be a wonderful business endeavor. However, for the rest of us, there are plenty of business opportunities out there that will provide nearly the same desired end result -- owning a nutrition company -- without the huge costs and endless red tape.
by: Shawni Groezinger
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