Starting a Business in Brush, Colorado

Thinking about starting a business in Brush, Colorado? This step-by-step guide walks you through the major decisions you should consider before opening a new business in Brush.

Do You Have What It Takes?

An entrepreneurial life is demanding, much more arduous than working as an employee. Are you sure you have the stamina and skills to succeed on your own?

To determine whether you have what it takes to run a business, we recommend these three steps to help you decide:

• Talk to other entrepreneurs in Brush. Get their candid feedback on what it takes to start a successful business.
• We recommend reading Why Small Businesses Fail. For aspiring new entrepreneurs, it's a must read article.
• Get feedback from somebody whom you trust. A support network of family and friends can be a great sounding board for good advice before you decide for sure to go into business.

What Type of Business Should You Start?

An important decision is what kind of business you want to start. To stir your creative juices on what kind of business to start, take a look at How to Evaluate a Business Idea.

For in-depth how-to guides on how to start specific businesses, browse our Good Businesses to Start section of our site. For example, you might be interested in our Opening a Fireworks Retailer guide or our Opening a Dyes & Dyestuffs Business guide.

Always keep in mind that you are starting a business in Brush. Some businesses will do better in Brush than others. Don't forget to review Brush demographics to see if there's a market for what you want to sell.

Brush, Colorado Demographic Information

Brush has an active business community that includes small businesses, mid-sized businesses and large businesses.

To give you a better feel for Brush demographics for small businesses, we have tabulated the small business sizes, based on number of employees, for business in Brush.

Business Size	# of Businesses
1-4 Employees	279
5-9 Employees	72
10-19 Employees	54
20-49 Employees	27
50-99 Employees	6
100-249 Employees	9
250-499 Employees	0
500-999 Employees	0
1000+ Employees	0
All Brush Businesses	447

As a new Brush entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Brush for each business category. By looking at this chart, you can get a general sense for how much competition there is in the business niche that you are pursuing.

Business Type	# of Businesses
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores	3
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores	1
Business Associations	1
Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services	1
Child and Youth Services	1
Civic and Social Organizations	1
Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners	1
Consumer Lending	1
Continuing Care Retirement Communities	1
Convenience Stores	2
Crop Harvesting, Primarily by Machine	1
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)	1
Electric Power Distribution	2
Electrical Contractors	2
Engineering Services	1
Farm Product Warehousing and Storage	1
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	1
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers	1
Florists	1
Food Service Contractors	2
Framing Contractors	1
Full-Service Restaurants	4
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services	1
Furniture Stores	1
General Automotive Repair	2
General Freight Trucking, Local	1
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	1
Golf Courses and Country Clubs	1
Hardware Stores	1
Home Centers	1
Ice Manufacturing	1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages	3
Landscaping Services	2
Limited-Service Restaurants	3
Livestock Merchant Wholesalers	2
Meat Processed from Carcasses	1
Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers	1
New Housing Operative Builders	1
Newspaper Publishers	1
Nursing Care Facilities	2
Offices of Certified Public Accountants	1
Offices of Chiropractors	2
Offices of Dentists	2
Offices of Lawyers	3
Offices of Optometrists	1
Offices of Other Holding Companies	1
Offices of Real Estate Appraisers	1
Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals	1
Pharmacies and Drug Stores	1
Photography Studios, Portrait	1
Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing	1
Recreational Goods Rental	1
Savings Institutions	1
Securities Brokerage	2
Site Preparation Contractors	2
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars	2
Sports and Recreation Instruction	1
Support Activities for Forestry	1
Tax Preparation Services	1
Veterinary Services	2
Video Tape and Disc Rental	1
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers	1

Should You Buy an Existing Brush Business?

If you have some capital to play with, you may want to Buy a Business in Colorado. Follow that link and you can review several good businesses for sale in Brush.

If you are serious about buying a business, you may want to read this article: Buying a Business.

Getting Money to Start a Business

Getting your Brush business the capital it needs to succeed is a difficult chore. If you don't have a rich uncle to fund you, you'll need to be creative in how you approach your fundraising efforts.

Take advantage of our many articles on raising capital, such as Find Start-Up Capital.

For Brush entrepreneurs on the hunt for startup funding, check out our List of Colorado Angel Investors and our List of Colorado Venture Capital Firms.

Increase Your Entrepreneurial Knowledge

Good entrepreneurs recognize that they don't know everything.

As an entrepreneur who lives in Brush, Colorado, you will want to take advantage of the many programs available at nearby Colorado universities, colleges and community colleges. It's also worthwhile to see if there are any networking organizations for Brush entrepreneurs.

Now It's Up To You

As an entrepreneur in Brush, you won't be working for the boss anymore. You are the boss.

From this point on, you control your own destiny.

We are here to help Brush businesses to be successful. We believe entrepreneurship is an amazing engine for job creation in Brush, neighborhood development and overall economic health.

More Entrepreneurial Resources for Starting a Business in Brush, Colorado

Here are more links that we believe will help you be successful in starting a business in Brush.

• Resources for Brush, Colorado Entrepreneurs - Browse a variety of resources we've collected to assist Brush entrepreneurs.
• Colorado Entrepreneurial Resources - We've gathered state-level entrepreneurial resources to help new entrepreneurs who are based in Colorado.
• Colorado Small Business Development Center - The Colorado Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network is dedicated to helping small businesses throughout Colorado achieve their goals by providing free confidential counseling and various training programs.
• Brush, Colorado Newspaper Ad Rates - This is a nearly comprehensive list of advertising rates for Brush, Colorado newspapers, including ad costs for newspapers serving the Brush area.

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