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Opening a Business in Tylertown, Mississippi

Contemplating starting a business in Tylertown, Mississippi? We walk you through the process of opening a business in Tylertown.

Is Becoming an Entrepreneur Right for You?

Before quitting your day job, take inventory of your entrepreneurial instincts and capabilities.

While entrepreneurship has become a popular career choice, we recommend you do the following before you take the plunge:

  • Grab a meal or cofee with other entrepreneurs in Tylertown. Get their take on what it's really like to be an entrepreneur.
  • Take a look at The Entrepreneurial Personality. It's a short article but it's a good reality check for those are about to jump into the world of entrepreneurship.
  • Reach out to a trusted acquaintance. That's the best way to get a truly objective assessment as to whether others think you have what it takes.

Tylertown, Mississippi Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
324
5-9 Employees
141
10-19 Employees
84
20-49 Employees
45
50-99 Employees
15
100-249 Employees
6
250-499 Employees
0
500-999 Employees
0
1000+ Employees
0
All Tylertown Businesses
615

As a new Tylertown entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Tylertown 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
Bed-and-Breakfast Inns
1
Boat Dealers
1
Car Washes
1
Child Day Care Services
3
Consumer Lending
3
Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing
1
Drilling Oil and Gas Wells
1
Electrical Contractors
1
Elementary and Secondary Schools
2
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
1
Finish Carpentry Contractors
1
Fish and Seafood Markets
1
Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers
2
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
1
Florists
1
Footwear and Leather Goods Repair
1
Funeral Homes and Funeral Services
4
Furniture Stores
1
General Automotive Repair
3
General Freight Trucking, Local
1
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
1
General Warehousing and Storage
1
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
2
Golf Courses and Country Clubs
1
Hardware Stores
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
4
Investment Advice
1
Jewelry Stores
3
Kidney Dialysis Centers
1
Landscaping Services
3
Logging
1
Machine Shops
5
Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers
1
Masonry Contractors
2
Natural Gas Distribution
1
New Car Dealers
1
Newspaper Publishers
1
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
1
Offices of Dentists
3
Offices of Lawyers
2
Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals
1
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
3
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas
1
Plastics Bag Manufacturing
1
Radio Stations
1
Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing
1
Roofing Contractors
1
School and Employee Bus Transportation
1
Site Preparation Contractors
1
Sporting Goods Stores
1
Tax Preparation Services
1
Tire Dealers
1
Used Car Dealers
2
Veterinary Services
1
Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
3
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
2
Women's Clothing Stores
1

What About Buying an Existing Tylertown Business?

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

If you are headed down the path of buying a business, you may want to read this article: How to Buy a Business.

Make Sure You Have a Business Plan

Writing a business plan is essential in laying a solid foundation for your business success. In effect, a business plan is a written description of the future you envision for your business. Not having a business plan will greatly reduce your chances of business success.

If you want more information on writing business plans, we recommend reading Business Plan Contests. You can also get free business counselors available to you through your local SCORE chapter in Mississippi.

Startup Financing Basics

Getting your Tylertown business the capital it needs to succeed will be harder than you might expect. 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 securing funding, such as Investor Turnoffs.

For Tylertown entrepreneurs with great ambition but a shortage of investment capital, we have assembled a List of Mississippi Angel Investors and our List of Mississippi Venture Capital Firms.

Bring in Revenues

Being able to sell is a key enabler to your business success. Whether you are focused on selling local customers in Tylertown or are selling to customers throughout Mississippi, the United States or even the world, you have to be able to sell.

Clever sales techniques can transform any business from good to great. Fortunately, we've got plenty of good advice to help you improve your selling skills.

Anticipating Prospect Responses is a good article to read, one of dozens in the Selling for Entrepreneurs section of our site.

Moving Forward

You have a dream -- starting a business in Tylertown. To achieve your dream, you have to persevere, even when the odds are against you.

From this point on, you control your own destiny.

Our goal here is to promote the vitality and growth of small businesses in Tylertown and throughout the United States . We have a wealth of experience in business start-ups, financing, marketing, sales and more...and we've made all of our knowledge available to you.

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