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Start a Business in Waitsfield, Vermont

Are you starting a business in Waitsfield, Vermont? This article discusses the most important things to consider when opening a business in Waitsfield.

Choosing the Right Company to Start

Choosing a business that is right for you is very important. To help you decide on a business type, we encourage you to read Free Business Ideas.

To view an extensive list of business types, complete with startup instructions, spend some time in the Good Businesses to Start section of our site. For example, you might be interested in our Starting a Dance Club guide or our Starting a Tatoo Parlor guide.

Don't forget that your new business will be in Waitsfield. Some businesses will do better in Waitsfield than others. Make sure you fully understand Waitsfield demographics before you lock in on your business idea.

Waitsfield, Vermont Demographic Information

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

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

Business Size
# of
Businesses
1-4 Employees
435
5-9 Employees
108
10-19 Employees
78
20-49 Employees
36
50-99 Employees
12
100-249 Employees
9
250-499 Employees
0
500-999 Employees
0
1000+ Employees
0
All Waitsfield Businesses
678

As a new Waitsfield entrepreneur, you may also be interested in the table below. It shows how many businesses there are in Waitsfield 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
Architectural Services
4
Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores
1
Baked Goods Stores
1
Beauty Salons
2
Bed-and-Breakfast Inns
5
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores
1
Boat Building
1
Business Associations
1
Caterers
1
Child and Youth Services
1
Child Day Care Services
9
Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners
1
Commercial Lithographic Printing
1
Computer Systems Design Services
4
Cookie and Cracker Manufacturing
1
Document Preparation Services
1
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
2
Educational Support Services
1
Electrical Contractors
2
Electronic Shopping
1
Elementary and Secondary Schools
1
Finish Carpentry Contractors
2
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
2
Flooring Contractors
1
Flour Milling
1
Food (Health) Supplement Stores
1
Framing Contractors
2
Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing
1
General Automotive Repair
2
General Rental Centers
1
Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores
4
Hardware Stores
2
Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
1
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
3
Interior Design Services
1
Janitorial Services
1
Land Subdivision
1
Landscape Architectural Services
2
Landscaping Services
5
Limited-Service Restaurants
2
Mail-Order Houses
1
Marketing Consulting Services
2
Newspaper Publishers
2
Offices of Certified Public Accountants
1
Offices of Dentists
1
Offices of Lawyers
3
Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
2
Periodical Publishers
2
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
1
Real Estate Credit
1
Residential Property Managers
3
Residential Remodelers
4
Retail Bakeries
2
Savings Institutions
1
Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing
1
Sign Manufacturing
1
Skiing Facilities
1
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
2
Sporting Goods Stores
6
Telecommunications Resellers
1
Television Broadcasting
1
Textile Machinery Manufacturing
1
Travel Agencies
1
Video Tape and Disc Rental
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
2

Forming a Company in Waitsfield, Vermont

It's very important that you form your business as a legal structure. Among other things, forming a legal entity for the business limits your liabilities.

When forming a company, you will pick from many company types, such as a traditional C-corporation, a Limited Liability Company (LLC), or an S-corporation.

Incorporating is a very popular way to form a business. Of course, you have to decide which type of corporation to form and where to incorporate. If you are starting a business in Vermont, you don't necessarily have to incorporate in Vermont. In fact, you can incorporate in any state you would like to. However, if you do incorporate in another state, you'll have to register as a foreign corporation in your home state.

There are many nuances to forming a company. We recommend you read some of the educational articles about company formation that are availabe on our site, such as Subchapter S Corporations. You should also consider getting professional assistance from your business lawyer. On a final note, since you will be starting a business in Waitsfield, Vermont, our web page covering Incorporating in Vermont may be a useful resource if you decide to incorporate in Vermont.

Marketing Your New Venture

To grow your Waitsfield business, you'll need to have a good marketing plan.

You can learn quite a bit about marketing on our site. Advertising on Buses is a good read to get your marketing juices flowing. There are many more articles on marketing on our site. Visit our Small Business Marketing resource section to see them all.

Bring in Revenues

Being able to sell is critical to your business success. Whether you are focused on selling local customers in Waitsfield or are selling to customers throughout Vermont, the United States or even the world, you have to be able to sell.

Good selling involves demonstrating that your wares meet your customer's needs. Let us help you refine your selling techniques through our many useful sales advice tips.

Cold Call Selling offers some helpful tips on how to sell. It's one of several good articles on our site regarding Entrepreneurial Selling.

How to Improve Your Entrepreneurial Abilities

The best entrepreneurs recognize that they need to continually improve.

As an entrepreneur who lives in Waitsfield, Vermont, you should get information on some of the learning programs at local Vermont educational institutions. Another way to keep up on your learning is to investigate networking organizations for Waitsfield entrepreneurs.

Moving Forward

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

If you choose the right business and love what you do, you will greatly increase your odds of success.

This site is all about helping entrepreneurs in Waitsfield and elsewhere to achieve real success. We want to be there for you to answer your business questions, whether you are a new Waitsfield entrepreneur who is just getting started or you are already up and running with your new venture.

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