Starting a Business?

Here's a checklist you can use to make sure you've covered all the bases. We've been there, and we have people and local contacts that can help with every step of the process. In fact, you can turn the whole start up over to us, and we'll work with you to facilitate each step of the way. We'll save you lots of time and money and get you up and running faster than you could on your own. Just call 386-462-1074 for a free consultation.

KJC Checklist for starting or growing your business

Administration

• Basic bookkeeping records
• Basic insurance for small business
• Finding an office
• Hints for keeping books
• Introduction of franchising
• Understanding profit & loss statements
• Understanding the balance sheet
• Working from home

Advertising

• Creating effective ads
• Designing your ad campaign
• Selecting your media
• Where should you advertise?

Banking

• Applying for a bank loan
• Checking accounts
• Credit cards
• Selecting a bank

Communications

• Bulletins
• Flesch Scoring
• Forms Design
• Manuals
• Newsletters
• Websites

Company Identify

• Choosing a name
• Creating a logo
• Designing business cards and stationery

Costing

• Business establishment costs
• Change rates for consultants
• Costing items

Financial Management

• Bank reconciliations
• Budget preparation and actual results
• Cash flow planning
• Control and budgets
• Overheads
• Profit planning and breakeven analysis

Legal Issues

• Business names
• Business structures
• Checklist for employers
• Companies - your responsibilities
• Compliance
• Distributing your product
• Export - preliminary market research
• Help from lawyers import - first considerations
• Leasing business premises
• Partnerships

Marketing and Selling

• Customer surveys
• Developing a list of prospects
• Developing a marketing plan
• Direct Marketing
• Focus Groups
• Knowing your market
• Market research procedures

Planning

• Business planning - strategic phase
• Business planning guide
• Contract estimating
• Defining the nature of your business
• Plan your own business
• Planning for growth

Quality Service

• Complaint Management
• Continuous improvement
• Customer Satisfaction
• Quality reviews
• Team Building

Starting or buying a business

• Business planning guide
• Checklist for purchasing a business
• Establishing a business in Florida
• Goodwill
• How should I structure my business?
• Planning to start
• Purchasing a business - vendor statements
• Valuation of businesses

Taxation

• Sales Tax
• Taxation of partnerships
• Federal Income Tax considerations

Ken Kalis

386-462-1074 or email us at kenkalis@gmail.com.  You’ll be glad you did and so will we.

Need Professional Business Expertise?

We can help. I lead a team of mature business people who have been working together for ten years on many issues for companies nationwide. We are attorneys, accountants, underwriters, marketing executives, regulators, process improvement experts and compliance directors. We are CLU's, ChFC's, JD's, CPA's and MBA's. We know business processes and procedures and have compiled a long list of best practices.

We can help you with project management or other business consultation. What issues are you facing? Give me a call to see how we can help. There's no obligation and we may just have the expertise for meeting your business need.

Ken Kalis

386-462-1074 or email us at kenkalis@gmail.com. 

The Kenneth J. Kalis Company, Inc.

Business Consulting and Project Management

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.
Proverbs 15:22

Ken Kalis

386-462-1074 or email us at kenkalis@gmail.com. 

You’ll be glad you did and so will we.

Contact Information

Telephone

386-462-1074

FAX

386-462-1075

Postal address

17220 NW 78th Ave.
Alachua, FL 32615

Electronic mail

General Information: kenkalis@gmail.com

Webmaster:
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