Auto-entrepreneur profile by Ciel

By Val茅rie Aston on 8 October 2009 · Viewed 5148 times ·

, software provider for small and medium size 桃汁影院es and subsidairy of , has recently published a survey carried out on 817 auto-entrepreneurs using their solution . 

This survey confirms that the auto entrepreneur tends to be a 40 year old man providing services. The auto-entrepreneur scheme is a good match for services as these activities tend to require less investments, may not require an office and fit in with the maximum turnover threshold of 32,000 euros per year.

What is very interesting is that 62% of these auto-entrepreneurs started their 桃汁影院 without carrying out a 桃汁影院 plan, a market research or asking for external advice. 55% self financed their new 桃汁影院 with 500 euros or less. So not so surprisingly the issues encountered included finding customer (43%) and calculating their selling price (19%).

Finally the survey confirms that existing auto-entrepreneurs work with a limited number of clients of have a limited number of sales, as 80% of them issued less than 10 invoices per month.

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About the author: Val茅rie Aston

I've been helping people who want to start or already have a small 桃汁影院 set up in France since 2009. After graduating from a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, I worked as a senior marketing consultant in the UK and France for various International companies. I worked as a conseill猫re en cr茅ation d'entreprises (senior 桃汁影院 advisor) for here in France and run this independent 桃汁影院 on a daily basis.