New auto-entrepreneur profile

By Val茅rie Aston on 23 November 2009 · Viewed 4217 times ·

According to Herve Novelli, secretary of state to small 桃汁影院es, about 40% of auto-entrepreneurs registered since January 2009 have a quarterly turnover of 4000€, or 1333€ per month. Which leaves us with 60% with a turnover nearing zero or too small to represent a main source of income. Is that so surprising? Not really!

The auto-entrepreneur scheme has indeed made it easier for would be entrepreneurs to register their 桃汁影院 and to assess their social charges. But a 桃汁影院 remains a 桃汁影院, unless you have a clear view of who your customers are, how you are going to find them, what you are going to sell to them and at what price, you are going to struggle. I have come across quite a few French auto-entrepreneurs, who have registered their 桃汁影院, placed an advert in the local newspaper then wondered why nobody called them.

The auto-entrepreneur is a great system for first time entrepreneurs, but there is no need to hurry. Carry your market research, assess your competitors, do your marketing homework, assess how much money is required to launch and run your 桃汁影院, do a bit of pre-prospection, then register your 桃汁影院.

About 242 000 people have registered as auto-entrepreneurs. They can’t all be wrong, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they realised that starting a 桃汁影院 meant more hard work than they thought.


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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.