What is Necessary for Starting a Business

Recently
there have been many articles related to starting a business,
so please forgive me,

but since some time has passed
since I wrote my previous articles,
I will attach the past articles
just in case.

I have received more inquiries and
feedback than I expected,
and among them,
I would like to write today
about a system where
people with extensive experience
in various specialized fields
generously offer their support,
advice, wisdom,
and know-how.

It started with
a friend's advice.
Rather than saying my business preparations
weren't progressing,
I didn't even know the route,
so I was just
doing useless things
at random.

So, I contacted a friend who
used to be in business,
hoping to borrow some wisdom,
and they said,

'Since you haven't
started your business yet,
you might not be able to use
the Chamber of Commerce system.
Instead,
I think the local industrial support center
will be able to help you,
so first of all,
why don't you visit them?'

Following that advice,
I immediately made an appointment by phone
and went there.

There were two resident
staff members (men),
and although they seemed gentle,
they also gave the impression of being very experienced.
Mr. K handled my inquiry,

and he listened patiently
to the background of my business startup,
my failures so far,
and my future hopes.
Just that alone
was enough to make me

feel relieved.
Revealing my inner thoughts
that no one else knew

was, in a sense,
a way to relieve stress.
At that point, actually,
I wasn't expecting anything.
It might sound rude, but

I had assumed they wouldn't
understand me.
H-O-W-E-V-E-R,
after listening to everything I had to say,
he organized it one by one,

identified the problems,

and proposed a support system.
Do you all know about it?

There is one located in each of the
47 prefectures nationwide.

【Yorozu Support Center】

It is an organization established by the government
to strengthen management support for
sole proprietors, small-scale businesses,
and small and medium-sized enterprises.


From starting a business to improving management,while coordinating with
various support organizations,
active specialists
form a team,
provide advice and support
for free,
and help solve management issues.

Writing it like this makes it sound stiff,
but when you actually get help,
it's so high-spec that I even confirmed,

Really?

Is it really free?
You're not tricking me, right?

You won't charge me later, will you?

We call these experts

coordinators,
so from now on,

I will add the abbreviation CO
to their names (these are pseudonyms).
Where I live,
there were 22 COs at the time,
and a few more were added later.

The ones I mainly
receive help from are

a specialist in
360-degree flawless advice and market expansion,
utilizing store experience
featured on TV and in magazines,

Chief CO Shin(male), followed bya buyer with 35 years of experience at a major department store,

who provides multi-faceted support
from risk management,
new openings and events,
to how to make products
and how to sell them,

CO Take
(male).

A specialist in branding for sales,
EC site construction and DX support,
and store operation and sales promotion
from the customer's perspective,
CO Tsuru(female),

and always
as an advisor,
Mr. Ksits in with us.

There are others for:
wanting to develop or improve products,

wanting to know about subsidies and grants,
worries about funding and cash flow,

improving sales floors and displays,

worries about falling sales,

wanting to start a business,

wanting to expand overseas,

worries about business succession,

using IT for efficient public relations,

improving package design,

wanting to take good photos and

videos for social media,
improving websites and EC sites,

and so on.

I was nervous that
I would definitely be charged money later
for such extensive support that I can't even write it all down.

It was free forever.

😆✌️

I happened to see it for someone else
and was surprised,
Σ（・□・；）

but depending on the level of preparation,

even if you haven't decided what to do,

if you just want to try starting a business...
they will think about it with you

and relay you to the 'Yorozu' center.
That's how kind they were.
I already had my products
decided and had a plan for development,
but it was fine even if you are


just starting to think about it.
How kind they are.
I was moved.
Now, back to the main topic,
there might be different ways to make appointments
at each center,
so I think it is best to
first call your nearest



'Industrial Support Center'


or

'Yorozu Support Center'
to book a consultation.
My business startup
would not have been possiblewithout the support of the people mentioned above.

Of course,

it is 'you' who takes action

and makes the effort.

I apologize for the personal matter,
but please take a look at the EC site
scheduled to open on 2023.03.01,
and check the results of their guidance.

I'm bad at photography💦I can't create stylish

visuals💦

I've never made a website before💦
I'm bad with machines💦

I would be happy if you could see

the work I created

day and night,
setting aside my social media activities,
as a 'work' that is the crystallization of my efforts,
even though it is a space for sales.

And (whispering)
if you happen to purchase something,
I would be even happier.
(*・ω・)(*-ω-)(*・ω・)(*-ω-) Uh-huh♪
Like this,

even I was able to do this much
without outsourcing.

For the first step toward
making your dreams come true,
please visit your local
Yorozu Support Center
and by all means, make use of it.
I highly recommend it.
(^^♪

Thank you for watching until the end today.
#Bauntfulet

#sennninnkame
＃HayamiKamei