Any good small business / entreprenuership forums that you frequent?

[fuzzybabybunny]

There was a thread about this a while ago but it had a specific business question and I don't think anyone actually gave a good forum as an answer.

I'm just looking for a community that could help me answer business questions here and there. It can be everything from taxes to payroll to marketing theory to how to best set prices.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

No one?

 

[nanette1985]

Not really, but I find fatwallet finance is an interesting resource. Since everything you asked is finance-related.

 

[guyver01]

I'm just looking for a community that could help me answer business questions here and there. It can be everything from taxes to payroll to marketing theory to how to best set prices.

i believe the word you're looking for is "Accountant"

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Not really, but I find fatwallet finance is an interesting resource. Since everything you asked is finance-related.

I'm looking for stuff other than just simple finance.

Business strategy. Marketing. Doing market research. Expansion. Even stuff like consumer psychology (ie. $14.99 is better than setting your prices at $15). How much inventory to carry. How much inventory I can expect to sell.

 

[chipy]

i think i saw some couple years ago when i googled. i don't think those forums had enough people to get answers back in a timely manner or a breadth of experience to get you the answer you really want... could be different now - might want to give them a shot, just google "business forums" or "small business forums" or the like.

i would second the rec on FatWallet. i also suggest slickdeals.
if your questions are specific to a certain industry/sector/business (e.g. photography, IT, translating, etc.), you might try asking your business-related questions on those boards since some of those forum members are bound to have a business too.

good luck and God bless!

 

[Patranus]

I'm looking for stuff other than just simple finance.

Business strategy. Marketing. Doing market research. Expansion. Even stuff like consumer psychology (ie. $14.99 is better than setting your prices at $15). How much inventory to carry. How much inventory I can expect to sell.

You should turn over your entire inventory every 3 to 4 months.

How much can you *expect* to sell? Zero.
Figuring out how much you *can* sell really depends on your market and many other factors.
A web forum won't be abel to answer these questions for you.

Books are a much better resource than internet forums.

 

[chusteczka]

I have not yet had the time to check if any of these provide quality information and these were gathered for my own benefit as well as yours.

http://www.fatwallet.com/
http://slickdeals.net/

http://forums.smallbusinesscomputing.com/
http://www.startupnation.com/business-forum/
http://www.entrepreneur.com/
http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/forum/
http://www.businessownersideacafe.com/
http://www.toolkit.com/

http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/bef/

http://www.small-business-forum.com/
http://www.small-business-forum.net/
http://www.smallbusinessbrief.com/forum/
http://www.smallbusinessforum.com/
http://www.smallbusinessforums.org/

http://www.openforum.com/
http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/index.jspa
http://forums.cnet.com/small-business-forum/
http://www.choosewhat.com/forums/

http://inventorspotforum.com/
http://www.money4ideas.com/


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