A List of Skills that Will Help You Launch Your Business Dream

Are you thinking about starting a business and owning your own LLC? If so, you need to possess a certain number of business skills or even entrepreneurial skills. The good news is that you don't need to be born with these skills — you can learn them.

We've covered some of the most important business skills to master. Don't get frustrated if you don't pick them up right away — some will take months (if not years) to fully master, but that doesn't mean the principles behind them can't be implemented immediately. After all, you need to put these entrepreneurial skills to use and into action to become proficient with them. Each one is just as important as the next, and when you put them all together, you are setting yourself up for success.

5 Business Skills to Help You Launch Your Business

1. Financial Management Skills

Launching a business means you'll be dealing with money — hopefully, a lot of it. As a new business owner, it will be essential that you're able to accurately track your expenses, payroll, profits, losses and any other financial numbers. You'll need to be able to budget and track your money, especially for tax time. 

If you feel like you're lacking in this area, looking into financial management and accounting software tools. These programs are typically user-friendly and make it easy to upload receipts, budget and manage your money. 

2. Tech-Savvy Skills

No matter what you sell when you launch your dream business, you'll need tech skills. From operating a point-of-sale system to creating a business website, you need to know your way around technology. Sure, you may have Microsoft Word down, but what about social media management tools, ecommerce platforms, bookkeeping software, newsletter lists and project management tools?

The more tech-savvy you are, the easier it will be to quickly learn new tools and automate many parts of your new business — an essential part of having a small business in today's world. If you need to brush up on your computer and internet skills, look to sites like Coursera and Udemy for classes or even YouTube for free tutorials.

3. Sales Skills

To make money in business, you're going to need to sell. You are going to need to get someone to make a transaction that is an exchange of money for your service or product. If you don't, you go out of business.

So, how are you selling every day? If you have kids, how do you get them to do something? You sell them on the idea of completing a task. How do you get your spouse to go to a restaurant you want to eat at or go see a movie you want to watch? You have to sell them on the idea. Whether you realize it or not, you're always selling — you just don't think of it in the same terms of business skills.

Look at sales from a “closing” standpoint. Are you able to close the deal? Are you able to convince someone to take action? If not, how can you get them to that point so you can make a sale? That’s all part of selling.

4. Marketing Skills

Marketing and sales are two aspects of business that go hand in hand. If you aren’t great at marketing, you should consider upping your entrepreneurial skills by reading a few books and studying the art of marketing.

One useful marketing technique is leveraging social media. Social media platforms are a free way to engage and connect with your consumers. After all, according to Hootsuite, 84 percent of people with internet access use social media. People are using social media as a way to engage with friends and to engage with businesses.

Learn the art of writing copy and content that can help sell your service or product. Marketing skills will not only help get your brand in front of people, but also improve sales.

Another smart marketing move is building is a website for your business. If you have no place to direct people or showcase your business, how do you expect anyone to find you? You can utilize platforms such as WordPress and Wix to start your website. Many of them are very user-friendly and you don’t need any coding experience to get a website up and running.

5. Organization Skills

Last, but certainly not least on our list of business skills, is organization. You can have some of the best entrepreneurial skills out there, but if you're not organized, it can be detrimental to the success of your business.

When you aren’t organized, you can easily miss client and project deadlines and even lose or misplace important documents. How are you going to explain to your client that you missed their deadline because you have no idea where you put their file?

Every part of your business should have a specific place. Use your calendar for everything (meetings, deadlines, follow-up calls, etc.). Use a filing cabinet and folders to organize your accounts payable information, as well as your accounts received. File away any other materials that need to be kept and stored so that you can find them easily when needed.

Ready to Start Your Business?

While having these five skills is important to starting a business, having a trusted partner in your corner can make a big difference. Bizee is here to help you with the process of creating your business.

Start with our free entity comparison guide where we'll walk you through the various options you have when it comes to launching your dream business.