How can I start my own Boutique?

How do you open a boutique? and where do you start?

• i want to open my own clothing boutique with alot of eveningwear or clubwear and daywear and i wanted to know how it is to run a boutique. and i also wanted to what do you do in a clothing boutique? (do you design the clothing) please help!

• Answer:

  I would start off by 1) Saving money for capital 2) Taking business classes like Accounting, Management and Marketing 3) Do research on your target market. If you don't know what I mean, please see number 2 Running a boutique can mean designing clothing but it's much more than that. You can run any type of business but you need to determine your market, the cost of goods to be sold including labor required, supplies, and overhead. Most of all you need money which means you will need at least some money of your own to invest or have investors. In addition, you will need a business plan of everything that I mentioned including estimated Profit and Loss before a bank will even look at you. You could always go to Prosper.com if you think someone may want to invest in your dream. Good luck. You have a long way to go.