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Kochies Guide to Starting Your Own Business

From developing a business plan, to building your product or service, to choosing your corporate structure and learning how to effectively market to customers. Finance journalist and business owner David ‘Kochie’ Koch takes you through all the steps you need to take to give your business the best chance at success.

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Is it time to call it quits on your business?

Will your business survive COVID and the post-COVID marketplace? Finance journalist and business owner David ‘Kochie’ Koch explains his steps for stress-testing your business during tough times (like a pandemic!), the key questions you need to ask yourself about the viability of your business in a post-COVID world and what you should consider if you do decide that now is the time to sell your business.

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25 min•

8 Oct 19

Ep 9: What taxes should your business be paying?

All businesses have to pay tax, but how much tax depends on your business size and structure. Finance journalist and business owner David ‘Kochie’ Koch takes you through your tax obligations from GST requirements, to ensuring a stress-free tax return and tips on how to pay just the right amount of tax and no more.

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19 min•

8 Oct 19

Ep 8: Building digital marketing into your business

Your customers are online, so your business should be too. Finance journalist and business owner David ‘Kochie’ Koch guides you through the unique marketing functions of each digital marketing channel and converting website visitors and social media followers into loyal customers.

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14 min•

8 Oct 19

Ep 7: Marketing your business the right way to the right people

How will you get potential customers to notice your business? Finance journalist and business owner David ‘Kochie’ Koch helps you develop a marketing plan. He guides you through analysing the market, identifying the right marketing channels and connecting with your audience, in order to attract the right type of customers to your business.

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17 min•

8 Oct 19

Ep 6: How much is your product (and your time) worth?

You choose your hourly rate as a business owner, so how do you calculate the value of your time? Finance journalist and business owner David ‘Kochie’ Koch gets realistic about what you can expect to earn a year and how to price your product based on that. He also breaks down the value of offering customers discounts and how to keep your production costs low.

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19 min•

8 Oct 19

Ep 5: How to know when your product is ready to launch

Time is money in business, and a detailed product development plan can save you both. Finance journalist and business owner David ‘Kochie’ Koch guides you through the stages of product development; from understanding what’s important to your customer, to building and testing your prototypes, to deciding when your product is ready to launch.

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