About Us
About Us
About Steps to Business
Residents and owners in Chapeltown, Harehills and surrounding communities are demanding better business support for start-ups and new and established businesses. To address this demand Unity Enterprise, Apple Box Company and iota Business have forged a partnership to improve the situation both current and prospective owners and have formed Steps to Business. Although our main focus is on start up businesses, we also work with existing businesses to help them reach their full potential.
We are very passionate about what we do and are committed to making a positive impact. Our objective is to achieve economic growth and long-term value for businesses. We do this by working with extraordinary outside agencies to help both new and existing business solve problems and meaningfully engage with their community. As a partnership, we are strongly positioned to make a positive impact through our business knowledge, and contacts to strengthen the communities we live in, work in and want to support.
Start ups
Starting out can be very hard, the prospect of having limited funds and not having many customers can be very stressful. Your new business is vulnerable to market fluctuations, so you must plan ahead to ensure it gets off the ground and can survive.
The statistics show that most start-ups fail within the first three years of setting up. The main reasons for this is because of poor decision making, an inability to recognise challenges, to react and find solutions or just not understanding the market they are entering. Many issues are not picked up quickly enough because they do not have a robust business planning process.
This is where Steps to Business can help. Our training programme of combines workshops, support and game role play help to navigate to and climb that entrepreneurial ladder.
Existing
We have successfully worked with many entrepreneurs across a wide range of sectors. Using a tried and tested approach, we turn your innovative business idea into a real-world business that incorporates elements of sustainability, viability, and growth.
- Business Advice and Support -we work with you to prepare business and financial plan that clarifies viability, innovation and scalability.
- Market Research – Working with our partners we help you conduct the market research, identifying gaps in the target market and ways to close these gaps.
- Access to Partner Network - help connect you with funders and possible investors and mentors
