6 Professions You’ll Need to Start a Business

Do you have a project and are you going to launch yourself into entrepreneurship? Are you alone, or in a team, but have doubts if you have enough people? Forming a team is not an easy task, but it is true that there are certain professions you will need to work with sooner or later. Of course, they are not indispensable in your team, but if you have them, you’re in luck! We’ll see what they are and when you’ll miss them, as well as some tips for forming the initial team.

Table of Contents

• 1. IT Specialist
• 2. Designer
• 3. Marketing Expert
• 4. Accountant
• 5. Community Manager
• BONUS: 6. Lawyer
• Conclusion

1. IT Specialist

From computer engineers to web development. One of the essential elements for your project from the start is and will be your website. That space on the internet where you showcase what you do, create a community by sharing your motivation, and receive feedback from your potential customers or users. It will be your portfolio, what you show both to potential promoters and future clients. And that’s why you don’t need just any website, but your website.

You may have programming knowledge and venture to create and maintain your own website, but keep in mind that keeping it up to date, creating quality content, and sharing it (not to mention positioning it) will consume a lot of your time. Your project alone will consume all your time, so sometimes dedicating extra time to the website is an over-effort only suitable for people with no personal life.

My recommendation is to have someone cover these needs, both internally and externally. If it’s under contract, try to get a budget that includes the entire website and then maintain a maintenance fee that you can afford. However, this doesn't mean you won’t need to dedicate time to it, since you’ll still have to create the content (if you want to save more).

If you don’t have someone like this yet, I recommend that you contact me using any of the communication channels on my main page or the button at the top right of this page. I’ll be happy to study your project and offer you a quote tailored to your needs.

2. Designer

Another element you’ll need almost from the start is to create your company’s image. It could be a logo or simply the name of your project. You’ll need to do a brainstorming session where you put all the ideas you have for your company. From animals, abstract symbols, to the typography you’ll use.

Details make the difference.

Spend as much time as you need to find something you like, but don’t try to find the logo of your life, as you could get lost in the attempt. You can always change or model it later, just look at the history of Apple’s logo. Of course, you can do it yourself, but if you have someone (or better, a graphic tablet) to help you with the colors, Illustrator, or a piece of paper, you’ll save a lot of time.

3. Marketing Expert

Maybe not from the beginning, but at some point, you’ll need to know how to express what’s on your mind or in your project. Content is just as important as how it’s expressed, and having poor content management can prevent you from succeeding, no matter how good your idea is.

There are even more than 50 types of marketing, but the most prominent nowadays is Digital or Online Marketing. This encompasses all strategies or actions carried out through the internet. Not having an online presence means you won’t reach a very important part of the audience, so having good marketing strategies can be a very important and, in many cases, decisive help.

4. Accountant

Do I need to formalize a company to start? Do I need to register and pay the freelancer fee from the start? How do I create invoices? These and many other questions will cross your mind. The best thing is to hire the services of a good manager who can advise you according to current regulations and provide support as needed.

Not having good advice can lead you to get lost in administrative tasks that might not be necessary at this stage. Or even worse, you might not need them based on the project's trajectory, and you’d be wasting valuable time.

5. Community Manager

And if we already have an IT specialist and a website, why do we need a community manager? Once we have the website, we need to add content and be very active so that both Google and your future customers/promoters see that there’s movement. And that movement needs to be reflected not only on the website, but also by using social media to enhance that reach and valuable feedback from communities.

Although it may seem like an easy task, it’s not. Knowing which social media platforms are best for your project, selecting or modifying new entries to share, and answering and managing potential comments, problems, and doubts from users on those platforms can take several hours a week.

On the other hand, you must remember to take photos throughout the day/week and the content associated with them to use later in the updates posted on the website. Depending on the contract with the community manager, these photos may be included, so you won’t have to worry about it.

BONUS: 6. Lawyer

And finally, a special bonus for you. Any project is vulnerable to being copied by a malicious user, so how do we cover our backs to prevent this from happening?

It’s very difficult to be 100% safe, as at some point, you’ll need to present your project to the public, whether to users or promoters as we’ve mentioned earlier. However, patenting your product, logo, or even a piece of code is possible, and while it’s not free, it won’t cost you much. Having a lawyer (perhaps one specializing in patents) to advise you will save you a lot of time and also help you create sections such as:

- Cookie policy
- Privacy policy
- Terms and conditions
- Software licenses

Conclusion

There may be some of these professions you don’t need or can replace with your own skills, but keep in mind that everything takes time, and in that case, it’s your time. Plan, organize, and make decisions that help you invest as little time as possible without forgetting the costs that come with it. Unfortunately, there is no formula for success, so the final decision will be yours.