Home business forums: startups.co.uk

Startups.co.uk    is a great place to start for anyone setting up in business. It offers a one-stop shop for all your likely needs and is an excellent source of information – from starting a franchise to legal issues to sales and marketing. There is also a section dedicated for home workers. This site also features a very active forum where you can ask questions, offer advice or join in with debates.

As with many forums you must be registered to post on the forum, but you can read messages and follow threads without registering; however you cannot respond to messages.

The Startups forum is by far the busiest. This is where members can enter into general chat, ask for advice and opinions on starting up and topics related to running a small business. There is also a forum for Startups webinar questions. There are regular webinars where you can ask questions of the expert panel. If your questions haven’t been answered during the webinar, you can post your questions within this forum.

The introductions forum is fairly self-explanatory! It’s a good place to start for new members and let others know that you have joined the community. The ideas forum is where you can bounce ideas off other people – they will soon tell you if you have a great idea or otherwise.

Rate my website is a forum where you can request feedback on your site. Whilst you might get some unhelpful comments, many more members will be prepared to offer constructive criticism and advice on how to make improvements.

There are also forums for franchising, technical questions (relating to website building and the like), legal issues and recommendations. You can also post messages advertising for partners and/or investors. Another highly popular forum is the offers forum where you can promote your services.