Financing Your Day Care Business
Many people nurture a dream that they would like to open a daycare center. Some of these individuals may work in a day care center and believe they could do a better job with the added benefit of becoming self employed. There are many who are stay at home parents and wish to supplement their income. And lots of people are just straight tired of nine to five working for a boss who doesn't care about them. So they dream. However, most of these people never succeed in doing so due to the funding that is required. However, there is hope and this article will introduce you to ideas on how to obtain the financing required to start a day care business.
The first method that is involved in obtaining financing when you want to open a daycare center at home is to develop an effective business plan. Your business plan exposes the building blocks of your child care business. Every business has to have a plan, even if it is a business that will be operated from home thus providing you with the methodology behind your daycare business. Essentially, your plan will be a professional presentation of your research and diligence which is vital when you approach any financial institution for loans. It may include the general purpose of your daycare, how you plan to separate your home life from your business life, how you will use your home effectively to operate the child care services that you will provide, as well as how much money you expect to gain from your daycare at home.
Smarter Toddler is a Daycare Center and Preschool on Manhattan's Upper West Side founded by parents of gifted toddlers who wanted a progressive preschool with an advanced arts-based curriculum that their own children could benefit from, hence the name. It has long been proven that a child's brain is like a dry sponge capable of absorbing knowledge at a much faster rate than an adult's. As a result, at Smarter Toddler you're never too young to begin learning. Since the first Smarter Toddler location at 89th street became popular a new location at 55th street and 9th avenue near Lincoln Center is planned for September 2007.
Structuring your business effectively is incredibly important When looking to obtain financing for your day business. Detailing all costs involved in getting your day care open is vital so that there are no surprises, from research phase to supplies to actually opening the doors. You will need to factor in the recurring expenses entailed in the daily operations of your day care. These are the unavoidable and necessary running costs and will include utility bills, equipment, food costs and wages (because even it is only you, you still need to pay yourself).
Every lender will want to see you put your money where your mouth is so you will need to be prepared to invest a certain percentage of your own funds in your day care business. This will make lenders more likely to provide you with the money that you are requesting for your new child care business. Remember, from the financial institutions point of view you are a huge risk, many new businesses fail every year so if you believe enough, and have committed to saving towards opening your day care then they will be more likely to entertain your application. Essentially if you are willing to make the commitment of investing your own money in your day care business then a
lender is going to be more willing to provide you with the funds you request.
The fourth method in obtaining financing in opening a daycare center at home is to offer some sort of collateral. This is a huge and risky step and requires a lot of consideration and professional advice. This is a very important, yet risky step. You must be certain that you are confident in your ability to own and operate a daycare at home prior to handing out items for collateral. This is
critical as many of these items are extremely valuable such as property and vehicles. However, many lenders are comfortable in financing a business if they have a promise of something in return if the home business fails.
by: Fiona Lohrenz
Fiona Lohrenz draws on her 10 years of running a day care to write articles on all aspects of child care. She also pours this wisdom into her childcare website and has used it to produce a 'How to Start a ChildCare Business' DVD
guide: www.startchildcare.com Fiona can be found at her website: www.childcareonly.com
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