Startup How-tos: Four startup advisory services for free
05-01-2021
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On the road to entrepreneurship you may come across to different kinds of challenges: which funding scheme is more suitable for me? How to avoid legal traps in business? No worries, the four consultation services below offer professional advice for free to all your queries about entrepreneurship.
SUCCESS provides business starters with not only information on setting up business in Hong Kong, but also free "Meet-the-Advisors" Business Advisory Service. Entrepreneurs encountering problems relating to the starting and running of a business can consult experts on their opinions.
Youth Employment Start” (Y.E.S.) - Professional Consultation Service
Y.E.S. is set up to provide one-stop employment and self-employment support services to young people aged between 15 and 29. To assist business members to tackle their business problems in legal and accounting fields, meetings with qualified lawyers and accountants will be arranged to obtain professional advice.
Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) - SME ReachOut
A dedicated service team entitled "SME ReachOut" would support startups through face-to-face meetings to help identify suitable funding schemes, while answering questions relating to applications. The goal is to enhance startup's understanding of the Government's funding schemes, with a view to encouraging better utilisation of the support provided by the Government.
Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) SME Support - SME Advisory Service
The HKTDC SME Advisory Service provides one-to-one free business advisory service, which covers a wide spectrum of areas such as tax issues, business law, operation of the letter of credit, up-to-date information for new business start-ups, logistics, branding strategy for cultural industry and e-commerce.
Source: SUCCESS, Y.E.S., HKPC, HKTDC
“Startup How-tos” is an introductory guidebook written for entrepreneurship newbies, providing startup tips and related public services information.
