For the entrepreneurs who are thinking about starting a business, make sure a market exist for what you intend to sell. Use your family, friends and acquaintances as your first group of test subjects and confront possible pitfalls head on. Once you’ve settled on a idea and are committed to executing it, utilize Small Business Symposium stakeholders like the U.S. Small Business Administration and Hillsborough County Small Business Development Center to help you formulate a business plan and begin to implement it by seeking the necessary funding.