In very small businesses, operators may do everything themselves. In larger business, employees handle some of the management tasks. Operators must promote their product. Some operators do this by advertising in newspapers and trade magazines or on the radio. Other business owners make phone calls to find customers.
Some business owners visit corporations and try to set up contracts to sell their product.
In order to make goods, business owners must buy the parts. Thus they must order parts and keep track of when they have all been used. Small Business Operators is a specialty of Business Executives and Managers. For more information about related occupations, please see CIS occupation Business Executives and Managers. Small Business Operators is in the Business, Management, and Finance Career Cluster.