Starting a business
Common businessEnglish phrases and collocations
Starting a business
100

offered for people toconsider

putforward

100

Chief Executive Officer

CEO

100

made bigger

expanded

200

a plan of how the business will operate

business plan

200

a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organisation

corporation

200

produces goods in large numbers, usuallyin a factory 

manufactures  

300

specially made for a particular person or thing

custom- built

300

reach and do business with new groups of customers or parts of the world where something might be sold

access new markets

300

looking aft er the customer’s needs 

customer care

400

started, perhaps with a special event to mark the beginning

launched

400

(uncountable) other companies trying hard to be more successful than you

stiff competition

400

something very important which must be dealt with first

priority

500

make a newproduct available for the first time

rolled out

500

information/opinions about what people think of a product or service

Get feedback

500

finding out beforehand what people want or need

market research