a big business might have their own servers to run their websites on, big presentation screens, tons of networked computers, photocopiers, quality printers, etc etc
If your smart and your an online business, not much. They have huge servers, you can outsource servers for under $100 a month. You need professional telephone services get www.onebox.com. You need a professional address see www.HQ.com. You need a million dollar place to meet use www.HQ.com. If at home with the business write what you can off. Go to www.irs.com and ask an agent to send you in the mail ir direct yourself to the website to download what you can and cannot wrote off. You can 1099 your agents . Large corporations fill very large orders. So can you. Get a LOI (letter of intent) with full banking take it to and the bank that you have been using already that can be used (along with your satisfactory or great credit) as collateral. They will loan you the money for 30, 60, 90, or 120 days as long as you also have a one page business plan summary that explains in detail how your going to fill this order. Need live chat 24hrs online customer service use www.24-7intouch.com. Want expensive 4 color brochures and business stationary use www.stocklayouts.com. Need high end or semi high end things like office equiptment join a freecycle in your area. Otherwise use your credit (make sure it good) and fill out a Dell Premiere application and see how much credit you will get immediately. Also watch TV Shopping shows where they give you 3-6 payments to make on that item. Need a professional look shop at the local distressed assets company in your town. Marshals, Century21, Daffys, Filenes Basement, Burlington Coat Factory, etc etc. Even Walmart and Target. Need a great watch but a RENATO Beast from www.shopnbc.com or a RENATO Beauty for women. Very weighty substantial watches that wont break easily, look expensive, quality work, and will last a lifetime. Now often the only thing that stands apart are services. Outsource your services. You know a lawyer, guess what you now do legal consultations and have a Legal Dept . (Have a way for people to make appointments online and sync your lawyers schedule with the online one). You know a person that speaks 3 languages you now offer translation services and your business is Trilingual . (They scan and email the doc, you forward it to your friend, they type a translation, you accept payment, and they get emailed their doc translated). Etc etc etc. This isnt false advertising you have Outsourcing Services that work with companies in many industries . You think the BIG companies do everything ? NOT!Small business is responsible for 85% of USA income. Small business isnt small at all. The mom and pop stores, men in their garages and women at the kitchen table. Noone knows how big or small you are. All clients and customers care about is deliver on time what you promise in the most efficient, professional, and timely way with a smile. Period. Whats the difference? I dont know from where Im standing...
About as big as you can think of. A small business might ONLY need a cell phone to operate. Big businesses need entire infrastructures of IT and communication equipment worth MILLIONS.
