Business Foundations Check | AS Good NZ

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Business Foundations Check

See which parts of your business are clear, choose one foundation to focus on, and leave with one practical next step.

This Check is designed to take no more than ten minutes. There are no right answers. “Partly” and “Not yet” are useful answers because they show you where to focus.

At the end, you will receive a summary you can print, save or copy. This is a self-check, not a professional assessment.

Your privacy

Your Business Foundations Check answers are not sent automatically.

They are saved only in this browser on this device, so you can close the page and return to them. You can remove everything at any time by selecting “Clear my answers from this device”.

Your answers remain on your device unless you choose “Open an email with my summary” and then choose to send that email to Alison.

If you voluntarily send your summary, Alison will use it only to evaluate this pilot. She will store it in a restricted AS Good NZ Google Drive folder accessible only to her and delete it within 30 days. An anonymised note about what the test taught her may be retained without your name or identifiable business details.

The optional feedback section is separate. Its email contains only the feedback responses unless you independently choose to share your summary.

1

About your business

What do you sell—or hope to sell—and who is it for?

It is fine if this is still developing. Describe it as clearly as you can today.

2

Check your foundations

For each one, choose Yes, Partly or Not yet.

Answer as things stand today, not as you hope they will be.

Offer and customerI can explain what I sell and who it is for.
MoneyI know what I will charge and roughly what it costs me to deliver.
DeliveryI know what needs to happen from a customer saying yes through to completing the work and being paid.
Rules and responsibilitiesI know which tax, registration, licence, safety and insurance requirements I need to check, and where to find reliable information or advice.
Time and capacityI know how much time I can realistically give the business.
SupportI know who I can ask for help when I need it.
3

Choose one focus

Which foundation would be most useful to strengthen first?

Choose what would be most useful to make clearer or stronger now. You are choosing the priority—the tool is not making that decision for you.

4

Choose your next step

What is one small action you will take?

Choose something specific that you can realistically complete.

Your starting point

Your Business Foundations summary

This is a printable summary of your own answers.

In progress

My business

Add your answer above.

What is clear

Nothing in this group yet

What is partly clear

Nothing in this group yet

What is not yet clear

Nothing in this group yet

The foundation I will focus on

Not chosen yet

My next step

Not added yet

My date

Not chosen yet

AS Good NZ

Business Foundations Check, version 0.5. AS Good NZ Limited, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

This is a self-check and general guidance. It is not legal, tax, financial or professional advice, and it is not an assessment of whether your business will succeed. For decisions that carry risk, talk to a qualified New Zealand professional.

This tool was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by Alison Roberton of AS Good NZ, who is responsible for the finished work. No AI runs inside this page.