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A business shower is gift-giving party thrown for the new entrepreneur(s) in celebration of their company.

Etymology
The term “business shower” is relatively new. It borrowed from the commonplace baby shower but instead refers to a new business. It went viral with a social media post who suggested that instead of baby showers, people should host business showers i.e. a gathering to congratulate and bring resources for a friend who starts a new business.

Description
Much like having a baby, starting a business involves huge expenses along with the responsibility to nurture and grow it beyond difficulties incurred and to occur. A business shower takes place as a fresh way to welcome and celebrate people who took the brave step to launch their business. The principle goes almost the same as for baby shower parties. The entrepreneur’s friends, family and friends take the initiative to organize the event. The experience can run from simple activities like giving a leg up on advertising, hiring a cleaning service for their home, creating a public Facebook event about the soon-to-be-born business to various gifts giving. The business owner themselves can host a business shower to gather useful resources for early growth or just for marketing point of view if they don’t receive any material objects.

Gifts
Guests are expected to bring resources to help the new business grow. Gifts typically include items to meet basic needs of a business starting out such as office supplies, new furniture, technology and other useful materials.

History
Although the term business shower is relatively newfangled, a similar practice started some years before with business registries comparable to a wish list as an option for service businesses, home-based businesses and creative freelancers such as bloggers, crafters and designers to raise the startup capital they need to get going.

Initiatives
The idea of business shower inspired several initiatives launched by early adopters of the trend.


 * Business Shower Networking : In October 2018, the MommyPreneur Company opened a grant and showered 5 ladies with gifts, supplies and resources to help make their business a success
 * How to Throw a Business Shower by Shopify: In 2019, Shopify launched a website designed to help people find gifts and ideas to hold a business shower. How to Throw a Business Shower calls itself the world’s leading business shower planning website.
 * Business Shower – BEST: business shower may also refer to Business Shower (BEST) a socioeconomic support platform devised to help project holders through in-kind contributions.
 * Other initiatives: Many other individually organized events are increasingly being held as business shower parties around the world.