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are real-world professionals with time-tested knowledge who donate thousands of hours to help small businesses succeed. Counselors are experts in such areas as accounting, finance, marketing, management and business plan preparation.

  

 
 
 
 
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  1. A Business Plan for a Start-up Business
  2. A Business Plan for an Established Business
  3. Bank Loan Request for Small Business
  4. Break-Even Analysis
  5. Competitive Analysis
  6. Financial History & Ratios
  7. Loan Amortization Schedule (Provided by Microsoft Office Online)
  8. Opening Day Balance Sheet
  9. Personal Financial Statement
  10. Projected Balance Sheet
  11. Start-up Expenses
  12. 4-Year Profit Projection
  13. 12-Month Cash Flow Statement
  14. 12-Month Profit and Loss Projection
  15. 12-Month Sales Forecast
 

Developing Your Business Plan
  1. Do you have the mindset & skills to become an entreprenuer?
  2. Starting and Researching the Right Business
  3. Ten Tips for Starting and Running a Successful Small Business
  4. How to avoid the classic entrepreneurial mistakes
  5. Sure-fire secrets to entrepreneurial success
  6. Researching your market
  7. Draft a marketing strategy
  8. "Deciding on a business" online course
  9. Business plan templates & worksheets
  10. Sample business plans by industry
  11. Industry analysis and market research (fee-based service)
  12. Online workshop - Developing a Business Plan
  13. Online workshop - Creating a Competitive Advantage
  14. Online workshop - Pricing Products and Services
  15. Online workshop - Creating a Profit and Loss Statement
  16. Online course - Business Plan Overview
  17. Basics of launching a business
  18. Business toolkit (broad set of articles on starting & growing a business)
  19. Financial ratios and business statistics by industry
  20. Selecting a legal structure for your business
  21. Advantages/disadvantages of the different business structures
  22. General information on choosing the best ownership structure
  23. Partnership agreement checklist
  24. Franchising basics course
  25. What to ask when you meet the franchisor
  26. What to consider when starting a restaurant
 

Seeking Capital from the Bank & Others
  1. Financing basics
  2. Finding capital overview
  3. 20 tips for finding money now
  4. Financing for the small business
  5. Financing eligibility & SBA loan programs
  6. Questions the banker will ask
  7. How to prepare a loan package
  8. Check your credit (fee-based service)
  9. Other sources of funds
  10. Articles on raising capital
  11. Micro loan program ($500 - $2,500) for businesses without bank credit
  12. Venture capital primer
  13. Early stage funding for technology companies


Launching Your Start-Up Business
  1. Obtain a federal employer identification number (EIN)
  2. Top ten legal mistakes and how to prevent them
  3. Questions to ask before signing a lease for space
  4. Understanding commercial leases
  5. Virtual office and executive suites
  6. Virtual office and office-on-demand service
  7. Another virtual office and office-on-demand service
  8. Business forms and agreements
  9. Understanding business owners insurance policy


Buying a Business
  1. Checklist for buying a business
  2. What to ask a franchisor


Managing & Growing Your Business
  1. Business plan for an established business
  2. How to write a good business plan executive summary
  3. Marketing plans to target profits
  4. Creating a competitive advantage - online workshop
  5. Pricing products and services - online workshop
  6. Promoting your business - online workshop
  7. Building a web site - online workshop
  8. Key financial ratios
  9. Online financial benchmarking
  10. Sample resolutions for corporations and LLC's
  11. HR compliance link
  12. SBA HUBZone program
  13. 29 ways to promote your website
  14. Email marketing service (fee-based)
  15. Patent and trademark general information
  16. Patent and Trademark Office - US Dept of Commerce
  17. US Copyright office
  18. Federal employment law assistance
  19. Immigration information
  20. Federal wage information

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