Business Plans

Living Life with Panache

Date
Wed, 2013-04-03 11:32

Before you notice the labels at Panache Vintage & Finer Consignment in Brighton, you may notice the hats.  Yet, the hats are more than decorations; they represent the incredible entrepreneur behind one of Rochester’s most unique and successful female owned boutiques: Joan Lincoln.

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Use this outline from SCORE Ohio to create your business plan.

This simplified business plan outline is for a small business, and needs to be developed whether or not there is a need for outside funding such as bank loans or venture capital. Remember, the primary reason for a business plan is to provide you with a guide book of how YOU intend to operate YOUR business and measure its performance.

Use this guide from SCORE Lancaster to plan for your new small business.

Starting and managing a business takes motivation, desire and talent.  It also takes research and planning.  Like a chess game, success in small business starts with decisive and correct opening moves, although initial mistakes are not fatal.  It takes skill, discipline and hard work to regain the advantage.

To increase your chance of success, take the time upfront to explore and evaluate your business and personal goals.  Then use this information to build a comprehensive and well thought-out business plan that will help you reach these goals.

Use this guide to create a thorough and exhaustive business plan for your business.

The Willamette SCORE chapter provides insight into what lenders look for in a successful and convincing business plan.

  1. Don’t push adjectives. Let me assign my own. This year for every plan that really looks like it might be disruptive or game-changing I saw 20 or so that claimed to be.
  2. Tell stories. A story tells market need way better than general market numbers. Write about problems you solve, who has them, how you solve them, and why you do it better than anybody else.

Webinar Learning Center

Date
Sat, 2013-03-23 17:37

The seven Minnesota Chapters of SCORE have jointly developed a series of online on demand recorded webinars.   These topics cover issues beyond what we can provide in a Face-to-Face workshop setting due to their use of technology and newest of the issues to new entrepreneurs.  Click HERE to view the topics currently available.

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This is the place to go for on line forms and help with starting a business in Pennsylvania.  Here you can find forms and tips about starting a business.

Click the link below to go to Pa Biz Online

      Pa Biz Online

Small Business Makeover: Building a Road Map for the Future - Jenny Staletovich

Date
Mon, 2013-03-04 12:10

For the last 10 years, John and Lauri Oliva’s digital production company has found a good niche in a saturated market. They have two big clients, Bank United and VITAS, along with a mix of others that have kept them busy.

But a toehold isn’t what they want anymore. The couple want their business to grow.

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Comprehensive outline on information needed for a business plan + information on small businesses.

Business Plan Outline

[Typical Content of A Business Plan for A Large Company 15-20 Pages]

“The simple key to the Business Plan is the planning itself…”

While each individual’s business plan will be different, there are common formats which can be used to

facilitate the on-going business planning process. The following outline is provided by the Wisconsin

Women’s Business Initiative Corporation as a easy-to-use outline.

Comprehensive outline on information needed for a business plan + information on small businesses.

Business Plan Outline

 

“The simple key to the Business Plan is the planning itself…”

While each individual’s business plan will be different, there are common formats which can be used to facilitate the on-going business planning process. The following outline is provided by the Wisconsin

Women’s Business Initiative Corporation as a easy-to-use outline.

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