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10 Steps to Start your Business

Starting a business involves planning, making key financial decisions, and completing a series of legal activities. Read on to learn about each step.

1. Conduct market research

Market research will tell you if there’s an opportunity to turn your idea into a successful business. It’s a way to gather information about potential customers and businesses already operating in your area. Use that information to find a competitive advantage for your business.

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How to make the most of your mentoring experience

A mentoring session is a confidential, personalized conversation with a business expert to answer a question or to solve a problem that you’re facing.

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Make Your Website Work for You - Grow with Google

It’s more important than ever to have a professional website. A website can promote products and services, create brand visibility, drive online customers to your store, and build strong connections with your audience.

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Marketing Communications Strategy Questionnaire

This communications strategy plan questionnaire can help develop the right strategies to increase sales, improve brand recognition, and grow your audience.

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First Session: Lean Canvas

This table will help you plan for business success. Using the customer discovery approach, the table includes prompt questions arranged in 13 major topics.

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How to Build and Use an Emergency Fund for Your Business

Emergency savings can help your business survive unexpected crises. Learn how much money to keep in your emergency fund, how to build it and when to use it.

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SCORE Greater Cincinnati - Regional Business Briefs

Leveraging the expertise of our SCORE Greater Cincinnati Ohio counselors, we have written 70+ easy-to-understand FREE Business Briefs on a wide variety of business subjects.

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Preparing for your SCORE Appointment

Preparing for your appointment is optional, but if you do a little beforehand it greatly enhances the effectiveness of your mentoring session and you maximize the mentor’s ability to help you. You don’t need to write anything unless it helps you. Review this list of typical questions and be prepared to discuss the answers.

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Preparing for your SCORE Appointment

Preparing for your appointment is optional, but if you do a little beforehand it greatly enhances the effectiveness of your mentoring session and you maximize the mentor’s ability to help you. You don’t need to write anything, unless it helps you. Review this list of typical questions and be prepared to discuss the answers.

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Preparing for your SCORE Appointment

Preparing for your appointment is optional, but if you do a little beforehand it greatly enhances the effectiveness of your mentoring session and you maximize the mentor’s ability to help you. You don’t need to write anything, unless it helps you. Review this list of typical questions and be prepared to discuss the answers.

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1. Conduct market research