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With SCORE, you have lots of support. Browse these tools and find resources to help you make decisions on starting or growing your enterprise. Your SCORE mentor can assist in putting your ideas into action.
Top Resources from SCORE
Download this financial projections template to calculate your small business expenses, sales forecast, cash flow, income statement, break-even analysis & more.
Download our easy-to-use business planning, finance, sales, marketing, and management templates to help you plan for a new business or grow your existing business.
The SCORE Startup Roadmap is the perfect tool to start the journey to your new business.
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.
This video resource highlights what nonprofit leaders can do at a very basic level, to write a compelling letter that potential funders will want to read. The webinar provides proven strategies and techniques for anyone seeking charitable funding. Once you have prepared your 2-page grant proposal, you can use it multiple times.
Small Business Tax Workshop is a free online workshop from the IRS. These workshops are designed to help you, a new business owner, understand and meet your federal tax obligations.
Here are a list of resources that may be utilized when considering organizing a Nonprofit.
Click here or download the PDF to view Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Angel Firms.
Whether you are looking for funding to get a new business off the ground or need an infusion of cash to see you through a temporary setback, you can improve your chances of successfully negotiating a loan by understanding the criteria that lenders use in making their credit decisions.
View this page or download the PDF to see Business Research Resources from Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
The Business Model Canvas categorizes the processes and internal activities of a business into 9 separate categories, each representing a building block in the creation of the product or service. These categories represent the four major aspects of a business; customers, offer, infrastructure, as well as financial viability.
The Business Model Canvas (BMC) is a strategic management tool to quickly and easily define and communicate a business idea or concept. It is a one-page document that works through the fundamental elements of a business or product, structuring an idea in a coherent way.
