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Are you the proud owner of a family-owned company? From succession planning to company culture, these family business tips and insights, based on stats from SCORE’s latest business infographic, will help you build a roadmap to success and increase the chance of transitioning into the next generation.

Download our free business plan template for your established business as a Word doc. A business plan for an established business serves as a roadmap guiding the growth and continued success of your business throughout its next stages.

Download this template to track your revenue and expenses so you can forecast your profits and losses for the next 12 months.

Business owners are often stuck in the “work until you drop” model and cannot think about how to grow their businesses. Here are four common barriers that hold small business owners back from scaling their fledgling companies. 

From succession planning to company culture, these family business tips, based on SCORE’s latest infographic, will help you build a roadmap to success.

The more time your sales team spends in meetings, the less time they have available to actually sell. Download this checklist to prepare for and lead an effective sales meeting—one that gets maximum results in minimum time.

If you run your business as a sole proprietor, you may need to pay estimated taxes to the IRS throughout the year. People whose income is subject to withholding (i.e., most employees) generally don’t have to pay estimated tax. These payments cover tax liabilities not covered by withholding.

Internet sales tax, or sales tax on goods sold online, is a complex issue. Forty-five states and DC require consumers to pay sales taxes on purchases. But the rules for online purchases are different from those made in brick-and-mortar stores.

Four times as many consumers would rather watch a video about a product than read about it. Seventy-one percent of consumers who viewed a video ended up making a purchase.

The U.S. Department of Labor requires you to keep records of the following information about each employee as long as he or she works for you. Download this checklist to help you maintain the proper employee records.

For small businesses, one late-paying customer could mean the difference between success and failure. Not only are late payments a big problem for small business, but the problem is getting worse.

Our latest infographic highlights the growing impact of “corporate social responsibility” in the business world.