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Featured SCORE Client

Founder, Barbara Reed, launched Loving Touch Home Care, LLC (LTHC) in December 2013 to provide reliable, high-quality in-home care for the residents of the greater Chestertown area.  The firm began with 15 employees and has grown 300% in less than two years. 

Reed's impressive credentials and ten years of experience as a nurse/ manager in both hospital and home healthcare settings provided the hands-on experience to plan and manage her new business. She earned her BS in Nursing from the University of Delaware, BA in Psychology from Washington College and Masters of Education from Wilmington
The Secrets of Writing a Successful Business Plan

Hal Shelton, author of "Secrets to Writing a Successful Business Plan" and SCORE mentor, has developed worksheets for each part of the business plan writing process. These worksheets allow you to collect your thoughts, write down your ideas to have a solid start in developing your business plan incrementally and at your own pace.
Business Survival Tools

In 2008, our country experienced a crippling recession that shut down thousands of small businesses. This helpful toolkit will guide you through the difficult decisions you must make for a small business to survive an economic recession.
Business Plan Roadmap

What is a business plan and why do I need one?


A business plan defines the nature and scope of your business, quantifies your product mix/volume and/or service type/scope goals, and serves as your company’s resume. It describes the marketing, sales, operational, and financial aspects of a business. It is the roadmap annotated with the course you will pursue to achieve your goals. Because it provides specific and organized information about your business and how invested/borrowed money will be returned/repaid, a good business plan is a crucial part of any investment prospectus or loan package
SBA Business Smart Toolkit

The SBA Business Smart Toolkit is a ready-to-use workshop toolkit developed jointly by National Association for Government Guaranteed Lenders and SBA. The workshop lays the groundwork for helping new and aspiring entrepreneurs launch a business idea and understand the steps to building a business that is credit ready. The information is laid out simply in three modules.
Valuable Documents

How to Really Start Your Own Business SBA Resource Guide Small Business Basics (Business Plan Template) Business Planning Tools for Non-profits Financial Management Workbook
"Bankers Delight" Business Plan

At least in our territory, bankers are not interested in the extensive business plans discussed in most books or how-to's. Instead they just want the facts. First, they'll look at your 1-2 page executive summary and then your 12-month cash flow statement with key underlying assumptions. If that's attractive, they'll read the rest of its dozen or so pages. Here's a good example...

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