Business Plan

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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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Preparing for your Mentoring Appointment

Preparing for your appointment is optional but if you do a little beforehand it greatly enhances the effectiveness of your mentoring session.

A Mentoring Session is meeting with your Mentor to provide guidance and consulting to help optimize your business plan, marketing, financial or any other business related needs you may have.

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California Secretary of State: Starting a Business in California

Links to documents describing the steps for starting a business in California while meeting the state’s filing, permit, licensing, tax, and other requirements.

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Checklist for Starting a Business in CT

How to start a business in Connecticut

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Are You Ready to Be in Business ?

Are you thinking of starting a business? But you don't know if you're prepare, answer these questions to gauge where you're at!

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How to Start a Nonprofit & Nonprofit Resources

Here are a list of resources that may be utilized when considering organizing a Nonprofit.

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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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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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Starting a New Business - SCORE 1.0

Want to start your own business? Our best advice to you is "Be careful!" Why? More than half of new businesses fail in their first five years of operation. With that failure, the owner incurs a significant loss of time, money, and, often, credit rating.

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1. Conduct market research

Preparing for your appointment is optional but if you do a little beforehand it greatly enhances the effectiveness of your mentoring session.