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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.
Download this financial projections template to calculate your small business expenses, sales forecast, cash flow, income statement, break-even analysis & more.
Download SCORE’s templates to help you plan for a new business startup or grow your existing business.
The SCORE Startup Roadmap is the perfect tool to start the journey to your new business.
When running your business, you may wonder what is the best way to reach the people who will purchase your products or services.
Your website can be an excellent way to generate leads for your business. Just don’t make the mistake of thinking that if you simply build one, your clients will come.
Operations are the systems and processes of running a business. Here are some ways to make sure those processes are working well.
It’s easy to bombard customers with sales messages when trying to engage them and bring in new business. However, this may not be the best approach.
Budgeting for your business is a key part of business planning and decision-making. It’s more than crunching numbers and adding up bills...
How you market your business is essential to bringing in customers and making sales. Email marketing is a great tool to use to reach out to the public and let them know what products and services you have to offer.
Your business can become a million-dollar enterprise if you have a strategy put in place. Setting goals to promote growth or to make sure your company can withstand emergencies may not be the easiest to do, but is manageable once you learn how.
Everybody knows that it takes money to make money, but how do you get the funds to start your business? One place to start looking is the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Negotiating is par for the course when running your small business. Working out a deal with a client is a necessary, though not always enjoyable experience. One thing to keep in mind is that negotiating is less about haggling and more about producing an outcome that satisfies both parties.
You have a business, and now you want to find clients to stay in business.
Tax time is around the corner for most people. You want to make sure you file by the due date and get all the possible deductions without getting audited.
1 reason why businesses fold is many owners aren’t keeping good track of their numbers. Here is some advice from Phyllis Johnson, owner of PKJ Consulting.
You have a product or service you want to sell. Of course, you want to sell it at the right price. Here are a few things you should know to get your pricing right.
Entrepreneurship can be a very tempting prospect, but do you know what it entails to start your own small business? It’s a good idea to take a self-assessment and make sure you have the necessary skills and experience to successfully start and maintain your own operation. SCORE mentor Julie Brander guides us on the basics of what you need to know before beginning your entrepreneurial journey.
What’s the Business’s Purpose?
This is a simple enough question, but do you really know the answer? Ask yourself what problem your business will solve, what need it will fill, and how your business
