Templates, forms and resources can be downloaded to help in business planning.

Steps to Starting a Business

The document outlines essential documents required to start a small business, covering  permits necessary for compliance and operational readiness.

Business Plan  

The document highlights key components of a business plan essential for guiding business success and securing funding.

Executive Summary

The document succinctly explains the executive summary, emphasizing its role as a concise overview of a business plan, to capture investor interest and provide a strategic roadmap for business growth.

Feasibility Study 

The document goes through a feasibility analysis as a critical assessment of a business idea’s practicality and potential for success.

Competitive Analysis

This interactive document will help  to identify competitive advantages, understand market trends, uncover opportunities for differentiation, and formulate effective strategies to position a business competitively and gain market share.

Marketing Plan

This document  outlines a business’s overall marketing objectives, strategies, tactics, and activities

Profit and Loss

This interactive document provides a snapshot of the business’s financial performance and is essential for assessing its profitability.

Borrowing Money

This document goes  through key items to consider when applying for a loan.

Financial Worksheets

This interactive workbook goes through cash flow and profit & loss to create a  3 year balance sheet

SBA Loans

Basic overview of  loans offered through SBA

Certification Matrix

Comprehensive list of certification programs offered in the area

 

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