Starting a business can be one scary prospect but you don't have to do it alone. There are resources galore for you to tap into and one of the best is the United States Small Business Administration.
You can get free info from business plan basics to buying a franchise. If you haven't already read through my list of top ten resolutions for home-based businesses take the time to do it now. I'll just go raid the fridge for a minute while you do that little thing okay?
Now that we both have had a little snack. Let's see what our friends at the SBA have to offer.
Here are a list of topics you can read right from the website:
- Financing basics
- Estimating costs
- Finding capital
- Applying for a loan
- Specific training
- Writing the business plan
- Using the plan
- FREE Online business planning workshop (huge bonus!)
- Finding a niche
- Buying a business
- Product basics
- FREE Online Entrepreneurship Course (another bonus!)
- Protecting your ideas
- FREE Small business startup guide (yep, bonus again!)
Wow! They even have over 200 FREE SBA Business Publications/E-Books that you can research. Even if you are just in the thinking-about-starting-your-own-business phase you should check out their website and cyberly pick their brains. You never know, it just might get you thinking with that wonderful can-do attitude that all entreprenuers have!
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