Good information on starting a small business .?
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SBA has a number of free training courses on various aspects of starting a business from business planning to financial management to financing to starting an ecommerce site http://www.sba.gov/training/courses.html. . These courses are free, and certainly provides quality information. I suggest you check these out
It may help you if you could talk with a small business expert or free mentors to give you ideas on how to make your dream of starting a business come true. Here are some places where you can find a mentor:
- Government Mentoring Programs such as SBDCs, which works with community colleges and local business development councils to offer mentoring programs http://www.sba.gov/sbdc/sbdcnear.html. ; or the Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/wnet_.
- Volunteer programs such as SCORE http://www.score.org which is composed of mostly retired executives and entrepreneurs
- Formal mentoring programs such as Athena Foundation http://www.athenafoundation.org/programs. , Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program http://www.helzbergmentoring.org/hemp/. , or The Aspen Institute MicroMentor Program http://www.micromentor.org
- Professional organizations such as the National Women’s Business Council http://www.nwbc.gov/mentoring/programs.h.
- Industry and trade associations
- Local business groups, such as the chamber of commerce
- Local chapters of business groups
I suggest you read the following books as well. Borrow them from your library or buy them from your favorite bookstore
- No Cash, No Fear: Entrepreneurial Secrets to Starting Any Business with No Money by Terry Allen
- Starting on a Shoestring: Building a Business Without a Bankroll by Arnold S. Goldstein
- The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki
- What No One Ever Tells You About Starting Your Own Business : Real Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs
- Starting From Scratch: How To Start A Business When You Don't Have Money
- If You're Clueless About Starting Your Own Business and Want to Know More
- On the Move : How to Succeed and Survive As an Entrepreneur
- How to Make 1000 Mistakes in Business and Still Succeed
There is so much to learn about starting a business that it is hard to put everything here. I suggest that you to check out the following websites and learn from their content:
Entrepreneur http://www.entrepreneur.com
Inc.com http://www.inc.com
SBA http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/.
The SBA web site if full of good info.
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