As a small business owner it is important to remember you may own your own business, but you don’t have to do it alone. There are many great, and often free resources, sometimes simply inexpensive resources you can turn to .
- SBDC – Counselors trained to help you find the local and national resources you may need – located in most metropolitan areas. Here in Indy Victoria Hall and her team offer a wide range of seminars and tools to support Central Indiana Businesses. Nationally you can find an SBDC chapter
- SCORE – Service Corps of Retired Executives Find a SCORE chapter – Retired business owners volunteer and share wisdom. While many of these execs have never started a business from scratch, they have great strengths in management and budgeting. If you are writing a business plan, the score financial model is a terrific resource.
- Business Owner Initiative of Indiana - Similar to the SBDC, this group focuses much of their resources on Inner City, disadvantaged business owners, trying to develop cottage and home based businesses. They also house the local SBA Women’s Center.
In addition to these groups there are some wonderful on-line resources. You can find a comprehensive list of local and and national resources at 866mynubiz.com, here are just a few of my favorites:
- StartUpNation – More than a resource site, this is a social network for start up companies with resources to help you start your business and growing community of folks interested in starting.
- WSJ-Small Biz
- SBA – Small Business Planner
- IRS – Starting a business checklist – In general the IRS site is surprisingly helpful
- Inc.com – Guide to starting a business
- Business Owner’s Toolkit – Guide to starting a business
- Fortune Small Business
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