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A business plan is a tool to help you effectively manage your business. But if your business plan is sitting in a drawer somewhere find out how to put it to work for you.
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If you are thinking about starting or expanding a small business, having a good business plan may be the difference between success or failure. Learn how to develop a good business plan.
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Many entrepreneurs lack the financial resources to start or expand a small business themselves, so they seek financing from family, friends, venture capitalists, and small business loans.
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Business disasters can occur at any time and any place. It’s a good idea to have an emergency plan, before the disaster hits.
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It is said, the secret to starting a successful business is to “Find a Need and Fill It.” However, starting a business must be pursued for the right reasons or it is destined to fail. It is important that you select a business that blends with your interests, skills and expectations.
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To succeed in business entrepreneurs must stay competitive. An essential ingredient to being competitive is training. Learn how SBA’s online Small Business Training Network—a virtual campus—can help potential and current small business owners start, grow and succeed.
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Each year more than 600,000 new businesses are started in the United States. Many will succeed while others fail. Find out if you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur and how training maybe be the key to success.
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U.S. veterans who want to start or expand their own small businesses can receive assistance including SBA loan guarantees, management advice and government contracting programs to sell products and services here and overseas.
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How can a prospective entrepreneur know if he or she is ready to start a business? This checklist helps you identify what you need to know and what you need to do to start a small business.
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SBA's Certified Development Company (504) loan program provides long-term, fixed-rate loans for small business owners who want to expand their businesses. Learn more about this loan program.
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Members of our nation's military community now have increased opportunities to startor expand small businesses thanks to the Patriot Express Initiative.
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SBA's business loan programs provide a key source of financing for viable small business that have a real potential, but may not qualify for loans from traditional sources.
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The Social Security Administration has a free on-line tool to help small businesses simplify reporting employee wages. Learn more about filing W-2s on-line.
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Professional tips to help small business owners prepare to file their 2008 taxes. Learn about deductions for home-based offices, start-up businesses and more.
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Unemployment numbers for veterans are the highest in the nation. Learn how SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development can help veterans explore their options and learn the skills of small business ownership.
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Each year American Indian-, Alaska Native-, and Native Hawaiian-owned businesses add billions to the American economy. This discussion includes how the Office of Native American Affairs works to ensure Native Americans have full access to all SBA programs and services and to engage their historic entrepreneurial spirit.
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Nearly 104 million businesses are majority owned by women. They provide 12 million jobs and generate more than a trillion dollars in sales. This discussion provides guidance for women in how to get off to the right start in building, financing and growing their small businesses.
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Nell provides information for women entrepreneurs seeking access to financial resources. She also discusses the partnership that Count Me In and the SBA have developed and the benefits that they both provide to entrepreneurs and small business owners.
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International trade is a hot topic. The discussion delves into the tremendous opportunities for U.S. small businesses to sell their goods and services to foreign buyers and how SBA can help.
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Anticipating and planning for change is part of running a successful business.This includes changes in revenue, disasters, succession strategy and successful growth.
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Learn how stressed small businesses can use America’s Recovery Capital loan guarantee program to provide temporary relief from credit-card bills and certain other obligations.
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Jim describes SBA's easy to use online tool that gives the small business owner a quick assessment of their business and status, and provides a series of survival strategies.
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Learn how one environmentally conscious small business owner combines green business practices with running a profitable company.
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Helpful tips and insights on how small businesses can implement simple steps to reduce energy consumption, purchase green energy, help the environment and save money.
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Changes to the SBA’s largest loan-guarantee program can help small business owners with needed financing in tough economic times.
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