Getting You Ready to Start a New Business

Do you want to start a new business and would like help from SCORE about what to do, why you do it, when to do it and how to do it?

If your answer is YES, then the Simple Steps for Starting Your Business Workshops are designed for you.

New business owners will also benefit by attending workshop sessions.

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There are five Simple Steps Workshops focused on getting you to a final decision on starting your new business. The presenters are skilled, experienced and successful executives, business owners and professionals and are focused on your success.

Simple Steps Workshop 1 – Business Start-up Basics is FREE

Discover the critical success factors to achieve business success and the truth about common business myths.

Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of different business structures, and begin to develop your plan to organize, fund and market your business idea.

Discover the critical success factors to achieve business success and the truth about common business myths.

Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of different business structures, and begin to develop your plan to organize, fund and market your business idea.

Workshops 2 through 5 are designed to be taken as a series to give you tools and techniques you need to go ahead with final planning and startup of your new business. The cost of each course is $25.00. You may signup for one or all the workshops at the same time, using the links in the schedule, found above.  

Simple Steps Workshop 2 – Business Concept

Define and refine your business concept to turn it from “an idea” into a practical business feasibility plan.

Identify the characteristics of your target market.

Find out how to collect data on your industry, competitors and potential customers to help you evaluate the performance goals of your plan.

After you attend Workshop 2, you will be assigned a SCORE mentor who will mentor you for FREE as you go through the remaining workshops and then maintain an ongoing FREE mentoring relationship as you successfully start and grow your new business.

Simple Steps Workshop 3 – Marketing Plan

Recognize how to use successful marketing principles to attract and win customers.

Identify your product / service pricing strategies.

Learn how to determine customer demographics and buying habits, and options for how to deliver / distribute your products or services.

Simple Steps Workshop 4 – Financial Projections

Learn how to create your business financial plan by estimating:

sales volume and pricing,

product manufacturing or purchase costs,

employee costs,

business fixed costs and

the startup money you need to get established.

Look at your income, cash flow and balance sheet so you can evaluate and adjust your planned business performance.

Simple Steps Workshop 5 – Funding Sources

Learn what a banker requires when you apply for credit and how the bank will analyze your financial projections when considering your loan. 

Discover potential sources for both traditional and non-traditional types of capital.