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5 Key Questions to Ask Yourself if You Plan to Start a Business
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Starting a business takes planning, making important financial decisions, and completing a series of legal activities. You will need to set goals, put plans into action, assess your progress, make necessary adjustments and grow your business.
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SBA celebrates October as National Women’s Small Business Month
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When April Lukasik’s second child was born, she couldn’t find a childcare center that met her high standards. So she started her own – and a small business was born, too.
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What to Include in a Product Plan
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Whether it’s for a formal business plan, a lean business plan, or just optimizing management, if you create, manufacture, develop, or publish products of any kind, your business can benefit from product planning.
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The 3 Things That All Successful Franchisees Do
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If you want to become a successful franchisee, there are certain things you need to do. Clearly, some of them need to be done before you sign your franchise agreement.
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17 Ideas for Marketing a Seasonal Business in the Off-Season
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Does your business rely on seasonal customers? Whether you own a surf school, a patio furniture store or an ice cream shop, you know how slow business can get during the off-season.
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National Preparedness Month: Disasters Happen. Prepare Now. Learn How.
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The U.S. Small Business Administration is committed to ensuring America’s 30 million small businesses have the resources they need to address any challenge they face – and no challenge is more daunting than a disaster.
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How to Submit a Winning National Small Business Week Award Nomination
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For more than 50 years, National Small Business Week has served as our nation’s salute to small business owners, who create two out of every three net new jobs for Americans. Many household names were previous National Small Business Week award winners.
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How Long Does It Take to Start a Franchise?
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Purchasing a franchise involves many steps — and a lot of time and effort. But, if you’re organized, and you’ve taken the time to learn all you can about franchising, you’ll be able to speed up the process.
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New initiative will help small businesses offer workplace retirement plans
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Bob Hulchanski owns a machine shop in upstate New York and says offering a workplace retirement plan to his 11 full-time employees is a priority. “The reason we do a 401(k) is because we really care about our employees, ” he said.
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Transitioning from Service to Startup
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You’ve reached a turning point in your military career. You’re transitioning from active duty to civilian and are considering business ownership as your next move.