January 5, 2009
SCORE S E Wisconsin offers a variety of resources that provide planning tools, reasch data, industry comparisons and more to help develop your business. Some of this information is elsewhere on this web site (Helpful Links, FAQ's and Speaker's Bureau), some is in the chapter office (see below for sample of office materials) and other information is listed here.
This page contains templates for use in planning your business.
Business Plan - Word
Business Plan - PDF
Basic Financial Tools - Excel
Income Statement - Excel
Break Even Analysis - Excel
Located in the office are reference books and booklets. Some of these are:
Small Business Resource Guide for Wisconsin - This SBA booklet helps you get started with the Wisconsin regulations, financing, contracting and other basics.
Small Business Basics - This SCORE booklet describes the business basics, i.e. Measuring Performance, Marketing Plan, Utilizing Technology, Insurance Options, and more.
Small Business Source Book - This Thompson publication provides reference information for hundreds of specific businesses, i.e. supply sources, associations, staisical data, data bases, educational programs, etc.
Really How to Start Your Own Business - This Inc. publication provides the basics on how to get organized to start a business: Testing your idea, business plan, funding, use of the internet, and more.
Really How to Structure Your Business - This Inc. publication provides information on the best legal sturcture for you, your company name, what stae to roganize in, and more.
10 Simple Steps to Finding Customers... and Delivering the Goods - This SCORE publication in cooperation with UPS provides tips on defining your market, building brand identity, marketing strategies, e-commerce solutions, filling you orders, and more.
Road Map to Success - This SCORE publication in cooperation with Frannet provides information on what it takes to succeed, qualities of a good franchise system, franchise selection decision plan, 4-step research plan, questions to ask franchisors and franchisees, franchise regulations and more.
Federal Government Contracting - This SBA publication provides information for getting started to become a federal contractor, preregistration and registration steps, identifying opportunities, marketing your business to the federal government and more.
To use these materials in the office contact the office for an appointment by phone (414-297-3942) or e-mail (score@scoresewsiconsin.org).
