I would really like to open my own business but have no idea how to get started and what schooling i need. I would really appreciate some advice?? Can you help me??
2006-10-15 14:12:10 · 6 answers · asked by Sherry 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
I suggest you check out SBA's free online courses to help you learn more about entrepreneurship -- from raising capital to business planning to cash flow management http://www.sba.gov/training/courses.html
I recommend that you read the following books:
- What No One Ever Tells You About Starting Your Own Business : Real Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs
- Starting From Scratch: How To Start A Business When You Don't Have Money
- If You're Clueless About Starting Your Own Business and Want to Know More
- On the Move : How to Succeed and Survive As an Entrepreneur
- How to Make 1000 Mistakes in Business and Still Succeed
If you need guidance in starting a business, there are several places that provide help to starting entrepreneurs. Here are places where you may be able to find a mentor:
- Government Mentoring Programs such as SBDCs, which works with community colleges and local business development councils to offer mentoring programs http://www.sba.gov/sbdc/sbdcnear.html ; or the Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/wnet_roundtables.html
- Volunteer programs such as SCORE http://www.score.org which is composed of mostly retired executives and entrepreneurs
- Formal mentoring programs such as Athena Foundation http://www.athenafoundation.org/programs/globallinks.html , Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program http://www.helzbergmentoring.org/HEMP/ , or The Aspen Institute MicroMentor Program http://www.micromentor.org
- Professional organizations such as the National Women’s Business Council http://www.nwbc.gov/Mentoring/programs.html
- Industry and trade associations
- Local business groups, such as the chamber of commerce
- Local chapters of business groups
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2006-10-15 21:40:09 · answer #2 · answered by Duncan E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Sherry, You didn't say what kind of business you wanted to open. If you could send me an e-mail so I could reply that would be great. I also invite you to check out my 360 page and read the current blog.
2006-10-15 21:59:26 · answer #3 · answered by arthurbel33 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-15 23:24:24 · answer #4 · answered by evanity 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you haven't got a clue what to do or where to start you probably won't succeed, so continue pumping gas at Wal-Mart's.!!
2006-10-15 22:06:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well first how much money do you have what are you thinking of doing?Where do you live?How old are you?YOU can email me back if you like
2006-10-15 21:17:31 · answer #6 · answered by lynn m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋