Score Northwest Indiana

Live Your Dream

	SCORE's business experts can give you real world advice and know how.
	SCORE counselors can help take the mystery out of taking control of your career by helping you start and grow your own business.
	SCORE can be your mentor helping you start a business, write a business plan, recommend financing options, record keeping and more.

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Follow these 3 steps for Success . . .

1. Need information about starting and/or managing your business:

Select the topic listed below and SCORE will send you valuable information on each subject.

2. After you gather the information needed, contact the SCORE office near you and make an appointment with a business professional counselor who can provide you with face to face personalized confidential counseling.

3. Continue your learning experience by participating in any of the six Virtual Workshops

TOPICS:

Business Start-Up:

Starting Your Business
Business plan samples
Starting a home based business
Promoting your business
Determining start-up cost
State of Indiana Guide to starting your business including "Start-up Kit" with forms, fees and business resource guide
Women's guide to starting your own business

Loan Information:

Free guide to small business fundraising
SBA various loan programs
Financial planning Tool-Kit (with Free Calculators programs)
Writing bank loan requests
Loan amortization schedules

Financial, Accounting/Computer Bookeeping:

Sample Balance Sheet
Breakeven Analysis
Cash Flow Statement (12 months)
Financial histories & Ratios of various small businesse
Opening day Balance Sheet
Preparing personal Financial Statement
Sample Profit and Loss Projections (12 months)
Profit and Loss projections (3 years)
Financial benchmarking (comparing your business to Industry standards
Figuring Start-up expenses

Marketing:

Creating Competitive Advantage
How to find your customers
Pricing Product and Services
Power of Packaging
Small Business Sales Forecasting
Marketing information (including area Northern Indiana Demographics, Lifestyle Analysis, Data bases by state, Area Code, Employment, Income, Age, and Household type.)
Building a Referral Network

Internet Sales:

How to really market on the internet
Internet marketing tutor
Driving customers to your Web Site

Franchise Operations:

Association Franchisees and dealers
Federal Trade Administration business opportunity rights and laws
Franchise handbook
Franchises for sale web site

Selling To The Government:

Indiana Secretary of State Business Services Division
Business form
Available forms
Tax information
Business owners guide to State government

Small Business partners Offer Free Information

Communications & Human Resources
Finance your business
Selecting a Franchise
Selling to the Government
International trade
Legal and Taxes (guide to incorporating your business)
How to market your product or service
Selling on the internet
U.S. Small Business Administration SBA
Legal: Corporation Creation, Contract Forms Taxation Assistance
Communications & Human Resources
Finance your business
Selecting a Franchise
Selling to the Government
International trade
Legal and Taxes (guide to incorporating your business)
How to market your product or service
Selling on the internet
U.S. Small Business Administration SBA
Legal: Corporation Creation Contract Forms Taxation Assistance

Score Virtual Workshops:

Six online workshops with real-world examples and exercises covering
Writing a Business plan
Handling competition
Pricing products and services
P & L statements
Promotion and Web Site Construction

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