Step by Step Guide: Starting a New Business

Topic Overview:

1. Are You the Entrepreneurial Type?
2. Small Business FAQ
3. Introduction
4. Deciding What You Want To Do
5. Viability Of Your Idea
6. New Learning
7. Writing a Business Plan
8. Financing Your Business
9. Effective Partnering
10. Mentors and Resources
11. Business Structure
12. Licenses, Regulations and Permits
13. Small Business Insurance
14. Employment Issues
15. Hiring/Managing/Firing Employees
16. Accounting System/Internal Controls
17. Implement Your Marketing Plan/Selling Product
18. Creating Your Product
19. Refining Your Marketing Plan
20. Modifying Your Product, Creating New Products
21. Reevaluating Your Company
22. Growing Your Company
23. Contemplating Your Exit Strategy
24. Further Small Business Resources

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http://www.thinkinglike.com/Small-Business-Book/Small-Business-BK-TOC.html

Free Resources - Starting Online Business

How to Start an Online Business: 11,520 Free Resources for the Internet Entrepreneur (Free Guide)

View complete list here
http://paraschopra.com/business/free-guide-start-online-business.php

Small-Business Tax Breaks in 2010

By Matthew Bandyk
Posted: March 4, 2010

"This year, taxes on small-business owners are under particular scrutiny. They're getting so much attention because Congress is currently debating a jobs bill with multibillion-dollar tax credits for small businesses..."

Read article here
http://money.usnews.com/money/business-economy/articles/2010/03/04/small-business-tax-breaks-in-2010.html

State Business Licensing Center

When starting a business, it is important to be aware of the license and permit requirements outlined by the state in which the business will be operated. Each state government requires varying licensing requirements depending upon your business type. This new resource is designed to be a one-stop center to help entrepreneurs in all states find the important business licensing information that they need.


http://www.morebusiness.com/state-licensing-center

101 Best Blogs for WAHMs

If you are looking to build a career as a WAHM, be prepared to do the dirty work. Like conventional job hunting, finding work as a stay-at-home mom requires pounding the virtual pavement online to find a gig that suits your niche and expertise.

This is a great list filled with loads of blogs on a wide variety of topics and subjects!

View complete list here
http://www.universityreviewsonline.com/2005/10/101-best-blogs-for-wahms.html

5 Free Collaborative Tools for Startups

Get these 5 links here
http://bhopu.com/2010/03/5-free-collaborative-tools-for-startups

5 Steps to Taking Customer Service Social

posted by Lauren Vargas

"...Customer service is no longer an area to triage customer complaints. It’s about anticipating customer needs at the right time and place. Organizations must relearn how to interact with their community, shed some of the heavily automated barriers, and get back to the basics of customer service."

Read post here
http://mashable.com/2010/05/28/customer-service-social/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29

10 Steps to Starting and Succeeding in Business

Copyright© by Dr. William R. Osgood

By participating in this program, you are already taking the first step of what is an exciting and rewarding adventure for many. For others, starting and running their own venture is a bad choice. The reality is that most businesses will be out of business in less than 5 years after they get started – and most of these because they failed. The sad truth of the matter is that most of these business failures can be avoided. That is the purpose of this program – to help you avoid the pitfalls that can limit a business's success or even make it fail, and reinforce the strengths and decisions that can lead to success.

Get complete details and lesson info here
http://www.buzgate.org/8.0/nj/ten_steps.html

14 Twitter Feeds Startups/Founders Should Follow

by Gary G

"....The key to using Twitter productively, of course, is avoiding idle banter and following only those offering concrete, actionable advice. To that end, Grasshopper scoured Twitter for fourteen accounts that any startup founder would be well-served to follow."

http://grasshopper.com/blog/company/2010/03/25/14-twitter-feeds-startups-founders-should-follow

Self Employment Tax Tips

http://www.cityhalljob.com/articles/34919-Self-Employment-Tax-Tips.html

10 Things to Be Clear About Starting a Company

By Bernard Lunn, ReadWriteWeb
Published: May 7, 2009

Read his list and insights here
http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/05/07/07readwriteweb-10-things-to-be-clear-about-before-you-star-12208.html

33 Lessons Learned By Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs usually go into business wearing some lovely rose-colored glasses, only to learn that there are a whole host of myths and misconceptions about owning your own business. I asked a variety of entrepreneurs what was the one thing that they wish that somebody had told them about business ownership before they started their companies. Below are the biggest business myths and misconceptions, straight from their mouths, that could have reshaped their entrepreneurial journeys.

Read complete list here
http://www.carolroth.com/unsolicited-business-advice/?p=764

How to Start a Business After Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

By eHow Contributing Writer

Starting a business after filing bankruptcy is not easy, but it can be done. It will take a bit more effort to re-establish your credit and to obtain a loan if you need one. It is important that you are willing to do the necessary steps that are required to start over again.

Read article here
http://www.ehow.com/how_5842621_start-business-after-chapter-bankruptcy.html

The Top 2 Home Business Success Roadblocks....

By Lonnie Bradley

"....Some entrepreneurs don't even realize how these roadblocks are stopping them from achieving home business success.

Those two home business success roadblocks are Perfection and Paralysis analysis."

Read article here
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Top-2-Home-Business-Success-Roadblocks-and-How-to-Crush-Through-Them&id=3444156

What Makes Up a Successful Entrepreneur?

Posted by Stephen Fisher

Over the last few months I have been participating in a survey of successful entreprenurs and Professor Vivek Wadwa of Harvard Law School has been gathering data for a bunch of research reports on “What Makes Up a Successful Entrepreneur”. It has gotten some great coverage and this slideshow in BusinessWeek: The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur is a great example. It has some awesome charts so if you are a data junkie with a weakness for pretty graphs, you are gonna love this slide show.

Read his article here
http://growsmartbusiness.com/2009/12/what-makes-up-a-successful-entrepreneur/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sbsi+%28The+Small+Business+Success+Index+%28SBSI%29%29&utm_content=Netvibes

Martha Stewart’s 10 Rules for Starting a Business

by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen

A reader asked for info on starting a business – she wants to be a female entrepreneur! Well, who better to learn from than successful businesswoman Martha Stewart? Her ten rules for creating and maintaining a successful business will help even established entrepreneurs.

Read article here
http://seejanesoar.theadventurouswriter.com/for-female-entrepreneurs-martha-stewarts-10-rules-for-starting-a-business/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

10 Ways a Start-Up Can Use Social Media to Market Itself

By Edward Boches

“How can a start-up with a few employees and a tiny marketing budget get its name out there?”

Read article here
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/5297/10-Ways-a-Start-Up-Can-Use-Social-Media-to-Market-Itself.aspx