Interested in starting a business? Our Guide to Entrepreneurship session provides valuable information to help you understand key pre-business concepts. Free and confidential this coaching session is ideal for individuals who have never been in business and want to understand what is involved to start a business fully.

In the session, we address these pre-business concepts:

1. Is my opportunity viable? We work through an opportunity evaluation tool to help you start evaluating the feasibility of your business opportunity.

2. What is a business plan and what are some resources I can use to put it together? - We provide you with a simple business plan outline and review some free resources to research your business opportunity.

3. What are the steps for registering my business? - We address the basic licensing needs for any business and discuss basic taxes for most businesses.

4. What can I expect when I go after funding? We address the 5 areas a lender assesses to evaluate a business loan application